A New York Police Department recently settled with a Black woman who sued the department after she was shackled while she gave birth in 2018. The woman’s attorneys announced last month that a U.S. district magistrate judge approved a $750,000 settlement for the young mother of two. NYPD cops bound the woman’s hands and ankles…
Source: Handout / Getty Minnesota prosecutors want the man who killed George Floyd to get a stiffer penalty than prescribed by law. Convicted of second and third-degree murder along with manslaughter, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin faces a minimum of 12 1/2 years when get gets sentenced next month. Attorney General Keith Ellison and…
Bobby Paul Edwards is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for enslaving John Christopher Smith from 2009 to 2014. A former South Carolina restaurant manager has been ordered to pay more than $546,000 in restitution to an employee with intellectual disabilities that he put to work for more than 100 hours a week with no…
The hip-hop industry and its aficionados can do little to deny the South’s influence and contributions, still, according to activist rapper David Banner, little to no thanks is shown to Southern artists. In fact, Banner, who is from Jackson, Mississippi, says rappers and producers from the South have their style copied by others with scant…
A collective of Black and brown-owned businesses have teamed up to combat food insecurity in Chicago. According to the Block Chicago Club, they’ve come together for the creation of an initiative dubbed ChiMeals, which is designed to provide meals for underserved communities throughout the city. Cognizant of the disproportionate impact that food insecurity has on…
A GoFundMe campaign for Nate Silvester has reached more than half of its $500,000 goal After going viral for a TikTok mocking Los Angeles Laker star Lebron James and the fatal shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant by Columbus, Ohio police, an Idaho officer has raised over $300k on GoFundMe. According to Insider, Nate Silvester, a police…
Representation matters and Shoreline-based health professional Dr. Margaret Towolawi is breaking racial barriers within her industry. According to K5, Dr. Towolawi is the woman behind the first Black-owned direct primary care clinic in the state of Washington. Her practice—dubbed the Nurture Well Center—takes a holistic approach to providing treatment for common illnesses. The inspiration for…
With over 3.3 million people. Puerto Rico has reported more than 115,000 confirmed coronavirus cases Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory. Now, a spike in cases and hospitalizations has put medical experts…
Rep. Mark Samsel was released on $1,000 bond and is set to appear in district court later this month Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested for battery after video footage of an altercation with a student alarmed parents. Samsel was working as a substitute teacher at the time. Multiple videos, recorded by students, showed Samsel…
Athlete Najee Harris has amassed success in the realm of football but no matter how far the sport has taken him, the California native has always stayed true to his roots. According to CBS News, hours before being drafted, the newly minted Pittsburgh Steelers player hosted a party at the homeless shelter where he and…
