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Legislation that would provide compensation for the wrongfully convicted has passed the Michigan House of Representatives. People who are exonerated would receive $50,000 a year for every year they were incarcerated under one bill that […]

By Roger Caldwell In less than a month, real estate baron and reality TV star Donald J. Trump will be sworn-in as the 45th President of the United States of America. There is a reverence […]

A huge group of women’s rights advocates plans to descend on Washington the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration to protest his comments about women throughout his contentious campaign against Hillary Clinton. After initially being referred […]

By Melissa Kimble Dorothy Height spent her life fighting for racial and gender equality. But when you think of the work of leaders such as Shirley Chisholm, Amelia Boynton Robinson and Anna Julia Cooper, Height […]

By nbcnewyork.com President Barack Obama is presenting 21 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday. Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, actor Tom Hanks, NBA legend Michael Jordan, MLB announcer Vin Scully […]

Recruiters talk to those looking at employment opportunities at a job fair in Pittsburgh, March 30, 2016. States that voted for Hillary Clinton in last week’s presidential election reported stronger job growth in the previous […]

Jury selection began today in the trial of Dylann Storm Roof By Frederick H. Lowe U.S. District Court Judge Richard Mark Gergel ruled on Monday (today) that Dylann Storm Roof, a white supremacist who is […]

By Damon Lavrinc, jalopnik.com People of color have been dealing with racist cabbies for decades, and according to a new study, that discrimination is alive and well in the world of ride-hailing apps. Not only are […]

Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley, his mother. Gunmen recently fired bullets into a sign commemorating where Emmett Till’s beaten body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955 after Roy Bryant and his half […]

BLACK FACE AIN’T THE SAME AS BEING PART OF THE BLACK RACE Prairie View A&M (PVAMU) freshman student, Brooke Merino Here in recent years, several White people have chosen to make increasingly popular again, an […]