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California prisons agree to end lockdowns based on race

Activists call for tracking of police misconduct by FBI

Autopsy: Vonderrit Myers shot 6 times from behind

Birmingham man receives just $1,000 from $460,000 police brutality settlement

Marchers block Atlanta highway as they protest Mike Brown shooting death

Report: Racial bias continues to taint the capital punishment system in the United States

Police actions spark protests in Hammond

Cops in Seattle sue for right to use excessive force

Former Harlem Globetrotter missing, car found abandoned on California highway

‘Django’ actress Daniele Watts, boyfriend charged with lewd conduct

Leslie Jones promoted to featured cast member on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Official autopsy reveals Michael Brown was shot in hand at close range

Comedian Hannibal Buress brings light to Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations in stand-up routine

Michael Sam released from Dallas Cowboys practice squad

2 patients with Ebola-like symptoms admitted to hospitals in Chicago

Georgia man sentenced to 20 years in prison for stealing iPod

State senator arrested during protest in Ferguson

Despite decline in black student suspension, huge discrepancies remain high in Oakland schools

World Health Organization declares Nigeria Ebola-free

National Day of Protest against police brutality scheduled for October 22

Study: stop-and-frisk linked to trauma in black men

#Bringbackourgirls: Nigerian government officials in talks with Boko Haram to bring girls home

Lawsuit: Georgia teen arrested, held at gunpoint for seatbelt violation

Princeton graduate creates app for Chicago Public School students

Officer who fatally shot Mike Brown’s account made public for first time

Breaking: Michael Dunn gets life for Jordan Davis killing

Protesters in Ferguson march to trooper’s doorstep

Brooklyn man who served 29 years in prison exonerated after being wrongfully convicted

White Federal judge to receive no punishment after controversial remarks about race

Stacey Dash blames Obama, calls blacks ‘uneducated’ and ‘worthless’ due to his policies

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