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Katherine Jackson, has asked for a restraining order against Joe Jackson’s brother’s son, Trent Jackson, her driver for many years.

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Elliott Earl Williams' tragic death in an Oklahoma jail cell represents a damning indictment of the criminal justice system's treatment of not just Black men, but the mentally ill and U.S. veterans.

As the time has come again for us to honor those whose work in the fields of television, music, literature, film and social justice shone so brightly via the 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards, we’d like to take a moment to express our gratitude for those who made a tough year so much easier to survive.

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26 people were arrested near Paris on Wednesday after denouncing the alleged violent rape of a 22-year-old Black man by local police.

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In the fight to get Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) pulled his very own race card, saying opposing Democrats were the party of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Basketball legend Charles Oakley was physically escorted out of Madison Square Garden, arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and criminal trespass on Wednesday night for allegedly yelling at Knicks team owner James Dolan.

CNN) – Some key limes in Texas were a little more than what they looked like. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection found nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana camouflaged in a shipment of key limes. The smuggled drugs were discovered in a tractor trailer coming into the U.S. from Mexico on Jan. 30. Officers used […]

The Golden State Warriors point guard shared some choice words about Kevin Plank’s comments about POTUS in a recent interview.   Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry slammed Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank Wednesday for referring to President Donald Trump as an “asset” during an interview, reports The Mercury News. From The Mercury News: […]

The decision came amid major division, a contentious debate and a stream of controversy about racism surrounding the Alabama senator.   The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general during a floor vote Wednesday after a stream of controversy over the former Alabama senator’s racist past, reports The Washington Post. From The Washington Post: The […]

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions at attorney general Wednesday night following a contentious debate and a stream of controversy about the immigration hard-liner having a racist past.

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We know the pain of losing children to state violence. We know the pain of striving for justice and being denied at every turn. We choose to tell their stories in the hopes that more mothers won’t have to go through what we’ve been through.