A Mississippi mother is speaking out to ensure that other kids know they can speak up, after her 8-year-old was made to change out of her “Black Girls Rock!” shirt while at Popps Ferry Elementary School in Biloxi. According to WLOX, Sharika Jolly has long been hoping to instill some self-esteem in her daughter, Makiyah-Jae,…

There will be no criminal charges filed against the Chicago police officer who fatally shot Ronald Johnson III, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced Monday, the Chicago Tribune reports. Citing dash-cam footage, which Alvarez played at a news conference announcing her decision, along with a sample of 911 recordings, the state’s attorney called Police…

Ethan Couch, the wealthy Texas teen whose deadly drunk driving killed four people, may have landed himself back in trouble after a video surfaced allegedly showing the now-18-year-old laughing over a game of beer pong, WFAA reports. According to the report, Twitter user @BlondSpectre posted a video that the user claims depicts the teen, who…

Donald Trump’s adviser went on CNN’s New Day to defend his boss’s comments about a Black Lives Matter protester deserving to be roughed up at a recent Trump rally, Mediaite reports.  “The guy’s a professional agitator. Supposedly, rumors are out there on the Internet and social media, the guy has been tased, what, 30 times?…

The white Chicago police officer who shot a black teen 16 times in a fatal encounter that was caught on video has been charged with first-degree murder, multiple sources report. According to Reuters, local newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, are both reporting that murder charges were filed Tuesday against Officer Jason Van Dyke,…

Attorneys representing 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, the boy who was arrested after bringing a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school, have sent letters to the school district and the city in which it’s located, indicating that Ahmed was publicly mistreated and demanding $15 million in damages, the Associated Press reports.  A law firm representing the boy,…

Donald Trump has gone on a hiring spree, tapping several individuals as he expands his campaign.  Most notably he has been hiring quite a few black Republicans, including Tea Partier Katrina Pierson, who now serves as national spokesperson. On Thursday he announced that Earl Phillip had joined his team as his North Carolina state director,…

A California businesswoman gave a harrowing first-person account of her encounter with the Santa Monica, Calif., Police Department in the Washington Post, detailing how 19 officers arrived at her apartment after a white neighbor reported a possible burglary.  Fay Wells, the vice president of strategy at a California company, told of how she accidentally locked…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has brought on Katrina Pierson, a black Tea Party activist, as his new national spokeswoman, Politico reports.  Pierson, who used to stand firmly by the side of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), represents, the news site explains, Trump’s hope to keep his hold on the party lead and keep it away…