Social Justice
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Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sets Inaugural Social Justice Summit for This Summer
Spearheaded by the label's philanthropic arm United Justice Coalition, the convention is set to take place this July.
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Laquan McDonald’s Killer, Already Released Early, Won’t Face Federal Charges Either
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is a perfect example of how convicted killer cops can still evade criminal justice.
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Mayor Adams NYC Subway Safety Plan May Disproportionately Affect People of Color
Black and Latinx people make up most of New York's homeless population. The new safety plan may jeopardize their safety with the increase of policing.
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Father & Son McMichael Go to Trial for Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
Gregory and Travis McMichael will now go to trial for federal hate crime charges along with their neighbor William Roddie Bryan after a failed plea agreement.
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74-Year-Old Black Woman Exonerated for the Murder of Her Niece After Spending 27 Years in Prison
Joyce Watkins and her then boyfriend were convicted of rape and murder in 1987
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Georgia Deputy Headed to Unemployment Over Ahmaud Arbery Comments
The Houston County cop is getting canned for disgusting remarks on Facebook
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Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Are Going to Prison For a Long Time
Father and son Gregory and Travis McMichael along with William "Roddie" Bryan are sentenced
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Louisiana Governor Pardons Plessy, 125 Years After ‘Separate But Equal’ Ruling in Plessy v Ferguson
30-year-old mixed race shoemaker, Homer Plessy, was arrested for sitting on a whites only train car in 1897. The case made way for decades of segregation laws.
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Wrongfully Accused: The Exoneration of Black People
Experts explain why we 're seeing so many high-profile exonerations of Black people in the United States during the last few decades.
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Black Man in Georgia Exonerated After Spending 23 Years in Prison For Wrongful Conviction
Devonia Inman was sentenced to life without parole for the 1998 murder of a Taco Bell night manager in Adel, Georgia