Death row inmates in Oklahoma are still fighting for their lives. On Wednesday, attorneys for 21 inmates filed a lawsuit in Oklahoma City’s U.S. District Court, claiming that prison officials are basically experimenting on inmates with the current lethal-injection cocktail, causing them cruel and unusual punishment, the Associated Press reports. The attorneys are hoping to…

A young resident of the northern, primarily Muslim, city of Kano, Nigeria, has been forcibly held and medicated at a mental institution for approximately two weeks, since telling his family that he does not believe in God, Vice News reports. Muburak Bala’s family, who are Muslim, allegedly contacted two doctors about the revelation. One doctor…

Toronto has Bob Marley Day, and now Brooklyn, N.Y., will have Do the Right Thing Day, in honor of one of director Spike Lee’s greatest cinematic achievements, the Daily News reports. Do the Right Thing Day will be celebrated on June 30, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced on Tuesday during an official ceremony in…

Current artists like Jay Z and Kanye West still have nothing on America’s most revered King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who has made more than $700 million since his death in 2009, Forbes reports. According to the influential business magazine, that is more than Jigga, West and Taylor Swift have earned combined—a paltry $544 million—since that same…

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) thus far appears to have maintained his grip on New York’s 13th Congressional District, leading his closest primary challenger by approximately 1,800 votes and earning about 47 percent of the vote with 100 percent of precincts reporting, according to New York Times election data. The veteran politician may indeed once again…

The Library of Congress is now the home of The HistoryMakers collection, which details the black experience in America, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced on Tuesday. “The HistoryMakers archive provides invaluable first-person accounts of both well-known and unsung African-Americans, detailing their hopes, dreams and accomplishments—often in the face of adversity,” Billington said in…

Although Nigeria has wrapped up the investigation concerning the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, who are still missing, the militant group reportedly behind it all, Boko Haram, is showing little signs of slowing its reign of terror. According to the New York Times, the Islamic radicals are now under suspicion for new…

Gunfire erupted at a Miami apartment building early Tuesday, leaving two dead and at least eight injured, the Miami Herald reports. According to the report, the shooting occurred in a low-income neighborhood, Liberty City, around 2:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, outside the building. There was one reported casualty at the scene, with another individual succumbing to…