When 22-year-old Kalief Browder took his life, New York City heaved. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island, the infamous jail where he suffered documented torture, including brutal attacks, constant confinement to a 6 foot by 8 foot cell and reported starvation. On June 7, the 22-year-old hung himself with an air conditioning cord in his mother’s house, gifting critics […]
NewsOne’s Top 5 takes a quick look at the stories trending on NewsOne.com that you are talking about. Dylann Roof Indicted For Murder In AME Shooting, Charged With 3 Additional Counts Of Attempted Murder Bill Cosby Admits To Obtaining Drugs To Give To Women For Sex NEWS ROUNDUP: #BlackTwitter Reporter Joins LA Times Team…AND MORE […]
Jill Scott caught a wave of criticism when she defended Bill Cosby at the height of his sexual assault accusations late last year, but the R&B singer has now pulled her support from the embattled comedian after a 2005 deposition revealed that he did, indeed, drug women with whom he wanted to have sex. The civil […]
Many of us never really think about our retirement, but in actuality, we really should think about saving for the “golden years” all the time. There are many individuals who do not have enough money to retire and live the “right kind of retirement,” where they do not have to constantly worry about running out […]
Paula Deen may still be recovering from last year’s leaked deposition that revealed her use of the N-word and affinity for slave-themed weddings, but that didn’t stop the celebrity chef from getting herself embroiled in yet another insensitive controversy. On Tuesday, a photo of Deen and son Bobby (in full brownface) portraying Lucy and Ricky […]
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to return as a partner at the big corporate law firm he exited more than five years ago to join the Obama administration. Holder, who ran the U.S. Department of Justice from 2009 to 2015, will return to Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., where he worked […]
UPDATE: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 6:01 EST According to C-SPAN, the South Carolina House of Representatives voted on Tuesday afternoon 93-18 to take up a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. The New York Times reported the measure will be brought to the floor of the House on Wednesday. Stay tuned for details. […]
A 24-year-old Saginaw Valley State University student is facing a felony charge after he waited to arrive at a well-lit area before pulling over during a traffic stop in February. DaJuawn Wallace, a Black Detroit native pursuing his masters degree at the Michigan university, told MLive that he was taught to “find a well-lit area to […]
South Carolina Solicitor Scarlett Wilson on Tuesday announced that a grand jury indicted Dylann Roof on nine counts of murder for the Charleston Mother Emanuel AME church shooting, NBC reports. Roof, who reportedly told friends that he intended to start a race war by targeting the historical Black church, was also charged with one count […]
Jared Fogle, aka Jared from Subway, is under investigation in connection with child pornography charges. FBI agents and state police, in addition to an evidence
At a time when the nation is riveted by racial imbalances in the criminal justice system after dozens of high-profile police-related deaths of Blacks, a new study reveals a paucity of diversity in the ranks of elected prosecutors who bring criminal charges and negotiate prison sentences, according to The New York Times. The study, scheduled […]
The #BlackTwitter movement has grown so much in popularity, that major publications are going the extra mile to make sure it’s covered. According to an internal note from the Los Angeles Times, Managing Editor S. Mitra Kalita announced that journalist Dexter Thomas would be joining the team to cover the “Black Twitter” beat and other areas […]
