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Capping a National Week of Action and after a key deadline in Domican Republic, #Rights4AllInDr plans a march to the White House in protest

An off-duty New Jersey state trooper is under review after firing at three unarmed teenagers who mistakenly knocked on the door of his Sparta home Sunday, believing it to be their friend’s house. The trooper, identified as Kissinger Barreau, told investigators he thought the teenagers were trying to break into his home. Jesse Barkhorn, John […]

A Florida kindergarten teacher accused of placing duct tape over students’ eyes as a form of punishment was suspended without pay by the Hillsborough County School Board in a vote of 6-0 Tuesday. The teacher, Lindsay Blanc, may face permanent termination, though she could appeal to the board in an effort to keep her job, […]

In an ongoing effort to make changes within our criminal justice system, the Obama administration has launched a new initiative to help those who are incarcerated turn their lives around. On Friday, the Department of Education announced that they will introduce the Second Chance Pell Pilot, which will allow inmates to receive Pell Grants so that they […]

Two University of Cincinnati police officers involved in a fellow officer’s alleged cover-up in the shooting death of Samuel DuBose were also entangled in the fatal shooting of another unarmed Black man in 2010. From the Huffington Post: Officers Eric Weibel and Phillip Kidd were among seven University of Cincinnati police officers and other officials […]

Hours after a Hamilton County judge set bond at $1 million on Thursday for the University of Cincinnati police officer indicted in the death of an unarmed motorist, Ray Tensing posted bond and was released from the jail, Cincinnati reports. Tensing’s father posted $100,085 — 10 percent of the hefty bail. The now formerUCPD officer was […]

The ongoing clash between Nigeria‘s armed forces and the Islamist militants Boko Haram has been largely a one-sided affair with the terrorist group seemingly taking the upper hand. Earlier Thursday, the Nigerian Army announced a victory of sorts after reportedly freeing 59 women and children that were held by the heavily armed insurgents. Nigerian publication […]

In the latest example of persistent and ingrained racism in America, police are searching for two White men spotted on video placing Confederate flags at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Visitor Center in Atlanta, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Church and civic leaders were unbowed by what […]

A 17-year-old died after a 911 dispatcher hung up on the teen trying to save his life, FOX News reports. Seventeen-year-old Jaydon Chavez-Silver was hanging out with several friends, including Esperanza Quintero, 17, at a house party in Northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico back in June. While playing cards in the kitchen, bullets from a drive-by shooting entered the home, with one hitting […]

https://twitter.com/pzoeller/status/622447786215243778/photo/1 When two hate groups took their place on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse earlier this month, words were exchanged between members of the Ku Klux Klan and the New Black Panther Party. In an ironic moment of extremes demanding justice from one another, one image seemed to stick out from the rest. A Black activist […]

When the world learned of Cecil the Lion’s death at the hands of a rich American dentist, the world wept over the loss and called for the shooter, identified as Walter Palmer, to apologize and somehow right his wrong. And rightfully so. Big game hunting is cruel and in many cases, detrimental to the small […]

Following the unveiling of legislation that may defund Planned Parenthood, democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday the move is “an attack women’s health.” According to the Huffington Post, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) fast-tracked the legislation Tuesday; the same day Republicans announced the measure. “The attempt by Senate Republicans to […]