Posts in category Black News

To those of us working at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Justice Antonin Scalia’s remarks that blacks would do better at “less advanced” universities …

CHICAGO – A watchdog agency that investigates Chicago police officers said Monday it will implement reforms in the wake of protests over several fatal shootings …

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is announcing a series of executive steps aimed at curbing gun violence, including broader background checks and the hiring of …

The year 2015 brought tectonic changes in several areas of our lives that the media has totally ignored or under-reported.  Too often media, both left …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The oak-and-glass front doors of Little Rock Central High School _ which in 1957 were first closed and then opened to …

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Police in Miami Gardens are using new technology to reduce celebratory gunfire during New Year’s Eve. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/1YNS1qF ) …

Happy New Year! Now let’s get started with a big dose of politics. Even if you’d rather be watching football, a zombie apocalypse or the …

A Jackson city councilman suggests that his comment about throwing rocks, bricks and bottles at police was taken out of context. Kenneth Stokes says he …

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago mayor’s office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after a white …

By JENNY BARCHFIELD RIO DE JANEIRO — The first few times American landscape architect Sara Zewde visited Rio de Janeiro’s Valongo Wharf, she struggled to …