Report: more proof that the NYPD is unfairly targeting blacks and Latinos
According to data compiled by staff at New York Daily News, the controversial crime-fighting strategy known as “broken windows” policing disproportionately targets blacks and Latinos. From the 1990s,...
View ArticleStudy: whites support harsher criminal laws if mostly blacks are getting...
According to a new study, white people support harsher criminal laws as long as blacks are the ones getting arrested. The findings come after whites were presented with evidence that our criminal...
View ArticleReport: U.S. life expectancy gap between whites and blacks shrinks in most...
According to a report released by the researchers at McGill University, the life expectancy gap between blacks and whites in America is shrinking in most states. The study, led by Assistant Professor...
View ArticleStudy: whites have 1 black friend compared to blacks having 8 white friends
According to a study released by the Public Religion Research Institute, whites in America have an average of one black friend compared to blacks having 8 white friends. From Washington Post: In a...
View ArticlePoll: blacks in New York want more police despite death of Eric Garner
According to a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University, 56 percent of New York City voters feel that police issuing summonses and making arrests for low-level offenses improves the quality of life in a...
View ArticleCalifornia equalizes state’s drug sentencing
California has adopted legislation that will eliminate drug sentencing disparities between crack and cocaine possession convictions. The disparity is found to disproportionately burden people of color,...
View ArticleSupreme Court approves some of the worst voting restrictions in the country
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court overruled a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that reinstated same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting in North Carolina for midterm elections. Justices...
View Article2014 sees a record number of African Americans running for Congress
A record number of African Americans are running for federal office this year, and unfortunately their advances have been met with increased racial polarization in politics, especially in the Deep...
View ArticleU.S. Army ‘concerned about lack of officers of color,’ plans to expand...
The United States Army says it will expand its efforts to increase the number of officers of color in its branch. Black and other officers of color are relatively absent from leadership of the Army’s...
View ArticleWhite Federal judge to receive no punishment after controversial remarks...
Last year, Judge Edith H. Jones of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals made a series of controversial remarks about race. Affidavits from attendees pointed to the problematic language, especially from a...
View ArticleWorld Health Organization declares Nigeria Ebola-free
The World Health Organization has declared Nigeria free of the deadly Ebola virus after a determined doctor and thousands of officials helped end the outbreak that is still wreaking havoc on other...
View ArticleReport: Racial bias continues to taint the capital punishment system in the...
According to a recent report released by the ACLU, racial bias continues to taint the capital punishment system in the United States. The discrepancies were prevalent in areas such as jury selection to...
View ArticleCharles Barkley: ‘unintelligent blacks hold race back’
Sports commentator Charles Barkley hasn’t come across a sensitive topic that he will not touch, and now he has voiced his opinion on what he calls a “dirty, dark secret” in the African-American...
View ArticleNew York Post claims Eric Garner’s mother asked NYPD for special favors
The mother of a 43-year-old New York man whose death was ruled a homicide after an encounter with police is saying that she never requested “special favors” from police. Gwen Carr, a Staten Island...
View ArticleReport: blacks in Minneapolis 11 times more likely to be arrested
According to a report released by the American Civil Liberties Union, blacks are 11 times more likely to be arrested for low-level non-violent offenses in Minneapolis than their white counterparts. The...
View ArticleTexas sees surge in number of disenfranchised voters
Thanks to Texas’s strict voter ID law, the number of disenfranchised voters has surged in the state. From MSNBC: As Texas prepares for its first high-turnout election with the voter ID law in place,...
View ArticleVideo: Harvard students attempt to take 1964 literacy test and fail
A video that shows Harvard University students taking the literacy test some voters were forced to pass to cast a ballot in 1964 shows us just how difficult the test was. Despite the students’ Ivy...
View ArticleJohn Legend tears down Piers Morgan’s attempt to blame blacks for the use of...
Former CNN host Piers Morgan weighed in on the use of the N-word, and John Legend quickly shut his theory down. In a column for the Daily Mail titled, “If black Americans want the N-word to die, they...
View ArticleG.K. Butterfield to lead Congressional Black Caucus
G.K. Butterfield (D-North Carolina) will be the Congressional Black Caucus’ next leader. The U.S. Representative was unanimously elected on Wednesday by the 45 member group. From WUNC: “I’m moved by...
View ArticleReport: In U.K., white males monopolize paid jobs at universities
According to a study released by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU), white males are monopolizing the best paid jobs at universities in the U.K. From The Guardian: Data collected last academic year by...
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