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12/03/2021

The Minneapolis City Council approved Friday a $27 million civil settlement with the family of George Floyd.

09/03/2021

Madison-based Park Bank and Madison365 today announced the launch of ConnectBlack, a free and open-access directory of Black-owned businesses in the Madison area. The directory, available at…

03/03/2021

​Former President Barack Obama said he supported reparations for African Americans but decided the issue was a “non-starter” during his administration because of “white resistance.”. Saying reparations were “justified,” Obama said that “there’s not much question that the wealth of ...

21/02/2021

Saturday, the cousin of a now-deceased police officer says that in a deathbed declaration letter, Officer Ray Wood claimed his job was to infiltrate civil rights organizations and encourage leaders and members to commit felonies.

19/02/2021

18/02/2021

A slavery reparations proposal, which faces overwhelming public opposition and could cost more than $12 trillion, is picking up support in the Democratic-majority House.

17/02/2021

Amy Cooper, the white woman at the center of a controversial encounter with a Black man in New York’s Central Park, had her criminal charges dropped on Tuesday. She had been facing a charge of falsely reporting an incident to police after them that bird-watcher Christian Cooper had threatened her ...

17/02/2021

As local governments across the country take on the issues of reparations, Congress will hold a hearing on the study of reparations on Wednesday.

17/02/2021

Herbert Washington, a former Major League Baseball player, was once McDonald's largest Black franchisee in the US.

16/02/2021

Black Americans continue to face discrimination when it comes to building wealth through homeownership. Paul Austin and his wife, Tenisha Tate Austin, of Marin City purchased their first home off-market from another Black family in 2016. “I read the appraisal,” Tate Austin told ABC7.

11/02/2021

12/01/2021

Several Michigan officials have been told they will be charged in connection with the Flint water crisis, which saw lead-contaminated water caused a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak several years ago.

30/12/2020

The department announced that it found insufficient evidence to "support federal criminal charges" against Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback.

12/12/2020

Guaranteed income programs can provide direct payments to all households or to those that fall below certain income levels of meet other requirements.

10/12/2020

Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging Black Americans hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccine to trust the process -- in part because one of the scientists at the forefront of the vaccine's development is a Black woman.

09/12/2020

A sheriff's deputy working for a fugitive task force shot and killed a Black man trying to enter his own home in Columbus, Ohio, last week in a case that is now being investigated by federal authorities.

18/11/2020

Shopper's will be reimbursed for buying their holiday feast at the retailer

08/11/2020

Alex Trebek has died at the age of 80.

04/11/2020

CHICAGO (CBS) — Jammed machines, not enough poll workers, and confusion over student IDs are just a few of the voting issues that came up Tuesday night in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin. Meanwhile, CBS 2 Investigator Dorothy Tucker discovered another problem affecting Hispanic voters. Tucker...

04/11/2020

Our prayers are with DaBaby and his family.

DaBaby's older brother has died by su***de in Charlotte, NC.

02/11/2020

28/10/2020

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27/10/2020

Rowland Officer Michael Sale suffered a possible broken eye socket during vicious attack that was recorded by bystander who encouraged the attacker.

25/10/2020

A police officer has been suspended after dragging an underage, black teenager across the pavement ... despite the fact the teen is not resisting.

09/10/2020

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd, can leave Minnesota due to "safety concerns," a judge said Friday. Chauvin, 44, is facing murder and manslaughter charges after video showed him kneeling on Floyd’s neck for about eight minutes during an a...

05/10/2020

Footage released by the Aurora Police Department during a civil service commission appeal hearing on Sept. 29 shows former Officer Levi Huffine

27/09/2020

A Kentucky State Police ballistics report failed to match a bullet that hit a Louisville cop in thigh to a shot fired by Breonna Taylor's boyfriend.

18/09/2020

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal leader of the Supreme Court and a trailblazing champion of women’s rights, died on Friday. She was 87 years old.

17/09/2020

Four people suffered injuries during a shooting in Dodge County on Wednesday night, officials said.