ROLLING OUT — Tamra Simmons, executive producer of the Lifetime documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly," sits down with rolling out's "Cook it Out" show host Jae...
THE AFRO — On Jan. 11 Stevenson, the lawyer, social justice advocate and author of the book Just Mercy, which inspired the film, sat down at the...
ROLLING OUT — A little over a week ago, the activist group Until Freedom, traveled from New York City to Jackson, Mississippi, in an effort to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the situation is under investigation, incidents of young girls of color being singled out for disciplinary actions are unfortunately common in schools...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — The reality TV mogul and key component of the 10-year-old blockbuster series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” has been secretly financing operations that have led...
By Jessica Lussenhop BBC News Magazine The US is currently in the midst of the largest prisoner strike in its history. Prison reform in the...
(Salon) – Earlier this year, President Obama released 22 people serving federal prison terms for non-violent drug offenses. Seven of which, had been previously sentenced to life in...
President Barack Obama visited the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma on Thursday, July 16, becoming the first sitting president to visit a...
EL RENO, Okla. (New York Times) — They opened the door to Cell 123, and President Obama stared inside. In the space of 9 feet by 10 feet,...
By Bobbi Booker Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – Immediately following President Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia this week, NAACP President Cornell W....
NEW BOSTON, Tex. (New York Times) — The inmate, dressed in prison whites with a shaved head and incongruously tender eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses, entered the...
At Columbia University today, Hillary Clinton called for the end of the “era of mass incarceration.” During remarks at the 18th Annual David N. Dinkins Leadership...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a system that is often overlooked by the public and misused by law enforcement, Blacks...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a system that is often overlooked by the public and misused by law enforcement, Blacks...