NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeMatamoros Kidnapping 4 Americans Sparks Nasty Beef Between Mexico and USMexican officials linked the attack to the victim’s prior drug activities.ByKalyn WomackPublishedMarch 11, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeJudge Reverses Conviction in Fatal Stabbing, But What Does it Really Mean?The man accused in the “Junior” Guzman-Feliz killing had his first-degree murder charges vacated.ByKalyn WomackPublishedMarch 10, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeDrug Cartel "Admits" to Kidnapping 4 Black Americans in MatamorosThe two survivors are currently in a Texas medical facility.ByKalyn WomackPublishedMarch 9, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeFBI Identifies 4 Black Americans in Chilling Mexico KidnappingThe Feds say two were found dead and two were alive.ByKalyn WomackPublishedMarch 7, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeSC Judge Clifton Newman Went Off On Lying Alex Murdaugh During Murder SentencingThe South Carolina judge had no problem calling out Alex Murdaugh's lies before sentencing him for murder of his…ByKalyn WomackUpdatedMarch 7, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeFired Memphis EMT Shares the Moments Following Tyre Nichols BeatingThe Memphis police officers allegedly impeded patient care.ByKalyn WomackPublishedMarch 6, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeGeorge Floyd’s Family to Join in Laying Tyre Nichols to RestWhite House officials will also be in attendance at Nichols’ funeral.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 31, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeBarack and Michelle Obama Join Calls for Police Reform Amidst Tyre Nichols OutrageCities across the country saw protests after the release of the body camera footage.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 30, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeBiden Calls for Calm Ahead of Video Footage of Tyre Nichols' ArrestBiden urged the Nichols' family and the city of Memphis to demonstrate peacefully.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 27, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeFaith Leaders And Organizers Unite On Reproductive Freedom For Roe's 50th AnniversaryOrganizers say; "for too long the country has allowed a small but loud group from the religious right to dominate…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedJanuary 22, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeWhite Supremacist Group Charged for Hanging “Keep New England White” Sign over BridgeThis isn’t the first time this hate group has been in some s**t.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 18, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeMass IncarcerationNewsCriminal JusticeMass IncarcerationMan Lost 95 Pounds Being Starved to Death by Jail Staff, Lawsuit AllegesInspections at the jail identified even more issues beyond malnutrition.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 17, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrime4 Lying Ass White Supremacists Sentenced in Hate Crime [Update]The men left a white supremacy meeting and attacked a Black man at a bar.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 10, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeShocking Development in Elementary Teacher Shooting [Update]Questions still remain about the moments prior to the shooting.ByKalyn WomackUpdatedJanuary 13, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeSC Court Permanently Blocks Abortion BanThe South Carolina Supreme Court defended the right to abortion, arguing that the state's six--week abortion ban…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedJanuary 6, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeArizona Prison Accused of Inducing Prisoners Against Their WillThree women say they were induced against their will while incarcerated at at the Perryville prison in Buckeye,…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedJanuary 3, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeFacial Recognition Leads Louisiana Cops to Arrest of Innocent ManThe man had never even been to the city where the crime happened.ByKalyn WomackPublishedJanuary 3, 2023
NewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeNational Network of Abortion Funds Leader Breaks Down Reproductive JusticeRoot 100 honoree and NNAF Executive Director Oriaku Njoku explains what reproductive justice means, and why Black…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedDecember 26, 2022
NewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeReproductive JusticeRoot 100 Honoree Oriaku Njoku Wants Us All To Dream BiggerThe Executive Director of The National Network of Abortion Funds talks threats to abortion, the meaning of…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedDecember 23, 2022
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeFlint Water Crisis Prosecution Headed For Michigan Supreme CourtRemember what happened in Flint? It's been nearly a decade, but justice is still being sought.ByKeith ReedPublishedDecember 23, 2022