On Sept. 7, 2016, the Louisiana Supreme Court will hear the capital appeal of 25-year-old Rodricus Crawford. I spent three months investigating his case, interviewing 10 people, including the district attorney and Crawford’s appellate attorney, as well as reading all
On Sept. 7, 2016, the Louisiana Supreme Court will hear the capital appeal of 25-year-old Rodricus Crawford. I spent three months investigating his case, interviewing 10 people, including the district attorney and Crawford’s appellate attorney, as well as reading all
On September 7, 2016, the Louisiana Supreme Court will hear the capital appeal of 25-year-old Rodricus Crawford. I spent three months investigating his case, interviewing 10 people, including the district attorney and Crawford’s appellate attorney, as well as reading all
On Sept. 7, 2016, the Louisiana Supreme Court will hear the capital appeal of 25-year-old Rodricus Crawford. I spent three months investigating his case, interviewing 10 people, including the district attorney and Crawford’s appellate attorney, as well as reading all
Shreveport, Louisiana is the seat of Caddo Parish, the death row capital of the United States. Rodricus Crawford is only the latest innocent Black man to be trapped in this racist justice system. The Louisiana Supreme Court will hear Crawford’s
Destinee Rea and Tia DeShazor met at an audition filled with black women, who, though competing for the same role, were supportive of each other. The women decided to transport that energy by creating BOLD. “We want to break down
In an effort to calm the waters as police-community tensions continue to escalate, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch participated in this year’s annual National Night Out. The nation’s top lawyer visited a park on Detroit, Michigan’s west side to promote and encourage
President Barack Obama is not playing around. With less than six months left in the White House, he is taking no prisoners. In fact, he is releasing them. Christmas came early for the 214 federal inmates across the nation who
The video opened like it was a Blair Witch Project movie; “Stay with me,” the actor said. Only it wasn’t an act. It was Diamond Reynolds pleading with her boyfriend, Philando Castile, who was near death after a police officer shot
Last night, the Democratic National Convention came to a close. In this photo gallery, party insiders give us a behind-the-scenes view of the convention. Let’s have one last look.
The most remarked upon portion of Michelle Obama’s DNC speech was this: “I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves. And I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent, black young women, playing with their dogs
On the surface, the beginning of the Democratic National Convention opened to the kind of internal conflict that resembled, if not surpassed, that of the Republican National Convention. Before the night ended, however, Bernie Sanders would show why not all
In what history will describe as one of the best political speeches ever delivered, Michelle Obama did the seemingly impossible. She rehabilitated Hillary Clinton, entranced Bernie Sanders’ supporters, shaded Donald Trump without even mentioning his name, and reminded the world
In a last-minute change prompted by the Democratic National Convention’s email scandal, the gavel was brought down to open the convention by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake. The task usually goes to the Democratic Party chairperson, but Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Marilyn Mosby, Chris LeDay, and Ramsey Orta don’t appear to have much in common. Mosby is Maryland’s State’s Attorney. LeDay is employed by Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta. Orta currently has five felony charges against him. What links them
Besides Donald Trump and the Republican National Convention, most already suspected Azealia Banks and Ben Carson’s wife, Candy, were the only Black singers whose music the RNC could safely play. It seems several White superstar musicians also find Trump objectionable.
Donald Trump’s Republican nomination acceptance speech is now available on video. While he didn’t mention sex a single time, it is hard not to look at him without thinking about his past sexual innuendos: ‘Blood coming out of her wherever,’
[jwplatform r2exwQ9M] Family, friends and supporters gather to pay their final respects to Alton Sterling. The funeral is being held at the A. F. Clark Center at Southern University.
Recently, attorney Benjamin Crump donned a “Black Lawyers Matter” T-shirt while speaking at the Democratic National Convention, which will determine the policy agenda for the upcoming election. This was but the latest show of support for a movement that aligns
While you were in church, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton went on the road taking Black America to task about this so-called “Black Lives Matter” movement. Of course, they used
