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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect Tim Wolfe’s resignation. University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe announced his resignation during a press conference Monday morning amid growing outrage over his handling of racial matters on campus. “Please, please use my resignation to heal, not to hate,” he said. The story garnered national attention…

In October, James Moss moved to Denver from New York with his 1-year-old son, Zhi, in search of a better life. A friend offered him a place to stay and a job opportunity, but shortly after they arrived, things took a turn and both his housing and job were gone. “It seemed like everything I was trying…

Two former sheriff’s deputies received sentences on Friday for their involvement in the death of Matthew Ajibade, a mentally ill Georgia man, Reuters reports. Jason Kenny received a one-month jail sentence—to be served on weekends—plus three years of probation. The court gave Maxine Evans six years of probation. Greg Brown, a former jail nurse, received…

The Berkeley, Calif., NAACP chapter said that black students at Berkeley High School feel “deeply shaken” by the racist threat from a student there and will closely watch how the school board responds, according to the Contra Costa Times. “I hope the school board understands how serious this is. The black community sees this as…

“Help me lay my baby to rest,” is the heading of a GoFundMe page set up for the mother of slain youth Tyshawn Lee, who was shot down last week in an alley on Chicago’s South Side, lured there by his father’s gang rivals, police say. Chaquela Moore created the page on Nov. 2 for…

Black students at the University of Missouri increased pressure on the school’s president, Tim Wolfe, to step down over his handling of campus racism. On Saturday night, a group of black athletes said they will stop playing football until Wolfe resigns, ESPN reports. “The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed reclassifying marijuana to allow research into medical use of the drug, according to NewsOne. Clinton noted that several states have legalized marijuana, and she would like to see how it works there before taking that step at the federal level. “The problem with medical marijuana is that there’s a…

In yet another terrifying story about driving while black, a 27-year-old Ohio county worker was surrounded by officers with their guns drawn in Brooklyn, Ohio, this week. They accused the man, Michael J. Houser, of driving a stolen vehicle, according to Cleveland.com. But the white Ford Fusion was not stolen after all, and belonged to Houser,…

“Dump Trump.” That’s what a group of Hispanic leaders and protesters are calling on NBC’s Saturday Night Live to do regarding Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who is slated to host the popular comedy sketch show on Saturday. If not, protesters plan to march outside the studio with “Dump Trump” placards and chants, according to…

Calling it a “poor choice,” an Arizona Native American leader apologized this week for wearing blackface while dressed as Bob Marley on Halloween. “Recently, I posted on my Facebook page a picture of my Halloween costume dressed up in reggae style,” Terry Rambler, chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona, wrote in a…