Violence

Since the rise of hip-hop in the early 1980s, critics of rap sought to tie the music to violent crime.

Despite the immense popularity of hip-hop, the culture and the music continue to be portrayed as a cultural wasteland in both subtle and explicit ways.

A$AP Rocky's arrest at LAX for alleged involvement in a November shooting is just the latest legal trouble the rapper has faced following a string of arrests for other accusations of violence.

As we remember the Tulsa Massacre 100 years later, let’s not only remember the violence but the actions of those who fought with the hope that it would never be repeated.

Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested and hit with numerous charges including assault as a hate crime and attempted assault as a hate crime.

A predominantly Black Kentucky community is outraged after a judge dismissed the case of a white man who raped and fractured the skull of an 8-year-old child in 2019.

Trump used the term "China virus" during a Fox News segment on the same night a white gunman opened fire at three Asian spas in Georgia, killing 8 people.

Washington D.C. city officials have called in the National Guard and will explore mandating a curfew in response to concerns over violent confrontations as white supremacists gather to demonstrate on Jan. 6.

Michigan state Rep. Cynthia Johnson was removed from her committee assignments on Wednesday over a Facebook Live where she spoke out against racist threats she received online.

Critics feel that prior to the election, ICE ramped up deportations and abuse among Black asylum seekers, as an estimated 16,000 immigrants from the Caribbean and Africa are being held in detention centers across the U.S.

As one of the most notable Black trans actresses in Hollywood, Laverne Cox shared she's still subjugated to the same hatred and violence that's taken the lives of too many Black trans women.

Activists and Black transgender leaders continue to demand more.