Attorneys for a Georgia transgender inmate are attempting to have her moved or, at minimum, want to hear the state prison’s plan to keep her safe after she says she was again sexually assaulted while in prison custody, the Macon Telegraph reports. In February, as an imate at the Baldwin State Prison in Milledgeville, 36-year-old…

A black pro-Confederate-flag activist from Oxford, Miss., reportedly died in a car crash after believing he was being chased, the Clarion-Ledger reports. According to the report, Anthony Hervey, 49, was a fixture in Oxford, known for his support of the Confederate flag, for at least the last two decades. Hervey had attended a flag rally…

For the first time in 50 years, Cuba and the U.S. will have embassies on each other’s soil, one more step in rebuilding the relationship that was shattered decades ago, USA Today reports. According to the report, on Monday the Cuban flag will officially be raised in Washington, D.C., as part of a daylong series…

A Memphis, Tenn., teen was killed by a police officer over the weekend in what his family says is a case of mistaken identity, WSMV reports. Darrius Stewart, 19, was the passenger in a vehicle that a Memphis Police Department officer stopped for a broken headlight. The officer issued the driver a ticket and released…

Van Jones started Green for All, a national nongovernmental organization focused on building a green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty, because he saw a simple demand and an easy solution to it. There were people in communities of color who needed jobs and, to Jones, the most important work to be done…

Sandra Bland was found dead Monday while in the custody of a Waller County, Texas, jail. Police have called her death a suicide, claiming that she died from “self-inflicted asphyxiation.” Her family and friends insist that the 28-year-old, an outspoken voice against police brutality who was on her way to begin a new job in Texas,…

An 18-year-old Alabama girl reportedly took her own life while being held at a local jail, AL.com reports.  Kindra Darnell Chapman was reportedly booked at Homewood City Jail Tuesday at around 6:22 p.m. on a first-degree-robbery charge for allegedly taking a cellphone from another individual. She was last seen alive at 6:30 p.m. Jailers found…

Blessings don’t come cheap in one Florida church. According to ABC Action News, a Tampa, Fla., woman claims that she was sent a $1,000 collection notice, warning her that in order “to be a member in good standing and have the right to vote, adults are to contribute the minimum amount of $50 per month”…

President Barack Obama is traveling to Durant, Okla., on Wednesday to officially announce a new initiative geared to bringing high-speed broadband to more families across the nation. The ConnectHome pilot program—set to launch in 27 cities and one tribal nation—is expected to reach more than 275,000 low-income households and almost 200,000 children, giving them the…

Video of a fatal Gardena, Calif., police-involved shooting has been unsealed after media outlets demanded its public release, the Associated Press reports. A federal judge ruled in favor of the police dash-cam video’s release, pointing out that the city could not claim any compelling reason to keep the video sealed and adding that there was…