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  • Moral Mondays’ Barber Says America’s Political System Suffers From a ‘Heart Problem’

    Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 14: An African-American Muslim imam, Oliver Muhammad, offered the call to prayer; members of black Greek-letter fraternities served as event marshals; and as marchers in North Carolina’s Moral Monday movement began their walk across downtown Raleigh, the state’s capital, Chapel Hill Town Council member Maria Teresa Palmer announced—in Spanish—that “interpreters will…

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  • NYC Public Schools to Overhaul Discipline Code

    In an effort to curb severe punishments that have mostly targeted minorities, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration on Friday announced changes to New York City public schools’ discipline code, according to the New York Times. Under the new plan, principals will have to seek Department of Education approval for suspensions of any student from kindergarten…

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  • Report: Bobby Brown Pushing to Keep Bobbi Kristina on Life Support

    Bobby Brown, father of 21-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown, is pushing to keep her on life support, although several of her organs are failing, according to the New York Daily News, which cites several media reports. On Saturday, TMZ.com and RadarOnline.com reported that Bobbi Kristina’s organs were starting to shut down, but Brown wants to keep…

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  • Violent Power Struggle in South Sudan Postpones Elections

    South Sudan has postponed its upcoming elections this summer amid a violent power struggle between President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar, Reuters reports. June elections have been postponed, and officials plan to ask Parliament to extend Kiir’s term through 2017, the report says. Against the backdrop of the infighting, thousands have been…

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  • For South Africa’s Postapartheid Generation, Discontent Grows

    Thakeng Moreki lives in Orange Farm, a sprawling, impoverished shantytown 40 miles south of Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa—his community a place bypassed by the economic gains that the end of apartheid was supposed to bring to the nation’s poor. Unemployment exceeds 40 percent in Orange Farm, South Africa’s most populous shantytown, with…

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  • Ex-Chicago Officer Accused of Torturing Black Men Is Released From Prison

    A former Chicago police commander who was accused of burning and beating more than 100 black men into making false confessions has been released from federal prison after spending less than four years behind bars, the Chicago Tribune reports. Jon Burge was transferred to a Florida halfway house Thursday, the report says. Burge and the…

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  • Ohio Man Accused of Fatally Shooting 3 in Barbershop Is Arrested

    An Ohio man suspected of fatally shooting three people and injuring three others at a Cleveland barbershop was arrested Friday, the Associated Press reports. Acting on a tip, police arrested Douglas Shine Jr. without incident after surrounding his home, Warrensville Heights Police Chief Wesley Haynes tells AP. “Everybody is relieved that this individual is off the…

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  • Police Identify 7 Victims of Alleged Indiana Serial Killer

    The identities of seven homicide victims linked to a suspected Indiana serial killer have been confirmed following the fall arrest and alleged confession of a 43-year-old man, the Chicago Tribune reports. Darren Vann was arrested Oct. 18 after police in Hammond, Ind., discovered the body of 19-year-old Afrikka Hardy in a hotel room, the report…

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  • Valentine’s Day: Decades of Enduring Love

    It seems like celebrities are always making up and breaking up. It may be hard to find long-lasting love in the limelight, but these adorable couples prove that partnerships can endure. Here are 14 celebrity duos who have been making our hearts melt for decades. 1. LL Cool J and Simone Smith LL Cool J and…

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  • 1 Year Later: Student’s Vigil Over Ole Miss Noose Goes On

    If you walk across the middle of the University of Mississippi’s campus on any given day, you’ll probably see sophomore Correl Hoyle sitting in front of the statue of James Meredith. Meredith was the first African American to integrate the University of Mississippi, in 1962. The monument was constructed in his likeness to symbolize inclusion…

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