Georgia state Sen. Fran Millar reportedly is outraged at the opening of an early-voting location in a mall patronized predominantly by African Americans. Millar, a Republican, voiced his opposition after DeKalb County announced that early voting would begin Oct. 26 and would have a location at the Gallery at South Dekalb Mall, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. According to…

On Monday the Baltimore Ravens terminated Ray Rice’s contract after the release of a video showing him assaulting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, and the NFL suspended him indefinitely.  The decision to let Rice, 27, go was immediately applauded by everyone from NFL players to women’s rights organizations. In Twitter conversations such as #WhyIStayed, survivors of abuse…

It’s been a month since Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson gunned down unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, setting off nationwide demands, first for justice for Brown’s family, and later, for protesters subjected to shockingly aggressive policing by a militarized force. In just 30 days, “Ferguson” has come to serve as shorthand for police misconduct, racial…

Atlanta Police Officer Tahreem Zeus Rana has been charged with murder in the death of Veronica Woodard, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Woodard was a recent transplant from New York when she met Rana through Backpages.com in the romantic-personals section of the site. Woodard’s body was found burned on Aug. 22 in Hapeville, Ga., and…

Superintendent Ed Hightower of Illinois’ Edwardsville School District has told schools not to talk about Michael Brown. According to KMOX News, Hightower told the station that although current news is typically discussed in class, “this situation in Ferguson-Florissant has become a situation whereby there are so many facts that are unknown.” If students bring up…

The idea is this: Once you reach status—legendary-Hollywood-superstar status—the rules change. Somehow you are legitimized, devoid of disrespect, a household name. The tropes should not fit anymore, and slights should fall casually outside your perimeter. That is the black-American-success dream of assimilating without changing who you are; that somehow, in your legitimate work, you are,…

Kametra Barbour and her young children were the subjects of a horrifying police stop. Barbour says that she was pulled over at gunpoint by a police officer in Forney, Texas, according to ABC 7 Chicago. With her four children—all under the age of 10—in tow, Barbour was told to exit the vehicle with her hands…

The family of 9-year-old Antonio Smith is searching for answers after the child was shot down last Wednesday, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Antonio became upset after he called his mother to ask for a snack and she told him no, according to the Sun-Times. Afterward, he left his house, followed closely by his 12-year-old brother.…

Over the last week, thousands of residents of Ferguson, Mo., have protested the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown’s death has sparked rallies throughout the country as well as international support. Protesters and members of the press have been teargassed, shot with wooden bullets and arrested for exercising their right to peaceful assembly. But there…

College is often seen as the beginning of a young person’s path into adulthood, but apparently these eight young black geniuses couldn’t wait. Some of these young college graduates began taking classes before they were legally able to drive. While hitting the books in law, medicine and science, these young graduates have broken records. 1.…