This wave of violence is very brutal but not new. And unless there is a miracle from our most high God, this violence won’t be eliminated.
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The money will be channeled through state agencies working with Asian, African Americans, Latino and other ethnic media outlets who have audiences of monolingual and underserved...
This organization is made up of experienced care providers, childcare directors and business owners who are dedicated to providing housing, vocational and life skills training, and...
Hannah-Jones and Coates add to the list of media heavy hitters who have recently joined the faculty at Howard.
There is no reason whatsoever that our cities should be lacking so much when the system is supposed to help, not hinder progress. R.O.C.S is necessary...
The 450-page reader focuses on Black dating and male and female relationships, a subject that has been a large focus for his weekly podcasts over the past four years....
Cosby served two years of a three-to-10-year sentence at a state prison near his home in Philadelphia.
The man who killed Vincent Chin, Ronald Ebens, a white auto worker, spent no jail time for the crime and was allowed to plea bargain to...
But without a plan to invest in and institute a restorative justice framework, most of that money might find its way back into local youth jails...
"For too long we’ve allowed a narrow, cramped view of the promise of this nation to fester," Biden said in a speech ahead of the signings...
As I sit here in prison, in the pit of unfathomable misery, I contemplate the need to speak and write about what is and has been...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — He revisited his famous 2004 “Pound Cake” speech and clarified that he probably should not have addressed that controversial dissertation to all African...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On From Marva with Love I interviewed a young man, Clydric Gales, from Louisiana. Clydric was raised by his father and maternal grandmother....
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson started an effort June 29 to prohibit private prisons from being constructed and operating within the city....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Probation is often billed as an alternative to incarceration, but instead it is frequently set with unrealistic conditions that undermine its goal of...
By Deja Osby Kassof When I was two and a half years old, I was placed in foster care, and at age four, I was adopted....
By Jessica Wolf, UCLA News When UCLA political science graduate James Anderson crosses the commencement stage this year, like his fellow members of the class of...
Experts, advocates and lawmakers gathered on Tuesday to discuss changes to California’s bail system, which often requires defendants to pay a fee upfront in order to...
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...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Freddie Gray is neither the first, nor will he be the last person to die in police custody. According to...
By Troy Williams Parenting from prison is not easy, but it must be done. Tens of thousands of incarcerated men and women throughout the United States...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison The question parents and guardians often ask is, what do gangs offer that is so alluring that we lose...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison When we ponder the age-old question of whether we can all get along, it is still a dilemma because...
By Richard Johnson, Folsom State Prison Prison – by its very nature – is designed to sever family bonds and destroy the dynamic unity that...