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  • 30 Percent of Black-Owned Businesses in NYC Vanished Between 2007 and 2012: Report

    The Big Apple has been seeing a huge economic boom in the past 15 years or so because of its rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, with the number of new storefronts and companies bumping up by some 45 percent. However, that good fortune has not extended to everyone, with black-owned businesses seeing a significant decline over the…

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  • Ind. Teen to Graduate From College Before Receiving High School Diploma 

    Indiana’s Miss Raven Osborne is not your average 18-year-old. The astute high schooler is scheduled to graduate with the rest of her classmates on May 22. But before hitting that milestone, she will first graduate from college on May 5, which is Friday. That’s right: Osborne is graduating from college before high school. “Yeah, they…

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  • Facebook to Hire an Additional 3,000 People to Review Videos of Crime, Suicide 

    With the advent of Facebook Live, the social media website has seen an uptick in livestreamed suicides, killings, sex crimes, abuse—the painful list goes on and on. Now Facebook is slated to hire 3,000 more people to review videos and posts of crime and other questionable content, following the seeming increase in the number of…

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  • Baltimore Orioles’ Adam Jones Receives Huge Standing Ovation 1 Day After Being Called the N-Word at Fenway Park

    One day after being subjected to racial taunts—being called the n-word and having peanuts thrown at him—Baltimore Orioles star Adam Jones received a huge standing ovation. The gesture Tuesday at Boston’s Fenway Park, though sweet, does nothing to address the virulent racism that Jones—one of baseball’s most respected players—faced when he stepped out on the…

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  • NY College Mistakes Black Student Carrying a Glue Gun for an ‘Active Shooter’

    Colgate University, an upstate New York college, went into a lockdown Monday night after reports of an “active shooter” on campus. That “active shooter” turned out to be a black student who was carrying a glue gun for an art project. Well, that’s not suspicious at all. At any rate, the New York Daily News…

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  • April Ryan Named 2017 NABJ Journalist of the Year

    It’s been an interesting year to be veteran White House reporter April Ryan. Between back-and-forths with President Donald Trump and his press secretary, Sean Spicer, and her generally excellent work, Ryan’s name has been in the spotlight pretty much since this administration made itself comfy in the White House. And now, in what is sure…

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  • Black Lawmakers to Boycott Regional Conference Over Miss. State Flag 

    The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus announced earlier this week that it will take a pass on the Southern Legislative Conference, which will be held in Biloxi this summer, in protest against the Confederate battle emblem that is still emblazoned on the state flag. As the Associated Press notes, all eight of Mississippi’s public universities, and…

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  • Former SC Cop Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Fatal Shooting of Walter Scott

    Updated Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 6:52 p.m. EDT: Michael Slager pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating Walter Scott’s civil rights. “We hope that Michael’s acceptance of responsibility will help the Scott family as they continue to grieve their loss,” said Andrew Savage, Slager’s defense attorney. There’s only one thing: Slager has not accepted responsibility. NPR reports…

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  • Ohio Couple With 5 Biological Children Adopts 6 Siblings

    Christina and Christopher Sanders, a couple from Forest Park, Ohio, already had a big family, with five brilliant kids of their own. However, the couple still found room in their hearts for six more children. They finalized the adoption of two girls and four boys—all siblings—late last week. “I’m happy that I’m here because everything…

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  • Texas High School Football Team Mourns Loss of Jordan Edwards, 15-Year-Old Killed by Police 

    Monday morning was meant to be the first day of spring football practice at Mesquite (Texas) High School. Instead, a group of grieving high school athletes gathered in the hour before classes were scheduled to begin, mourning the loss of one of their very own, who lost his life in a police shooting. According to…

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