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Sterling’s aunt Sandra Sterling referred to the Justice Department’s reported decision as “crazy.” The U.S. Department of Justice will announce as soon as May 3 that there will be no filing of charges against the two officers who fatally shot Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana last summer, reports ABC News. From ABC News: […]
The new agriculture secretary vows to “Make School Meals Great Again” (so original!) by cutting some of the regulations the former first lady championed. President Trump continues to try to erase all traces of the Obamas, with his newly minted Agriculture secretary ending regulations around healthy eating in public schools, a signature initiative of […]
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) made reference to Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue Monday night in which he tearfully pleaded for the preservation of ObamaCare after his son was born with a near fatal heart defect and underwent open-heart surgery. In a Tuesday morning speech on the House floor, Rep. Lee (D-Texas) said Kimmel’s words reminded her […]
Michael Slager’s decision to plead guilty marks a shift in rhetoric–for the past two years the former officer argued that he shot Scott in self-defense. Former North Charleston police officer, Michael Slager, plead guilty to violating the civil rights of Walter Scott, the unarmed motorist he fatally shot. Slager entered the deal a week ahead of jury […]
Recently, tragedy struck a San Diego apartment complex when a shooter arrived at a pool party and shot seven people. In speaking about this horrific incident, Nick Cannon took to Instagram to reveal that it was a personal hurt for him, the woman who was killed was an old friend. “My heart hurts with great […]
Leon Lamar Tripp reportedly left the family's home in Augusta, Georgia, with his stepdaughter, Latania Janelle Carwell, 16, early one morning two weeks ago, police and relatives say.
Jones commented after the event: "A disrespectful fan threw a bag of peanuts at me. I was called the N-word a handful of times tonight. Thanks. Pretty awesome.''
The invitation is a 'slap in the face' to minorities, the Florida NAACP says.
This racist act comes on the heels of the first Black woman, an AKA member, elected student government president.
President Donald Trump's administration will end Let Girls Learn --- a girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama --- according to a new report.
Latania Janelle Carwell and her stepfather, Leon Lamar Tripp, were last seen in the 3100 block of Tate Road in a 1990 GMC Sierra pickup truck with Georgia license plates, police say.
Students are under siege, over-policed, and marginalized in their communities and schools. That creates barriers to learning.