Alabama police officers arrested a Childersburg pastor believing he was trespassing on private property. The preacher alleges he was asked to check on his neighbor’s house and believed he was acting as a good Samaritan by helping out. Rev. Jenkins (CBS42 Video Screengrab) On Sunday, May 22, in the afternoon after church service, Rev. Michael…

“I’m feeling excited, happy, energized,” said Mae A. Beale. “All the positive things that you can say when you have accomplished your mission.” A Maryland woman is making national headlines for receiving her college degree the day after she celebrated her 82nd birthday.  “I’m feeling excited, happy, energized,” Mae A. Beale told WRC-TV last week….

Lawyers at The Legal Aid Society claim Andrew Abdullah was ambushed by police before he could voluntarily surrender. Law enforcement officials have confirmed that Andrew Abdullah, the 25-year-old man accused of randomly killing another New York City subway train passenger on Sunday, has been arrested, according to NBC-affiliated News 4. His attorneys at The Legal…

Cherelle, who graduated from law school at North Carolina Central University earlier this month, hasn’t talked on the phone with Griner since the day she was first detained. Brittney Griner’s wife Cherelle wants President Joe Biden to secure her partner’s release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she…

”It’s fine. I’m a female. I don’t care,” Caster Semenya told officials. “If you want to see I’m a woman, I will show you my vagina.” Caster Semenya, the South African track and field star who has been fighting for the right to compete against female runners globally due to her naturally high testosterone levels,…

Source: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty Dear America, It’s been two years since I watched George Floyd lose his life at the hands of the police and I need to be honest with you, I am not healed one bit. It still feels like it was yesterday.  As a Black man in America, I am forced…

The road to “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has been littered with speculation and criticism, but actress Letitia Wright believes the much anticipated and highly talked about film will not disappoint.  Wright is reprising her role as Shuri, the younger sister to King T’Challa famously played by the late Chadwick Boseman, who passed in August 2020…

The George Floyd Foundation’s Shareeduh McGee and Tera Brown spoke to theGrio about grief and purpose in the days leading to the second anniversary of his death. Two of George Floyd’s family members have been quietly working behind the scenes on social justice and community initiatives they believe would make their cousin proud. Shareeduh McGee…

An officer walks outside of Robb Elementary School, after a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. Source: ALLISON DINNER / Getty In the hours immediately after a horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Texas Republicans opted to deflect from the clear need for gun reform. Both Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and…

A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia spent his final campaign stop attacking Stacey Abrams on the eve of the primary elections in the Peach State. A day before the Georgia primary, he not only disparaged her platform as a candidate, but he also brought race into the conversation. On Monday, May 23, former Sen. David…