A Connecticut man is facing a plethora of charges for allegedly knocking an 11-year-old boy off his bicycle and telling him to go back to where he came from. The boy’s mother believes her child was targeted because of his race, saying a form of this kind of bullying happens to their family on a…

Pauli Murray Source: Bettmann / Getty July 1 is the annual feast day for Episcopal saint Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the denomination: an affirmation of her many contributions not only to the church but to social justice in the United States. Saints exemplify “what it means to follow in…

Former reality star of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” Nene Leakes claimed a potential talk show she would have hosted with comedian Tom Arnold was canceled because of things she said to Wendy Williams, including calling her “Wendell,” according to Page Six. Leakes told the outlet she referred to the former talk show host in…

The transit agency’s dress code banning political and social expressions was ruled a violation of employees’ right to free speech. Pittsburgh Regional Transit employees’ right to wear Black Lives Matter masks during shifts has been upheld following a federal appellate court ruling that deemed the agency’s previous ban unconstitutional. Three PRT employees initially accused the…

Usher performs at the 2022 Something In The Water Music Festival Source: Paul Morigi / Getty Black Music Month closed out with a bang. Iconic R&B superstar Usher visited NPR’s office studio and performed a six-song, 25-minute set to close out their Black Music Month series. Accompanied by his band and singers Eric Bellinger and…

All major Democratic campaign committees reported a surge in contributions after the ruling, but fundraising is concentrated at the national level In the first week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, Democrats and aligned groups raised more than $80 million, a tangible early sign that the ruling may energize…

NYPD Crime Scene Source: New York Daily News / Getty On the heels of a shift in New York gun laws following a questionable Supreme Court ruling last week, a 20-year-old new mom was shot in the head at point-blank range while pushing her three-month-old in a stroller on the Upper East Side. Friday evening…

“There’s no luck for how we get things done,” says bestselling author of ‘The Memo’ Minda Harts on this week’s episode of ‘The Reset with Coach Tish.’  Are we thinking about the next generation of Black and Brown girls in the ways we should? This may be my own guilt speaking but, I’m not sure…

Move by prosecutors to convert Flint indictments into common criminal complaints expected to face opposition by defense Prosecutors signaled Friday that they would pursue the same charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water crisis, just a few days after the state Supreme Court said indictments must be dismissed. The attorney general’s…

When a medical examiner arrived to inspect Jayland Walker’s body, he was lying on his back in handcuffs. Reports show that he was shot multiple times — in the face, abdomen and upper legs during a car chase with Akron Police Department officers. The 25-year-old man was the third person killed in Akron, Ohio, by…