Killer of James Byrd Jr. To Be Executed This Week
John William King, 44, will be the second person executed in the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr. Wednesday. King was the ringleader of racists who drag... Read More...
Politics & Society
Latest Politics News in NYC
Jussie Smollett Prosecutor Kim Foxx Receiving ‘Racially Charged’ Threats
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has been receiving racially charged death threats since her office dropped charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.... Read More...
Former Delaware State University Employee Pleads Guilty In $3M Federal Bribery Case
A former Delaware State University employee pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to change the registration status of hundreds of students who did not live in Del... Read More...
Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund New Water Projects
Flint, Michigan has received $77 million in funding five years after the water crisis began. Colorlines reported that the state of Michigan made the funds av... Read More...
Mumia Abu-Jamal Gets New Hearing in 1981 Police Death
Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer decades ago and on death row, will get a new appeals hearing after the city prosecutor on We... Read More...
Tennessee Passes Bill That May Make Voter Registration Harder
Tennesse passed a new bill that would make voter registration harder. The Tennessean reported that the bill was passed in the Republican-led chamber in Tenne... Read More...
$1 Million Raised For Three Arson-Hit Black Churches in Louisiana
Three historically Black churches that were burned down because of arson have raised $1 million to repair the damage. The Seventh District Baptist Associatio... Read More...
African Union Threatens To Suspend Sudan
The African Union has warned the military council responsible for ruling Sudan that they have 15 days to install a government led by civilians or risk being kic... Read More...
Barnard College Officers Who Pinned Down Black Columbia Student Placed On Leave
Six Barnard Public Safety officers involved in the physical confrontation of a Black student have been placed on paid administrative pending investigation. T... Read More...
Rep. Ilhan Omar Claims Spike in Death Threats After Trump Tweet
Rep. Ilham Omar said death threats against her have spiked due to an inflammatory video about 9/11 that was shared by President Donald Trump on Twitter.
The pr... Read More...
Morehouse College To Admit Transgender Students
Morehouse College, the only private historically black liberal arts college for men in Atlanta, Georgia, will begin to admit transgender male students in 2020. ... Read More...
Sudan Protests Oust President Omar Al-Bashir
After 30 years in power and five months of protests, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has been removed from office. On Thursday evening the military announced ... Read More...
Georgetown Students Vote In Favor of $27 Fee For Slavery Reparations
Georgetown University may become the first school in the nation to mandate a reparations fee for descendants of slaves as students voted overwhelmingly to appro... Read More...
Black Detectives Win $700,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Against NYPD
Three Black detectives who sued the NYPD Intel Division for systematic discrimination have been awarded $700,000 in a settlement reached last week. The New Y... Read More...
