Police in a community on the southern outskirts of Cahokia, Ill., which is near East St. Louis, Mo., are in the middle of a heated
Zero. That’s the number of black jurors selected in the high-profile racial powder keg that is the trial of a white Oakland, Calif., transit cop
The the half-brother of former New York Yankees pitcher Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, Gerardo Regalado, killed his wife, Liazan Molina, and three other women this
Rapper Lil Boosie could be put to death in Louisiana if he is charged and found guilty of being connected to the murder of Chris
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has started an investigation of the shooting death of a South Carolina black man by a white man, whose body
When the iconic Alex Haley, author of the award-winning best seller Roots, died in 1992 at age 92, attorney Gregory J. Reed sojourned to Haley’s
The Detroit Police Department attempted to protect the murderers of a 7-year-old girl by covering up the truth about a recent killing. On May 16,
Closing in on the first anniversary of the death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson’s long-time friend and concert promoter, Leonard Rowe is publishing
If anyone is deserving of national sympathy and support, it would be Natasha Aeriel. In one of Newark, New Jersey’s bloodiest attacks, she sustained a
A Memphis, Tenn., child was beaten to death with a tennis shoe by the man who was babysitting her after she defecated on the floor.
A 24-year-old man is being held without bond in a Charlotte jail after raping and killing his own 23-year-old female cousin, police said. Derek Ward
Two Conyers, Ga., teenage twins are behind bars and facing murder charges for killing their own mother. Tasmiyah and Jasmiyah Whithead, 16-year-old twin girls, stabbed
Dexter Pittman wanted to concentrate on proving to NBA teams that he would be a valuable asset in the NBA by participating at the draft
Senseless murders continue to affect Chicago’s black community. On May 19, Officer Thomas Wortham IV, 30, was murdered near his parents’ home on the South
DETROIT – Reverend Al Sharpton called for an end to violence in Detroit on Saturday, May 22, while delivering the eulogy at the funeral of
Aubrey Louis Berry has been acquitted of the murder of Atlanta rapper Dolla. Berry shot and killed Dolla in 2009 after the two exchanged words
Community activists continue to speak out against the senseless death of a 7 year-old. Aiyana Jones was killed by a Detroit police officer after being
Georgia rapper Jerode “Yung Hott” Paige 27, was shot and killed on May 15 while filming a video in Griffin, Georgia. Yung Hott was surrounded
Corporate attorney and author Pamela Samuels Young has penned four acclaimed novels within the past four years and has helped to establish outlets for black
It is easy to feel concern, compassion or apathy, about what people openly discuss and talk about frequently — especially in this age of social
