As of Thursday morning, the threats and vandalism continued. Police were investigating an incident at the Columbia campus' Black culture center. Someone spray-painted over the word "black" on the sign to the culture center.

The municipal court judge in Ferguson, Mo. ordered the withdrawal of all arrest warrants issued before December 31, 2014

Following his plan to rectify the “war on drugs” that jailed thousands and destroyed communities, President Obama is expected to commute the sentences of dozens…

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Many music artists are using their platform as an avenue to bring attention to social issues. New Jersey-bred songstress Lauryn Hill decided to cancel one…

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Eighteen-year-old Allen Bullock became a defining image of the Baltimore uprisings when he was photographed smashing a police car with a traffic cone on Monday,…

Black History Month

This year marks 50 years since Freedom Summer, when nearly 1,000 volunteers travelled throughout the Southern United States to register black Americans to vote. Many…

A convicted murdered who escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1970 and hijacked a plane to Africa was arrested Monday after 41 years. George Wright, 68, was living comfortably in Portugal when fingerprints taken from his his Portuguese ID card matched prints from the New Jersey Department of Corrections. When Wright escaped, he was […]

At least four suspects are in custody after a Milwaukee, Wisconsin mom turned over both her 15-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter when she spotted them while watching the news. The two teenagers were among a group of adolescents involved in an attack and a gas station raid. “These are not the kind of kids that […]