BLACKPRESSUSA.COM — The result is a system defined by racial inequity. Black and Latino people, for example, make up roughly 30% of the total U.S. population...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The United States has just five percent of the world population yet holds approximately 25 percent of its prisoners. From the beginning of...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — His experience adds a surprising voice to the chorus of Black activists who’ve spent decades calling out discrimination in prisons.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mosby, a trailblazing prosecutor, made national headlines in 2015 for her bold decision to charge six officers involved in the death of Freddie...
By Post Staff East Oakland’s Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church bore witness to an impactful event as Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price met and prayed...
By Niara Savage, published in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, an NNPA member The promise of 40 acres and a mule An ambitious wealth-building initiative will provide 800...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The truth is, crime is out of control in this country, especially in too many of our cities. While many choose to turn...
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media Watching your tax dollars, elected officials and legislation that affects you. The California Legislature is currently considering several bills...
By Bay City News A man is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly drug dealing and possessing a large amount of fentanyl, announced the San Francisco...
By Kristen Hwang CalMatters For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California’s mental health system, this...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — NLOA acknowledges the negative health impacts of tobacco use. However, numerous reports find that overall, smoking rates in the U.S. are the lowest...
“We’re offering scholarships for anyone who wants to become a teacher. $20,000,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Tony Thurmond told California Black Media. “I sponsored...
By Bishop Garland Hunt With less than a week before the midterms, crime and justice remain hot topics used to gin up voters and get out...
By Pamela Price | Post News Group Candidate for Alameda County District Attorney In 2020, California took a huge step forward to reform our criminal justice...
Hundreds of thousands of individuals locked up in jails almost daily — many find it challenging to pay bail By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At Operation New Hope (ONH), we understand that people returning from incarceration face a multitude of barriers, with employment, transportation, and housing being...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year, Southern Poverty Law Center’s March report, “The Year in Hate & Extremism 2021,” revealed that hate and anti-government extremism have gone...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that members of an investigative unit within the Louisville Metro Police Department had included false information in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “If you know anybody Black, you’ve got to tell them that statistics and studies have proven that when people of color go before...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — “The show tries to illuminate that people are in charge of our criminal justice system and yes we have written laws but...
By Richard Johnson The founders of The Formerly Incarcerated Giving Back organization sponsored a Father’s Day celebration event that highlighted a “just serve spirit” which recognized...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The order creates a new national database of police misconduct to include records of officer misconduct, including convictions, terminations, de-certifications, civil judgments, resignations,...
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media There are 12 Black Republicans running in statewide races across California this election year. Come June 7, when the primaries are...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our experiences inform us that the implementation of a menthol ban will inevitably and undoubtedly create an increased number of stops, frisks, and...
