Civil Rights & Social Justice
When Claudette Colvin left this world on January 13th, with her went a library, a recipe box, and a curriculum we still don't understand how to follow.
What Trump and so many of his supporters and conservatives refuse to accept is that Black people can’t be racist, nor can “reverse discrimination” exist in America.
NewsOne honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on what would have been the civil rights icon's 96th birthday this year.
Keith Porter Jr. was killed by an off-duty ICE agenton New Year’s Eve at his apartment complex in the Los Angeles area.
Renee Nicole Good wasn’t a rioter, nor a terrorist, and she didn’t run anyone over. She was a mother of three, a poet, and didn’t deserve to die.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an apparent protest against the ICE crackdown.
PREA is a federal law that mandates safety, dignity, and accountability for incarcerated people, but its enforcement is being quietly rolled back.
Our subordination has never equated to the severing of melodies linking us beyond time, borders, and language.
Joude Ellis of Dream Defenders provides us with an everyday guide to freedom-fighting for Black communities.
Black people across the globe have long fought for reparations to provide justice to African descendants still reeling from the brutal legacy of slavery and systemic racism.
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On Dec. 16, a statue honoring Barbara Rose Johns—a Black teenager whose courage reshaped American education—was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. In 1951, Johns led a student walkout at her segregated Virginia high school, a bold act that helped dismantle school segregation nationwide. The unveiling marked a powerful shift in historical memory: her statue replaced […]
CBS News Chicago uncovered multiple instances of CPD stopping Black legal gun owners for minor traffic violations, then charging them with felony gun possession.

