Joel Rubin and Kate Mather, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES (The L.A. Times) — Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck and the Police Department’s independent watchdog have...
Jamil Smith, THE NEW REPUBLIC CLEVELAND (The New Republic) — Before last week, the last time I’d been home to Cleveland, Ohio was in December...
(Ebony) – “I sent two children to play that day and only one came back.” On November 22, 2014, Samaria Rice’s youngest daughter Tajai Rice, 15,...
(Ebony) – “I sent two children to play that day and only one came back.” On November 22, 2014, Samaria Rice’s youngest daughter Tajai Rice, 15,...
(The Atlantic) – The recent spate of highly publicized killings of black men by police officers has driven many people to wonder how common such...
Kimberly Kindy, plus reporting by Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins, Steven Rich, Keith L. Alexander and Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — In...
Kimberly Kindy, plus reporting by Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins, Steven Rich, Keith L. Alexander and Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — In...
Mark Gillespie, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland emerged unscathed and intact after a day of protests following the acquittal of a white patrolman who...
Jason Hanna, Ralph Ellis, and Greg Botelho, CNN CLEVELAND, Ohio (CNN) — Yes, Cleveland police Officer Michael Brelo stood on a car and shot 15 times...
Jason Hanna, Ralph Ellis, and Greg Botelho, CNN CLEVELAND, Ohio (CNN) — Yes, Cleveland police Officer Michael Brelo stood on a car and shot 15 times...
By Stephanie Carson, N.C. News Service Special to the NNPA via The Charlotte Post RALEGH (NNPA) – At a time when the manner in which...
By Lynette Holloway Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Black women and girls matter too. Don’t forget. #sayhername #BlackWomenMatter #blackwomenslivesmatter pic.twitter.com/SoQde3dshr — satan with...
By Lynette Holloway Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Black women and girls matter too. Don’t forget. #sayhername #BlackWomenMatter #blackwomenslivesmatter pic.twitter.com/SoQde3dshr — satan with...
Todd Richmond, ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When a white police officer killed an unarmed biracial teen in Wisconsin’s capital city, the shooting quickly...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press JEFF AMY, Associated Press HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Marvin Banks’ drug use and drinking had worsened in recent years and he was...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press JEFF AMY, Associated Press HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Marvin Banks’ drug use and drinking had worsened in recent years and he was...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Are we living in the last days? If so, what are we doing about it? It seems the world is...
By Stacey Rodgers On Friday, May 1 – International Workers Day, otherwise known as May Day, about 2,000 people came together to march and protest...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Baltimore is not Ferguson. That was evident by opposite official reactions to the death of an unarmed African American...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Now it is Baltimore. There Freddie Gray, a Black man, was stopped on the street, pinned to the...
Juliet Linderman and Amanda Lee Myers, ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a...
Juliet Linderman and Amanda Lee Myers, ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a...
(The Washington Post) – The Virginia medical examiner’s office has ruled that the death of a woman at the Fairfax County jail in February was...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist You know their names – Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice – because these African American men were unarmed and...