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Family Accuses Long Island School for Cover Up in Brutal Attack

Residents of NY Town Vote to Keep Seal Depicting White Man Choking Indigenous Person

Elle’s Covers Are Great But Women of Color Need More from Media

This children’s book calls upon the “happy slave” narrative once again

New Indiana bill gives police control of access to body cam and dashboard videos

Hits and misses of President Obama’s final State of the Union address

Oregon militiaman receives dildo, calls it hate mail

ICYMI: The Iowa Brown & Black Democratic Forum

What to watch for during President Obama’s last State of the Union

U.S. Economy Adds 292,000 Jobs in December, Only 5% Unemployment

Officer Placed on Leave for Hurtful Rant about Mother of Tamir Rice

NYC teacher files suit for being fired for teaching about the Central Park Five

Rapper detained by Atlanta police for $200,000 withdrawal

Is RZA the new face of the #NewBlackMovement?

Baltimore officer ordered to testify against officer charged with murder of Freddie Gray

ICYMI: Charles Blow Shuts It Down for Tamir Rice at CNN

#SayHerName: The unique risks black women face at the hands of police perjury

Mayor de Blasio announcement is NYC victory in ‘Fight for $15’

Flint, Michigan Declared A State of Emergency Over Water-Lead Concerns

Wheaton College Plans to Terminate Black Woman Professor Who Wore Hijab

Black lesbian activist declines UK honor in protest of colonial legacy

The first black-woman owned comic book store is opening in Philly

A tearful President Obama puts the right to life over the right to bear arms

Philadelphia mayor signs executive order to protect the city’s immigrant communities

Beyoncé Will Not Star in Biopic About Saartjie Baartman, the “Hottentot Venus”

Officer Who Killed Walter Scott Has Been Released from Jail on Bond

Chance the Rapper fundraising for coats for Chicago’s homeless

World Health Organization: “Guinea Ebola Outbreak Over”

California bill banning grand juries for officer-involved shootings officially in effect

Bundy Family Protests For Release of Arson Prisoners

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