The Chicago police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old man and his neighbor in December reportedly keeps offering shifting details about what led him to fire his service weapon, raising doubts about the need for lethal force.
A judge from the U.S. District Court in Washington was hit with a civil lawsuit the same day he retired over claims he allegedly assaulted a teenage witness in a high-profile case 35 years ago. CBS News reports that Terry Mitchell, 51, claims Richard Roberts sexually abused her during the trial of White supremacist Joseph Paul Franklin, who killed two Black joggers in Salt Lake City back in 1981.
A movement looking to shake up the political atmosphere is gearing up for one of the largest protests ever on Capitol Hill.
A Black teenager from Oklahoma decided to defend herself - violently - after she was called a racial slur by a White teen.
An incident surfaced of a teacher calling a student the n-word in class at Boston Latin School. It happened 18 months ago, but came to light during a federal investigation into multiple instances of racial abuse at the prestigious high school.
A study finds that black men's college football and basketball players' graduation rates lag behind black male non-athletes at the same schools. Researchers say this is troubling because the additional financial and academic support the athletes receive seem to make no difference.
Couple Attacked And Burned With Boiling Water For Being Gay In February, Marquez Tolbert, 24 and Anthony Gooden, 23 were asleep at an apartment that Gooden shares with his mother. The mother’s boyfriend, Martin Blackwell, allegedly committed a hate crime by tossing boiling water on the couple. “Get out of my house with all that gay,” […]
African-American advocates and women's group wonder why a more liberal (and African-American) judge wasn't nominated to sit on our nation's highest court.