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A new report by The Sentencing Project shows Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly five times the rate of White Americans.According to the 25-page report, which used data and projections from the US Census, the US Bureau of Justice Statistics and information provided directly from some states, …

A white Iowa man has been sentenced to life in prison for the gruesome murder of a man he commonly referred to as ‘Black Mike.’ 32-year-old Steven Vogel was convicted of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the 2020 death of Michael Williams, a 44-year-old acquaintance who had apparently gotten …

Photo: Kathy Hutchins (Shutterstock) Things may be looking up for Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Nene Leakes after a tough year, at least in the romance department. This past summer, the Georgia peach revealed on an Instagram live with The Jasmine Brand that her late husband, Gregg Leakes, was once …

My first sight of it came one morning in June, as I rode the ferry through the Bosporus strait: a toxic glint on the sea’s surface. I initially thought it was oil, spilled from one of the many large container ships that pass through Istanbul via the Bosporus. Yet as …

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Making moves in Hip-Hop, college and now filmmaking, Megan Thee Stallion is about to do some work in the streaming world. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the recent Texas Southern University graduate has just signed a first-look deal with Netflix. The Savage rapper will be creating and executive-producing original content, …

Travis Scott attends the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images) The story of the Astroworld tragedy keeps getting worse, with medical examiners in Texas releasing a horrific explanation of how the stampede …

Each installment of “The Friendship Files” features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. This week she talks with three people who met at a college-campus ministry. Although they don’t share superficial interests, such as movie tastes, …

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McDonald’s has settled a racial discrimination lawsuit with former Oakland A’s outfielder and Black franchisee Herb Washington, who owned and operated 14 restaurants. Washington was previously the fast-food chain’s largest Black franchisee in the country — at one point owning 23 McDonald’s restaurants. When he filed his lawsuit, Washington owned …