federal judge has set a trial date for the five former Memphis officers accused of murdering Tyre Nichols.
The family of Irvo Otieno has finally reached a settlement in his tragic death.
On Tuesday, hundreds of residents rallied outside City Hall demanding that the city begin to roll out reparations recommendations.
The bill would establish an office dedicated to missing and murdered Black women and girls within the Department of Justice.
A Moms for Liberty rep complained to the San Ramon Valley Unified School District that students were taught white people have no culture. But what is "white culture" anyway?
Prosecutors prepare to present opening statements in the trial for two officers charged in the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain.
How did people who were enslaved, forced into unpaid manual labor and built this country end up being considered lazy? This is the history of the damaging and racist notion that is easily debunked.
How artificial intelligence impacts the Black community is a focal point at this year's Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference. Rep. Barbara Lee said AI has “No diversity, no Black lens.”
White students told on their teacher after being taught "Between the World and Me."
The new anti-affirmative action lawsuit aiming to strike down race-conscious admissions at West Point farcically claims racism in the military has been “virtually nonexistent post-Vietnam.”
The deaths of Nichole “Nikki” Coats, 32, and Maleesa Mooney, 31, remain under investigation.
The centrality of the Bible in Black life cannot be overstated, Rev. Osagyefo Sekou writes.
In all its wisdom, the Supreme Court has joyfully unleashed its wrecking ball of justice to obliterate affirmative action.
The teen who refused to give his Citi Bike bike to Sarah Jane Comrie and his family spoke out about the viral incident.
Detroit– The Queen of Soul is not one to divulge much about her personal life away from the spotlight. She is known to be an intensely private person. Speaking exclusively to JET for the third interview since announcing that doctors advised she cancel all concerts until May because of her health, she says: “I am […]
PITTSBURGH – A local man finally realized his dream of homeownership after he bought a foreclosed house in November and began making repairs on it. When Andre Hall, 40, showed up on Monday to continue preparing the house for his wife and kids, he found a backhoe sitting on top of it, reports the Pittsburgh […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers took turns reading the Constitution on the House floor Thursday, a nod to tea partiers who put Republicans in power. Even the nation’s founding text got caught in political tussling: Democrats questioned omitting amended sections that reflect how the document has changed over time, such as one that classified slaves as […]
MIAMI — President Barack Obama has agreed to conduct an interview with Fox News host Bill O’Reilly as part of a pregame package for Fox Broadcasting Channel’s Super Bowl coverage, an Obama administration official confirmed to The Huffington Post.
WASHINGTON – Two packages detonated in the mailrooms of two Maryland state government buildings on Thursday, but no one was seriously injured, officials said. Investigators had yet to identify a suspect or make any arrests, a Maryland state official said. “Explosion may be too strong of a word. The packages were smoldering. In one case […]
WASHINGTON — A senior executive at National Public Radio who had a role in the firing of commentator Juan Williams has resigned.
WASHINGTON — The liberal Congressional Black Caucus has sworn in its first Republican member in more than a decade, welcoming newly elected congressman Allen West of Florida at a ceremony Wednesday. West and Tim Scott of South Carolina were elected in November as the first black Republicans in Congress since former Rep. J.C. Watts left […]
WASHINGTON D.C. Several members of Congress will be taking part in a historical reading of the Constitution. But they will be using an amended version to avoid some of the history reflected in it, particularly the institution of slavery. Tea Party favorite Republican Congressman, Bob Goodlatte of Georgia is organizing the reading. The Hill reports: […]
WASHINGTON D.C.– Cell phone footage of a man being beat up by a group of children at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station in Washington D.C has been circulated over the internet through the site Worldstarhiphop. The man, Allen Haywood, claims he was attacked for no apparent reason. TBD reports: As he read with his back […]
Los Angeles – The distraught girl, just 11 at the time, apparently fell to her knees, broke down in tears and screamed: “Daddy.” In the few traumatic seconds she was in the bedroom with brother Prince, 12, she witnessed Jacko lying motionless on his bed with his mouth open as Dr Conrad Murray performed chest […]
The massive, 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti last January 12th, killing 230,000 and making 1.3 million more homeless. Sean Penn flew to the country to help one week later. Now, it’s his life’s work.
Tennessee — Mary Ingles Principal Tracy George asked her young students, patiently sitting Indian style in the school cafeteria, if they knew who was there to see them Wednesday.
