The Louisville Metro Council on Thursday (Jun. 11) unanimously voted 26-0 to pass “Breonna’s Law,” which will ban the use of “no-knock” search warrants. The bill was named after Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old EMT worker who died after being shot eight times by police during a drug raid on …

Our staff writer Graeme Wood suggests taking a cue from Germany, where the Nazi Party Rally Grounds have been left to become overgrown and fall into disrepair. Further reading:   Illustration: Shawn Theodore; Chronicle; Marka / Alamy; Mansell / APIC; Life Picture Collection / Getty This isn’t just a domestic …

It’s taken twelve years, but a Black female former Buffalo police officer might finally see justice after she was fired for stopping a White officer from using a chokehold on a Black man. Back in 2006, Cariol Horne witnessed officer Gregory Kwiatkowski choking a Black suspect and intervened by …

The Louisville Police Department released its “incident report” with details about the night Breonna Taylor was killed by three police officers while sleeping in her bed, and the report is missing one key thing: details. According to the Courier Journal, the incident report is almost completely blank, and doesn’t even …

Mark Johnson, 30, of Glenside in the Mt Airy/Wadsworth section of Northwest Philadelphia, PA on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) COVID-19 continues to devastate Black communities despite myths that Blacks either cannot be affected or that they are not taking this pandemic seriously. As more …

One of the most powerful parts of the George Floyd video was how the man kept saying that he couldn’t breathe before being killed by police officers. Now, new footage from a 2019 incident in Oklahoma City shows a very similar situation. In May of last year, OKC police …

Share0 A Christopher Columbus statue is beheaded in Boston Several statues of Confederate figures and explorer Christopher Columbus have been torn down or beheaded in the last few weeks as the protests for racial equality continue. Statues of Columbus in Boston, Miami, and Virginia have been vandalized. According to The …

Black businesswoman with protective face mask using smart phone and looking through the window while commuting by bus. (Photo: Adobe Stock) The pandemic hit the Black community and the travel industry hard, but Black travel professionals at the first digital Audacity Fest last month signaled that they are ready to …

Like many other businesses and retailers, Starbucks recently took to social media to profess to their support to the black community amid nationwide protests against police brutality, social injustice and systemic racism. However, an internal memo sent to employees last week seems to be portraying a totally different message. …

Photo: Jason Redmond (AFP via Getty Images ) On March 3, 33-year-old Manuel Ellis died while being restrained by Tacoma police. After new video was released providing a clear look at the circumstances surrounding Ellis’ death, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has called for an independent investigation. “I have become convinced …