New Orleans school dean killed during Memorial Day weekend violence
New Orleans police officer collects evidence at the scene of a shooting at the intersection Frenchman Street at N. Villere on Mother’s Day in New Orleans, Sunday May 12, 2013.…
We Did It, They Hid It: How Memorial Day Was Stripped Of Its African American Roots | Black Then
What we now know as Memorial Day began as “Decoration Day” in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a tradition initiated by former slaves to celebrate…
The black Americans suing to reclaim their Native American identity | The Guardian
Johnnie Mae Austin and her grandson, Damario Solomon-Simmons, can tell you everything about their ancestry. They can go back as far as 1810, the year Solomon-Simmons’ great-great-great-great-grandfather, Cow Tom, was…
Michigan to Pay $860,000 in Lawsuit Over Prison Guards Who Bet on a Woman Inmate’s Suicide | The Root
How much is an incarcerated person’s life worth? At one Michigan jail, about the cost of a Subway sandwich. That’s what corrections officers wagered in response to a suicidal inmate,…
Valerie Cunningham to receive Inspiration Award for creating change | Sea Coast Online
For decades, Valerie Cunningham has inspired, motivated and influenced the Seacoast community and the Granite state with one main tactic – telling the facts. A historian, writer, researcher and lecturer,…
Teen pleads guilty to sneaking into Mar-a-Lago
An 18-year-old college freshman managed to sneak into President Donald Trump’s Florida country club while the president was there and wandered around before eventually being arrested, according to court documents.…
Mitch McConnell says he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020
At the time, he cited the right of the voters in the presidential election to decide whether a Democrat or a Republican would fill that opening, a move that infuriated…
Lyft passenger allegedly attacks driver, banned from platform
A Lyft driver said he was “scared for his life” after dashcam video captured him being viciously attacked by a passenger in Queens. Authorities said that a report has been…
Wall St. loses early gains as trade concerns abound
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday, with initial gains giving way to declines as the likelihood of a prolonged trade war between the United States and…
HSBC plans retail wealth headcount boost; eyes Singapore expansion
HONG KONG (Reuters) – HSBC Holdings PLC plans to boost its Asia retail wealth management staff by about 300 by end of this year, with Europe’s biggest lender by assets…