Civil Rights & Social Justice

Keep your fingers on the pulse of the community with breaking news on civil rights and social justice.

While its crickets from the White House as another Black man was viciously gunned down by the police, our forever President, Barack Obama, is still speaking up and commending those taking action.

We can't even protest about police violence without being worried about being fatally shot.

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According to published reports, Almost two weeks after Oprah purchased the billboards advocating for her murderers to be charged and arrested, a red splatter of paint the size of a ball appeared in the middle of her forehead on a billboard in Louisville’s Irish Hill neighborhood.

Last night (Aug.18) before LeBron James first-round playoff matchup, he made his loudest statement yet, and it is sparking a lot of reactions.

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On Thursday (Jul 30), six years after the incident that resulted in the death of then18-year old Michael Brown sparked protest around the globe, a county prosecutor announced Thursday that his office will not charge Darren Wilson for the murder after reinvestigating the case.

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On Thursday (Jul 30), JW Lucas took to Twitter in a since-deleted tweet to call out those petitioning for the police officers who killed Taylor to brought to justice, alleging her death was a result of the "lifestyle that she chose to participate in," before adding bogus facts that police originally included in the warrant before admitting that they entered the wrong house.

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A white woman in Los Angeles is being dragged online after a video of her attempting to stop a Black man from doing his job has gone viral. On Wednesday (Jul 22), Jordan Gipson took to Instagram to upload a video of the negative encounter he had with an unidentified white woman with the video starting with the eccentric, and nosey, woman asking why Gipson is wearing “that green thing,” referring to his protective face covering.

When the NBA first announced that it was coming back, some players were worried resumed play would take away the focus from social justice matters. LeBron James and other players are making sure that is not the case.

Listeners hoping to hear Martin's take on the day's hottest topics can listen to his commentary on the iHeartRadio app as he will exclusively curate custom commentary segments for BIN to be broadcast on the daily for it's 24 hour news feed.

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Amy Cooper may have thought that she was instilling fear when she filed a false call against Black birdwatcher, Christian Cooper, but instead turned her own life upside leading to a felony charge. According to published reports, despite the unwillingness of the victim Cooper to cooperate, the New York District Attorney's office has reportedly decided to move forward with the prosecution of Amy Cooper for the May 25th filing of a false police report on Mr. Cooper, claiming he was "threatening her life."

Today New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio fulfilled his promise to paint "BLACK LIVES MATTER" in giant yellow letters right in front of the Racist-In-Chief's Fifth Avenue Trump Tower building in Manhattan. Something that caused Donald Trump to have a meltdown on Twitter after it was announced.

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A Black business owner was forced to pull herself together after being attacked by a racist over her store's mask policy. According to a local publication, ALX Now, Abyssinia Market & Coffee House, a Black-owned Virginia based coffee shop was vandalized and the owner, Lily Damtew, was spat on after asking a white customer to wear a mask, a new policy Damtew enforced upon the reopening of her store.