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Mississippi Goon Squad member, Brett McAlpin, is asking for his sentence to be reduced after pleading guilty to torturing two Black men.

More folks are learning about the All of Us Program and the potential benefits of the campaign. Pastor Robert Maxie of Liberty Church of Baton Rouge hosted Dr. Deirdre Barfield, senior medical director of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana for an indepth talk about the campaign on Liberty BR Podcast. 

Erica Campbell of the Get Up Morning Show got involved with the All of Us Campaign to help spread the word about why it’s important for more African American people to get involved in research studies. According to statistics, 40% of people in the United States identify as people of color yet the data from medical research is mostly 80%-90% white. 

Roughly one million people in America are estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS. Black people makeup about 13% of the U.S. population but account for 45.4% of HIV/AIDS cases.

In an interview with Julia Moore Vogel, director of All of Us Research Program, Angie Ange gets a better scope of why diversity in research studies are important, talks about her own journey with the program, and breaks down the concept of predisposition and how that can affect the potential for certain hereditary conditions.

The All of Us Research Program is the largest most diverse health resource of its kind and is representing all of those groups who have been left out of research in the past (POC, seniors, people living in rural areas, those with low income, LGBTQ, etc).

Cops continue to arrest teens as the case is underway.

Her next role is set.

Nate Parker was reportedly in tears when talking about critics hating his film "American Skin."

The racist was caught on video.

Dr. Joel Saulsbury and Roland Martin discussed how high blood pressure hits the Black community.

Renovated in 2014, the museum hopes to immerse visitors in the nation's history of civil rights.