MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — A resident of Princeton, NJ, Williams published nearly 10,000 articles and reviews. Throughout his nearly 22-year career as a writer, he was most known...
ROLLINGOUT — The electrifying Netflix miniseries “When They See Us,” which is the true story of the “Central Park 5” teens that Fairstein wrongly prosecuted for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — DuVernay, who took on the project after Santana suggested it to her via tweet, wants to dramatize what the criminal justice system and...
ATLANTA VOICE — With appearances on NBC’s hit sci-fi series “Manifest” and FX’s “Mayans M.C.,” and Netflix’s “House of Cards,” actor Curtiss Cook is now a reoccurring...
THE AFRO — An area artist, Lindsey Brittain Collins, has dedicated much of her career to examining topics of economic and social issues through art and is...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — This week under the stewardship of Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles), the California Senate passed Senate Bill 188 known as the Create...
FLORIDA COURIER — Like ticker tape, the messages quickly scroll on the digital billboards.“I saw my brother get shot. I saw my sister get shot. I saw...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — The idea of a weekend in New York never stops being exciting. Brimming with culture, trend and spectacle — what draws us to the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Systemic racism drives both poverty and the mass incarceration of low-income people, especially people of color. This cycle of poverty and criminal justice...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today, 51 years later, we have a generation that knew not Dr. King nor Congressman Powell. And what is even more tragic is...
SAN DIEGO VOICE — The San Diego Tenants Union urged Council President Gomez to amend the plan to include rent control.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Dems plan is what it has always been – the Robin Hood strategy. That is, they want to steal from the rich...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Daley is proposing slicing the council by two thirds-taking the number of aldermen from 50 to 15.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Seventy-eight percent of the cigarettes consumed in the Black community are menthol-flavored. As the selling of menthol products become prohibited within Black communities,...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — One of the biggest criticisms of the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary was its inclusion of radio personality, Charlamagne Tha God.
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — A dozen Tulsa high school students will leave the traditional classroom behind in the spring semester, to be part of an urban classroom...
Street Historian Simon Rutledge (left) speaks to passersby on the streets of New York City at the corner of 96th and Broadway. On any given day,...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers battling over whether the grand jury record in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man should...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers battling over whether the grand jury record in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man should...
(USA Today) – The New York City health department will propose a new rule Wednesday that would require chain restaurants to put a warning symbol next...
(The Nation) – We all die alone. But some of us die even more alone than others. In New York City, if you are unfortunate...
By Marian Wright Edelman and Melanie Hartzog NNPA Guest Columnists Under New York’s juvenile justice system a child as young as 7 can be arrested...
JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — One family of six was living in a homeless-shelter apartment where a dead rat festered on the floor...
(New York Times) – A recent applicant for a job as a correction officer at New York City jails had several friends who were gang members....
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City jail guards reported more use of force against inmates in 2014 than ever before —...