BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — His experience adds a surprising voice to the chorus of Black activists who’ve spent decades calling out discrimination in prisons.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hoover was convicted of murder and running a criminal enterprise. Although some supporters describe him as a political prisoner, the legal and public...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is a diversity explosion taking place across the country, in the White House, in Congress, with women and with people of color....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The order prevents federal agencies from providing local police with military-grade equipment, which was used by Ferguson, Missouri, officers after police shot and...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — The recent race for District Attorney brought these issues front and center, with both candidates pledging to reform the office...
NNPA — In a CNN interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar attributed the high coronavirus death rate to unhealthy African Americans. Azar claimed that...
ROLLING OUT — Tamra Simmons, executive producer of the Lifetime documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly," sits down with rolling out's "Cook it Out" show host Jae...
THE AFRO — On Jan. 11 Stevenson, the lawyer, social justice advocate and author of the book Just Mercy, which inspired the film, sat down at the...
ROLLING OUT — A little over a week ago, the activist group Until Freedom, traveled from New York City to Jackson, Mississippi, in an effort to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the situation is under investigation, incidents of young girls of color being singled out for disciplinary actions are unfortunately common in schools...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — The reality TV mogul and key component of the 10-year-old blockbuster series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” has been secretly financing operations that have led...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — In the few remaining weeks of the 115th Congress it is imperative that we witness the passage of legislation that will, among...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — "While Kanye is a clown in many senses of the word, his buffoonery can be used to our advantage. Right now...
CALIFORNIA VOICE — Dehumanized by the labels “prisoner,” “inmate” and “convict,” even reduced to serial numbers like Victor Hugo’s Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables,” these men...
SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prison reform advocates who have spent years campaigning against solitary confinement are counting on a powerful new ally in...
(The Huffington Post) – Mass incarceration has become one of the most debated criminal justice issues in American media. Through this dialogue a movement to decrease...
By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, and...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — One is a high school counselor. Two or three work in restaurants. Some can’t find a job. Others have slipped into obscurity....
by Jessica R. Key Special to the NNPA from the Indianapolis Recorder The Indianapolis Recorder recently spoke with Donna Brazile, American author, academic, and political analyst...
(Salon) – Earlier this year, President Obama released 22 people serving federal prison terms for non-violent drug offenses. Seven of which, had been previously sentenced to life in...
EL RENO, Okla. (New York Times) — They opened the door to Cell 123, and President Obama stared inside. In the space of 9 feet by 10 feet,...
By Bobbi Booker Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – Immediately following President Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia this week, NAACP President Cornell W....
NEW BOSTON, Tex. (New York Times) — The inmate, dressed in prison whites with a shaved head and incongruously tender eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses, entered the...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In a system that is often overlooked by the public and misused by law enforcement, Blacks...
