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There seems to be a disturbing trend emerging lately that involves pregnant women being murdered by their boyfriends/lovers. Earlier this year, it was a teacher in Louisiana who was murdered after her married boyfriend, who was the principal at the school they both worked at, found out that she was pregnant with his child. Now […]

A Detroit woman is proving that real-life is scarier than anything fictional this Halloween, as she has decided to use her decorations as a means to make a powerful statement about the recent tragedies around the country. https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/785933109174931456 Larethia Haddon expected that she would draw a lot attention, surprised eyes and even controversy for her […]

Seemingly, the popular thing to do these days is to blame the Black Lives Matter Movement for every terrible thing that is happening in the world. This time BLM is being blamed for the “accidental” murder of the wife of a prominent Atlanta attorney. Apparently when the gun in his car accidentally discharged killing his […]

It’s been a rough year for Carolina Panthers superstar Cam Newton. After losing the Super Bowl, which many thought he was a shoo-in to win, he found himself in a whirlwind of controversy regarding his comments about the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as his thoughts on fellow football player Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem […]

You would think that by now people, especially those in the media, would understand that off-the-cuff comments about other races, nationalities, regions, etc. can easily be taken as offensive. That is the very hard lesson that one meteorologist had to learn yesterday when she attempted to report of the impending Hurricane Matthew, but somehow managed […]

Ramsey Orta, the Staten Island man who filmed Eric Garner's death, has been sentenced to four years in prison in a (supposedly) unrelated weapon and drugs case.

To many Ramsey Orta is an unsung hero for his courageous act of filming Eric Garner’s death as he was killed by police. Without his video, there is a high likelihood that there would have never been any concrete proof of what happened to Garner. Unfortunately, this made him a public enemy of police who […]

Back in July, the fatal shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop not only left many heartbroken and devastated, but it also left a wealth of unanswered questions as to what exactly happened to him based on the police officer’s explanation. Luckily the state of Minnesota feels as though they have enough evidence to […]

The endless stories of police officers abusing their power by killing or intentionally harming black people continue with each passing day. These days when you log into your social media accounts, you are likely to see a new hashstag of a black person who was the victim of police brutality and racial injustice. The latest […]

It is becoming more evident with each passing day that many feel that just about everything regarding black people needs to be policed and/or regulated. In the latest case of attempting to diminish our value, worth and beauty, and appeals court has ruled that employees who opt to wear dreadlocks do not have a legal […]

The disturbing case of Korryn Gaines has stirred up many debates, including treatment by police, child endangerment and untreated PTSD, since the young mother was shot and killed by police officers in August after a lengthy standoff. Now Gaines’ family is not letting her death be forgotten so easily, as they have filed a multimillion […]

It was the story that shocked and saddened the country last week when Reginald Moise, shot and killed 22-year-old college student Tiarah Poyau for refusing to dance with him at the J’Ouvert celebration in New York. Since then, many have tried to piece together exactly why someone would murder a woman just because she didn’t […]