A Baltimore Police Department internal investigation shows that at least one officer suggested that Freddie Gray needed “medical care but wondered, along with others, whether he was faking injuries or being uncooperative,” according to the Baltimore Sun. The alert for medical attention, which the news outlet notes has never been publicly revealed, likely explains why…

In an effort to combat HIV infections in girls and young women in 10 sub-Saharan African nations hit hardest by the virus, the Obama administration recently announced a $300 million program to help reduce the growing numbers, according to the Associated Press. The administration hopes to see a “25 percent infection reduction in females between…

The newly minted Sandra Bland Parkway in Prairie View, Texas, will keep its name. The Prairie View City Council voted Tuesday to keep the name for a road that leads into Prairie View A&M University and was renamed this summer in honor of Bland, who died at the Waller County Jail in July after she…

Members of a Georgia church voted recently to fire a pastor, who this summer banished a 103-year-old member who openly criticized his preaching manner, or his “holiness style.”  Members of Union Grove Baptist Church of Elberton, Ga., voted Sunday to remove the Rev. Tim Mattox, who received national attention in August when he banned Genora…

A high school history teacher in Newport News, Va., is under fire after she used the n-word during a class discussion about racial prejudices, according to NewsChannel 3. The incident occurred while Heritage High School teacher Lynn Pierce, who is white, was conducting an Advanced Placement history lesson on “Native Americans, and a student asked…

A Boston transit cop has been reassigned to administrative duty after a video emerged of a violent encounter between him and a female passenger aboard a bus filled with fightened and startled passengers, according to the Boston Globe. The video shows the unnamed transit officer raising his baton and repeatedly striking the woman, who is…

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson absolutely “would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation,” he said in an interview with NBC News that aired Sunday morning. “I absolutely would not agree with that,” the lone black Republican presidential candidate told Meet the Press host Chuck Todd during a discussion about…

During a short but hard-hitting speech to African-American leaders Saturday, President Barack Obama pushed for “greater focus on helping black women who are more likely to be stuck in minimum wage jobs, have higher rates of illness and face higher rates of incarceration than other women,” according to the Washington Post. He made the statement…