BMW is settling a federal lawsuit charging the company with racial bias in its use of background checks. The German auto manufacturer agreed Tuesday to pay $1.6 million and offer jobs to dozens of African-American applicants at its U.S. plant in Greer, South Carolina. This federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleges that the luxury car maker’s use […]
Police officials in Ferguson, Missouri have captured the 21-year-old man they say shot an innocent nine-year-old girl who was sitting on her bed doing her homework while protests raged outside her doors on the streets of the St. Louis suburb following the one year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a police officer. Click the […]
An icon of the Civil Rights Movement will be buried at sea. Julian Bond who was chairman emeritus of the NAACP and a founder of both the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is going to be cremated and his family will scatter his ashes at sea this Saturday in a […]
Civil rights activist, Julian Bond, died Saturday night at the age of 75. A constant fighter for justice, and long-time chairman of the NAACP, Bond remained in service to humanity into his golden years. The Southern Poverty Law Center announced Bond’s passing: “With Julian’s passing, the country has lost one of its most passionate and […]
A spokesman for Donald Trump is threatening reporters from The Daily Beast over a scathing article that implies that the Republican presidential candidate once raped his ex-wife. That spokesman, Michael Cohen, unleashed a series of vulgar threats and is quoted in the article as saying, “You cannot rape your spouse.” The article clarifies that Ivana Trump […]
Mississippi authorities are investigating a car crash that killed an outspoken black Confederate flag supporter. You may know this guy from social media since the confederate flag battle has erupted again. He’s Anthony Hervey, 49. Reports say he died Sunday while returning home from a Confederate flag rally in Alabama. A passenger in Hervey’s car […]
“The Donald” is known for controversy, the latest of which, came when he announced his bid for president joining the 2016 race on the GOP ticket while slamming Mexican immigrants. Since then, he’s taken some heat and is losing valuable relationships and dollars. Click the media player below to listen to his latest rant as […]
In another ground-breaking ruling from the U. S. Supreme Court this week, the high court has ruled Same-sex marriage is legal across the nation. In an historic 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. The majority opinion was issued by Justice Anthony Kennedy, often viewed as a key swing vote on […]
The Supreme Court of the United States is rejecting the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, upholding the nation’s health care law, and helping to continue the legacy of a president who wanted to bring positive change to Americans. At the heart of this challenge was the subsidies that many insured take advantage of […]
President Barack Obama will eulogize Rev. Clementa Pinckney during the pastor and South Carolina state senator’s funeral on Friday. Pinckney was assassinated during bible study inside historic black church “Mother” Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal in Charleston last week. Pinckney was among the nine people shot to death at the church last Wednesday in what is being called […]
The national president of the NAACP wants South Carolina lawmakers to take down the Confederate flag flying outside the State Capitol building. On Sunday morning television program, CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Cornell William Brooks said the flag is more recognizable as a symbol of white supremacists than for any historical reasons. The shooter who killed […]
Metro police are busy this Monday morning still working to find out who shot and killed a woman overnight just south of downtown. They suspect robbery was the motive according to witness accounts. The yet unnamed victim was found lying in the street at around 1:15 a.m. shot multiple times on South East Street. Fox […]
