BLACKPRESSUSA—Donald Trump has taken direct control of D.C.’s police force, stripping authority from Mayor Muriel Bowser and placing it under Attorney General Tom Cotton. The unprecedented...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The head of the organization, which focuses on the advancement of Hispanics, discussed the discriminatory nature of these arrests, lending “the only criteria...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a judicial doctrine that for years shielded law enforcement officers from civil liability in police shooting cases...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the policies aim to bolster what the administration calls "American values and safety," they carry profound implications for Black Americans and other...
Trump’s pattern of racism and discrimination goes back to the 1970s, when the US Justice Department sued his real estate business for racial discrimination, alleging that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, who tragically died nearly a decade ago due to a police altercation over the sale of loose cigarettes, expressed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recent legislative actions in Tennessee, such as repealing police reform measures enacted after the killing of Tyre Nichols, underscore a troubling trend of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On December 9, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, told Victor Blackwell, Anchor and Correspondent of CNN,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition, data obtained through an Open Records Act request filed by the Policing Project reveals that in the eight months preceding André’s...
By Ben Jealous, President of People For the American Way Communities all across the country are facing public safety crises. Crime is rising in ways that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whether it is other philanthropists, local or regional health centers, or state and federal officials, there is a desperate need for creative solutions...
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...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For communities of color who today continue to produce many of the star athletes in the sports industry, the outcries for freedom, justice...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — "I share with my fellow advocates of racial, social and economic justice a deep sense of despair, outrage, and grief at the recent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This happens as our country grapples with [a president] who makes it clear that he welcomes immigrants from places like Norway, but not...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "A ban will introduce or re-introduce many hard to employ young Black New Yorkers to the criminal justice system," the mothers wrote. "We...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “What’s particularly damning about this data is that police were more likely to search Black people than white people yet found contraband in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…I couldn't stop thinking about what happens to the young man or women who's not a lawyer or a county councilmember, hasn't honed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When Sandra Bland saw that Officer Brian Encinia had crossed multiple lines, and was there to do much more than simply give her...
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — As he was going through Oklahoma City an officer got behind him and followed him 10 miles.
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Dozens of demonstrators marched through downtown Portland, Oregon on Saturday to demand justice in the police killing of Patrick Kimmons. The police version...
THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE — Essentially Lyndo Jones was murdered by a Dallas policeman last year for getting in his own truck, this week the trial begins...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the Black community, state lawmakers in Oregon recently...
[ATLANTABLACKSTAR.COM] [fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=vh6PzDMhYhU”] On Monday’s edition of CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, political commentator Van Jones responds to a CBS interview Donald Trump gave Sunday suggesting...
By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Hundreds packed the Washington Convention Center as an early crowd witnessed the “Black...
