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Update: Cuba has no extradition treaty with U.S., most likely will not release Assata Shakur

Arrests made in #IAmJada rape case

NYC Mayor: ‘no protests until after officers’ funerals’

Trayvon Martin’s brother Jahvaris Fulton graduates from college

Howard University ranks among sexiest, smartest campuses in nation

Volunteer police officer resigns amid racist comments

Civil rights leaders condemn killing of 2 NYPD officers

Former Milwaukee police officer cleared of Dontre Hamilton shooting

Ferguson protesters to head to Cleveland, demand justice for Tamir Rice

Video: Samuel L. Jackson challenges celebrities to stand up to police brutality

Woman seeks to trademark ‘I can’t breathe’ for clothing

Video: police attack 12-year-old child as witnesses plead for them to stop

Petition calls for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to pardon Assata Shakur

FBI investigates lynching of black teen

How white entitlement marred my trip to a Ferguson teach-in

Pennsylvania restaurant calls customer the n-word, says it’s a ‘joke’

Key witness in Ferguson caught lying multiple times

Supreme court to hear juvenile cases involving sentencing without parole

Authorities push for Assata Shakur to finish life sentence in U.S.

Autopsy: Tamir Rice death ruled a homicide

Proposed bill would allow doctors, EMTs to refuse to treat gay patients

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Michel du Cille dead at 58

Lawmakers, staff stage Capitol walk-out in solidarity with protesters

KKK leaflets found on front lawns of residents for second time

Georgetown’s Men’s basketball team dons ‘I Can’t Breathe’ t-shirts

Medical school students hold ‘die-in’ to shed light on biases in health care

Bar slammed for ‘six shot Mike Brown’ drink special

White reporter disses Kobe Bryant for wearing ‘I can’t breathe’ shirt, say he’s not ‘hood enough’

Lawsuit: Central Park Five want $52 million from state

Florida deputy shoots unarmed black man

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