“I am going to fight it,” read a statement from Rep. John Lewis on the evening of December 29. “I may miss a few votes during this period, but with God’s grace I will be back on the front lines…
In 2010 in New York City, 601,285 people were stopped-and-frisked by the New York City Police and 315,083 of them were Black. In 2011, 685,724 individuals were stopped and 350,743 were Black. Over 90% of those stopped by police where…
As doubts grow about the candidacy of former Vice President Joe Biden, other candidates have entered the race for the White House in 2020. In a surprise announcement on November 14, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, 63, tossed his hat…
A movie preview for the upcoming biopic featuring the life of legendary abolitionist Harriet Tubman, entitled Harriet, was viewed by over 10 million people in five days from July 21 to July 26 on Facebook. Another social media post of…
After 20 people were reported murdered on the morning of August 3 in El Paso, Texas, by White supremacist Patrick Crusius, the shooting became the 8th deadliest in modern U.S. history and the 250th gun massacre on the 216th day…
“This shouldn’t be our truth but sadly it is,” wrote Jotaka Eaddy, a friend of Will Jawando, a member of the Montgomery City Council in Maryland. The new councilman was stopped by police in Maryland on the morning of June…
