Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude

Search

  • Hagerstown, MD, Police Pepper-Spray 15-Year-Old Girl After Traffic Accident

    Police in Hagerstown, Md., have come under fire after body-camera footage showed an officer pepper-spraying a 15-year-old girl who was handcuffed in the back of a squad car. Officers from the Hagerstown Police Department responded to the scene of an accident Sunday afternoon after the girl, whose identity has not been released, reportedly hit a…

    By










    Published

  • Keith Lamont Scott's Wife Witnessed Him Being Shot by Police, Attorneys Say

    Attorneys representing the family of Keith Lamont Scott say that Scott’s wife witnessed the Tuesday-afternoon shooting that killed her husband. “Yes, it’s my understanding that his wife saw him get shot and killed, and that’s something she will never, ever forget,” attorney Justin Bamberg said at a press conference outside the Mecklenburg County, N.C., courthouse…

    By










    Published

  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Takes #NoDAPL Fight to the United Nations

    Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II asked the United Nations for help Tuesday in preventing the Dakota Access Pipeline from being built. Archambault spoke at the 33rd session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, which runs Sept. 13-30 in Geneva. Archambault told the council that oil companies are causing the deliberate destruction of “our…

    By










    Published

  • Jay Z and Beyoncé to Host a Tidal Charity Concert

    Jay Z and Beyoncé are set to host their second Tidal X charity concert Oct. 15 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.,  Rolling Stone reports. The event, which will benefit the Robin Hood Foundation, has been dubbed Tidal X: 1015 and will feature artists such as Beyoncé, Lauryn Hill, Nicki Minaj, Blood Orange, Alicia Keys,…

    By










    Published

  • Elizabeth Warren Tears Into Wells Fargo CEO During Senate Banking Committee Hearing

    “Mr. Stumpf, the Wells Fargo Vision and Values statement [pdf], which you frequently cite, says, quote, ‘We believe in values lived, not phrases memorized. If you want to find out how strong a company’s ethics are, don’t listen to what its people say; watch what they do.’ So, let’s do that.” So began Democratic Sen.…

    By










    Published

  • Charlotte, NC, Police Say Keith Lamont Scott Had a Gun, but Was That Enough to Detain Him?

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police insist that 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was carrying a gun and not complying with officers’ orders when he was shot Tuesday afternoon, but why did police initiate contact with him in the first place? According to the police statement, officers were at the Village at College Downs apartment complex to serve an…

    By










    Published

  • Wage Gap Between Black and White Americans Is Wider Than in 1979

    In a new report put out by the Economic Policy Institute, black Americans today earn even less money than they did in 1979 in comparison with their white counterparts. The findings, published Tuesday, reveal that the wage gap has widened over the last 37 years. According to the report, the wage gap has widened more…

    By










    Published

  • Obama Administration's 'Overtime Law' Hit With Lawsuit by 21 States

    Nevada was joined by 20 other states in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday over a new rule that would extend mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million workers. The Washington Post reports that the suit was filed by Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt in U.S. District Court, Eastern District…

    By










    Published

  • Is George H.W. Bush Voting for Hillary Clinton in November? 

    Rumor has it that former President George H.W. Bush will be voting for Hillary Clinton when ballots are cast at the polls this November. CNN reports that sources say this is not the first time the 41st president has said that he will vote for Clinton. Bush, a Republican, who lost as the incumbent in…

    By










    Published

  • State of Mich. Removes Flint’s Ability to Sue Over Water Crisis

    The city of Flint, Mich., will not be able to file a lawsuit against the state of Michigan over the drinking-water crisis unless the state says it’s OK. The Detroit Free Press reports that the five-member Receivership Transition Advisory Board, appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder, changed the rules under which Flint is governed so that…

    By










    Published

Monique Judge Avatar










I said what I said. Period.


thejournalista