President Barack Obama is standing firmly with France while just as adamantly defending his administration’s strategy for fighting ISIS, or the Islamic State. On Monday, while speaking at the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, Obama slammed the terrorist group as “the face of evil” while saying that the goal is to “destroy this barbaric organization,”…

The death of Ralkina Jones, the 37-year-old woman who was found dead in her Cleveland Heights Police Department jail cell back in July after being arrested two days before, has been ruled accidental by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office.  The official report lists Jones’ cause of death as sudden cardiac death in association with…

The White House is announcing a series of initiatives on Friday, all of which are designed to empower and provide better opportunities for women and girls of color. The initiatives include pledges of millions of dollars over extended periods of time to support program goals. One such initiative consists of a $100 million, five-year-funding commitment…

A sign for the University of Missouri’s Gaines-Oldham Black Culture Center was vandalized early Thursday morning, apparently the latest tinder cast to the flames as the school continues to grapple with racial threats since the ousting of President Tim Wolfe, the Los Angeles Times reports.  The sign in front of the center was reportedly spray-painted…

University of Missouri campus police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect on charges of making a “terrorist threat” to black students on campus via social media, the university announced on Wednesday, USA Today reports. The white suspect, identified as Hunter Park, was arrested at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, where he is a student.…

A Louisiana judge has ordered two officers charged in the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy to be held on $1 million bond, a lawyer for the boy’s father told the Associated Press.  Mark Jeansonne, the attorney for Chris Few—who is still hospitalized after being shot in the head—said that police body-camera video shows that…

University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigned Monday morning amid racial controversy in which students and faculty staged walkouts and hunger strikes to bring attention to the issue.  “I take full responsibility for this frustration, and I take full responsibility for the inaction that has occurred,” Wolfe said in a press conference announcing his resignation.…

The U.S. Supreme Court will be looking into racial prejudice in jury selection Monday, with the justices considering a case of a black teenager who was sentenced to death by an all-white jury in Georgia, The Guardian reports.  According to the report, lawyers bringing forth the appeal on behalf of Timothy Foster, who admitted to…

A black Multnomah County, Ore., sheriff’s deputy is filing a discrimination lawsuit against a local restaurant after, he says, he was made to prepay for his meal even though white customers were not asked to do the same, The Oregonian reports.  Brian Eason has filed a $100,000 discrimination suit against a Vancouver, Wash., Elmer’s Restaurant…