Apr 29 2019SaveLegal4/29/19Legal4/29/19From Defendant to Defender: Theo Shaw, Once Almost Railroaded by the Justice System as One of the Jena 6, Is Now Officially a LawyerDara Sharif16SaveA Louisiana man whose life was almost thrown away by the criminal justice system when he was overcharged in a case…
Jun 8 2017Save6/8/17Officers Wrong to Arrest Woman for #PartyingWhileBlack, DC Police Chief SaysBreanna Edwards24SaveWashington, D.C., Police Chief Peter Newsham has reached out to a Chevy Chase, Md., woman who was arrested after…
May 16 2017Save5/16/17Miss USA Clarifies Controversial Health Care Comments: ‘I Am Privileged to Have Health Care and I Do Believe That It Should Be a Right’Breanna Edwards21SaveAfter intense backlash over her comments about health care during the Miss USA pageant, newly crowned nuclear…
Dec 16 2016SaveThe Movement12/16/16The Movement12/16/16Family of Terrence Sterling, Black Man Fatally Shot by DC Police, Files LawsuitBreanna EdwardsSaveThe family of an unarmed black motorcyclist who was gunned down by a Washington, D.C., police officer in September…
Dec 14 2016Save12/14/16DC-Area Marching Bands Did Not Apply to March at Trump’s Inaugural ParadeBreanna EdwardsSaveWashington, D.C., public schools have declined to apply for a chance to perform at President-elect Donald Trump's…
Nov 5 2016Save11/5/16DC to Vote on Becoming 51st State on Election DayThe Root StaffSaveFilled with the longtime rallying cry of “No taxation without representation,” supporters of D.C. statehood will…