Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeJay-Z's Roc Nation Sets Inaugural Social Justice Summit for This SummerSpearheaded by the label's philanthropic arm United Justice Coalition, the convention is set to take place this July.ByShanelle Genai5/12/22 1:00PMComments (2)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial Justice Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeLaquan McDonald’s Killer, Already Released Early, Won’t Face Federal Charges EitherFormer Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is a perfect example of how convicted killer cops can still evade…ByAdriano Contreras4/20/22 11:41AMComments (3)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeMayor Adams NYC Subway Safety Plan May Disproportionately Affect People of ColorBlack and Latinx people make up most of New York's homeless population. The new safety plan may jeopardize their…ByKalyn Womack3/11/22 10:55AMComments (11)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeFather & Son McMichael Go to Trial for Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery KillingGregory and Travis McMichael will now go to trial for federal hate crime charges along with their neighbor William…ByRachel Pilgrim2/04/22 7:50PMComments (7)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial Justice74-Year-Old Black Woman Exonerated for the Murder of Her Niece After Spending 27 Years in PrisonJoyce Watkins and her then boyfriend were convicted of rape and murder in 1987ByNoah A. McGee1/18/22 12:00PMSave
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeGeorgia Deputy Headed to Unemployment Over Ahmaud Arbery CommentsThe Houston County cop is getting canned for disgusting remarks on FacebookByKeith Reed1/13/22 5:30PMComments (41)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeAhmaud Arbery's Killers Are Going to Prison For a Long TimeFather and son Gregory and Travis McMichael along with William "Roddie" Bryan are sentencedByRachel Pilgrim1/07/22 3:21PMComments (83)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeLouisiana Governor Pardons Plessy, 125 Years After ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling in Plessy v Ferguson30-year-old mixed race shoemaker, Homer Plessy, was arrested for sitting on a whites only train car in 1897. The…ByRachel Pilgrim1/05/22 2:22PMComments (9)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeWrongfully Accused: The Exoneration of Black PeopleExperts explain why we 're seeing so many high-profile exonerations of Black people in the United States during the…ByNoah A. McGee12/31/21 1:00PMComments (1)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeBlack Man in Georgia Exonerated After Spending 23 Years in Prison For Wrongful ConvictionDevonia Inman was sentenced to life without parole for the 1998 murder of a Taco Bell night manager in Adel, GeorgiaByNoah A. McGee12/28/21 10:17AMComments (3)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeThe ACLU of Vermont Accuses School of Failing to Protect Black Student From Racial HarassmentThe student was the only Black person in her grade and endured racial harassment, bullying and threats of violence,…ByNoah A. McGee12/23/21 5:30PMComments (13)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeOklahoma city councilman makes racist comment in meeting on racist policingHIs comments suggest Black people are inherently more violent than whitesByKeith Reed12/20/21 6:00PMComments (24)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeCivil Rights Champion Claudette Colvin Sees Her Juvenile Record Expunged 66 Years After Arrest Over Bus Seat"The hardship and intimidation that took place in those years and the reason I took a stand to defy the segregated…ByMurjani Rawls12/16/21 6:00PMComments (5)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeHappy New Year: Ahmaud Arbery's Killers To Be Sentenced Jan. 7That life sentence hits different when it's cold outsideByKeith Reed12/14/21 4:30PMComments (8)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeWhite Man Who Planted Bombs After BLM Protest Gets ProbationApparently, peaceful protest is worse than attempted domestic terrorismByKeith Reed12/14/21 1:40PMComments (18)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeVideo Shows Black Man Being Handcuffed For Trying to Cash His Own Check at a Minnesota BankBlack man accused of fraud for trying to cash $900 check at a bank he had an account withByNoah A. McGee12/13/21 7:00PMComments (41)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeVictim of Lynching in Fort Worth, Texas Gets a Memorial 100 Years Later, With the Help of His GrandsonFred Rouse was lynched by a white mob in 1921. A century later, his grandson is memorializing himByNoah A. McGee12/13/21 2:00PMComments (6)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeGoFundMe Stops Fundraisers For Man Convicted in the Killing of Ahmaud ArberyWilliam R. Bryan, the man who recorded the murder of Arbery, has supporters trying to raise money for his appealByNoah A. McGee12/02/21 8:00PMComments (30)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeAlabama Threatens to Sue Montgomery Over Confederate Street NameThe state wants its mostly Black capital city to keep Jefferson Davis' name on a street signByKeith Reed11/29/21 1:00PMComments (4)Save
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial Justice‘Groveland Four,’ Black Men Wrongly Convicted of Rape in 1949, Exonerated 72 Years LaterNearly seven decades later, the four men who were accused of kidnap and rape have now had their case dismissedByNoah A. McGee11/25/21 9:55AMSave