Civil Rights & Social Justice

A white Georgia high school principal is under fire after being caught on camera using the n-word while trying to explain the harm of racial slurs to a white student. He apparently didn’t realize the student was recording him, but that’s only a legitimate excuse if you’re of the opinion that racial slurs are OK […]

After a long stretch that saw him passed over twice, Malcolm X was inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame on Monday in a unanimous vote. The civil rights icon is the first Black person to receive that honor, and his official induction will be in 2024.

It is the year of our Lord, 2022, and folks are still out here pretending they don’t know the racist history of Black people being referred to as monkeys. And some of these folks have the nerve to call themselves educators.

A video showing an NYPD officer punching a woman to the ground in Harlem on Tuesday has gone viral, stirring outrage among members of the community and other activists. Tamani Crum, 19, is still in police custody as she was arrested for assaulting the officer in question prior to the punch.

A funny thing can happen to a business once it has been accused publicly of racism—suddenly all said business’ dirty-and-discriminatory laundry starts coming out as other patrons start publicly recalling their own experiences.

Fifty years later, the Academy formally apologizes for its treatment of Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined the 1973 Best Actor Oscar given to Marlon Brando on stage. She appeared on Brando's behalf, who was boycotting the Academy Awards over Hollywood's mistreatment of Native Americans at the time.

Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020, was sentenced to life in prison in a federal courtroom on Monday. His father, Greg McMichael also received a life sentence, while William "Roddie" Bryan received a sentence of 35 years. The trio had petitioned to immediately go to federal prison to serve their state sentences citing safety concerns, but were denied by the judge.

Donald Trump continues proving he is the worst president ever had.

The rabbit hole is still rabbit hole-ing for Sesame Street-based theme park Sesame Place as it has once again been accused of racial discrimination against Black children. But this time a Sesame Splacelocation in Baltimore is in the hot seat—and this time a lawsuit has been filed.

On Wednesday, Democratic Congressmen Hank Johnson and Jamaal Bowman introduced the Restoring Artistic Protection Act to the House of Representatives for review. The proposed bill seeks to prohibit the usage of an artist's lyrics against them in civil and criminal cases. It comes as a number of these cases have been brought against Hip-Hop artists in recent years.

The Jackie Robinson Museum was officially opened to the public on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ceremony was attended by Rachel Robinson, along with her children David and Sharon along with other notable figures including filmmaker Spike Lee and former MLB pitcher C.C. Sabathia.

We’ve all heard of the Central Park Five. Many of us know the names Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam—the five men who were boys when they were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman who was jogging in Central Park in 1989 and then exonerated after they spent between […]