As Black people, we are expected to consume these personal, violent attacks like we digest cake. We are told that we cannot act if someone decides to be ruthless, violent and trifling. As violence begets violence against us, we are continually told and showed that it is not fine to simply be.
Black Iowa teens received college scholarships for keeping their promise to graduate high school. The scholarship offer and promise to graduate came a decade ago.
Benavidez, who was arrested for assaulting a Black man, told officers he donned a surgical face mask because he didn't want to catch the germs of Black people.
Donald Trump disavowed a group's robocalls that urge voters to vote for Trump because "we don't need Muslims," but understands their anger.
Arrested for Being Transgender: Meagan Taylor http://t.co/kPh7PfFk8E pic.twitter.com/3pT29PXynb — BTNOMB (@BTNOMB) July 21, 2015 A transgender woman from Lahokia, Illinois was arrested and held in a Polk County Jail for…
A woman who believed she was 12 weeks pregnant turned out to be six months pregnant when she gave birth to her fourth child in…
Hannah Stouffer (pictured right), who was adopted at birth, has wanted most of her life to meet the woman who gave birth to her. One day…
Homeowners Shelly Owens (pictured), her fiance, Kevin Durham (pictured), and their children had their Council Bluffs, Iowa, home vandalized and then set ablaze in what…
CENTERVILLE, IO — Ben Clifford Dawson, an 83-year-old man who as running for city council in Iowa, has been charged with prostitution. The charges stem from an incident in which Dawson offered to give sexual favors to pay off a loan. Also read: Bistro Chez Lucienne: French in the Heart of Harlem Also read: Ex-Cop […]
Iowa — This has to hurt. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse at her home when they responded to a 911 call that Lucinda Kinder bit her boyfriend’s penis. Kinder and the victim have been in a relationship for over a year and live together, according to police reports. RELATED: Teen […]
Des Moines police are investigating a string of attacks centered around the Iowa State Fair, and say they may be racially motivated.
Assistant Polk County attorney, Romonda Belcher-Ford was chosen this week to become Iowa’s first female, African-American judge, officials announced Friday.
