Just minutes before the deadline to enter Baltimore's mayoral race approached, prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson on Wednesday jumped into the contest in hopes of becoming the city's 50th mayor.
A grand jury’s decision to indict DeKalb County officer Robert Olsen for the murder of Air Force veteran Anthony Hill was met with much triumph. Hill was naked…
Former Officer Jason Van Dyke has been indicted on 6 counts of murder and one count of official misconduct in the death of Laquan McDonald.
There's a fine line between freedom of speech and hate speech. Emily Faz, a student at Georgia Southern University, has had to learn that the hard way.
"They are killing us" cried 10-year-old Ze’Morion Dillon-Hokin an eyewitness to the murder of Jamar Clark who was shot a few yards from his front door.
Art is imitating life with Chicago woman April Lawson spearheading a campaign that encourages women to withhold sex in order to stop the violence.
1,000 students at New York's Ithaca College staged a walkout Wednesday afternoon demanding the resignation of President Tom Rochon, who students believe has inadequately responded to incidents of racism on campus.
Students and faculty at Mizzou are calling for the immediate resignation of the university's president for his lack of urgency in addressing racism on campus.
When did dressing up as members of a racist, hate group become a joke?
We're sadden by these parents projecting their views on to these students.
Serena Williams graces the latest cover of WIRED magazine to explain how tech plays a huge role in her life and reveals even more about her efforts to empower other women. As this month’s guest editor, Serena explains that the passwords for her devices consist of affirmations, and though a small act, it helps her […]
An ineffective system has left Tamir Rice and Eric Garner -- two high-profile police brutality victims of the previous year -- off the federal government's official record of homicides by officers. In fact, out of 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States, 17,776 refused to provide such data
