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City Council Issues Apology for Racist Displacement of Thriving Blues City
The Hayward City Council passed a resolution to apologize to and acknowledge the residents and descendants of Russell City more than 50 years later.
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Jury Finds White Supremacists Liable for $26 Million in Damages at Unite the Right Rally
The jury also found the organizers to be guilty of state conspiracy claims in the violent 2017 rally over a Gen. Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia.
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Mother of Texas Student Caught on Video Hitting Teacher Says Her Daughter Is Autistic
After hitting the teacher, the student called her mother, Brittany Evans, using the teacher’s classroom landline.
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Jeff Bezos Donates $100 Million to the Obama Foundation in Honor of Late Rep. John Lewis
One of the world’s most well known billionaires took a break from space travel to donate a large chunk of change.
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Trial for Black Teen Caught on Camera in Brutal Arrest With Ocean City Police Begins
Viral videos of brutal arrests of Black teens in Ocean City, Maryland sparked calls for reform. The trial for one of those teens, Taizier Griffin, began Monday.
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Rittenhouse Verdict Has Turned Eyes On the Case of Chrystul Kizer
In the case of a Black teen Kenosha, Wisconsin teen, supporters are waiting to see if her self-defense claim will hold up like Rittenhouse’s did.
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Closing Statements Heard in Ahmaud Arbery Trial, Jury Set To Deliberate
While the defense attempted to criminalize Arbery and portray the three men accused of killing him as concerned citizens, the prosecution stuck to the facts.
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Frustrations Rise While US Border Patrol Agents Seen On Horseback Are Finally Questioned
Back in September, photos of agents on horseback chasing migrants away at the border with whips sparked public outrage.
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Defense Lawyer in Ahmaud Arbery Trial Sees Rev. Al Sharpton and Says No More Black Pastors in Courtroom
First of all, attorney Kevin Gough didn’t even notice Sharpton in the back row with a face mask on until after the court adjourned.
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FW de Klerk, South Africa’s Last Apartheid President Who Freed Nelson Mandela, Dies At 85
In the final years of his life, the former South African president made many conflicting comments about ending apartheid.
