Black Community Drowning in Gunfire Questions Parkland Reply
By DAVID SMILEY, Miami Herald WEST PARK, Fla. (AP) — In a different context, Shevrin Jones might have sounded like a spokesman for the National Rifle Association. Just two days…
La. Sen. Takes Aim at Jim Crow-era Jury Law
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is one of only two states in the country allowing a non-unanimous jury to convict a defendant of a…
Black Teen Who Wanted Directions Shot at by White Man
By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Black 14-year-old boy who got lost in a Detroit suburban neighborhood while trying to get to school was shot at by…
Police: Mother of Devonte Hart Driving While Drunk.
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman was drunk when she drove her large family off a Northern California cliff last month and her wife…
‘Winnie!’ South Africa Bids Farewell to Madikizela-Mandela
By KRISTA MAHR, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was escorted from her…
Mavis Staples to Receive Underground Railroad Museum Award
By The Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati says it plans to celebrate the life of singer and activist Mavis Staples with one…
Linda Brown’s Legacy and the Continued Fight for Universal Good Public Education
By Rich Madaleno and Luwanda Jenkins The loss of Linda Brown is a great loss to our country. While her name will forever be a part of American civil rights…
Building the Political Courage to Save Lives
By Elijah Cummings and Elizabeth Warren, Special to the AFRO Our nation’s substance use crisis—which has as its epicenter the opioid epidemic—must compel our government to act. Like the plagues…
CNN’s Don Lemon to Contributor: Be Honest
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s Don Lemon apparently has his limits. The evening host shut down a former Donald Trump aide — and paid CNN contributor…
Norton, Bowser and Youth Demand DC’s Right to Gun Control
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser led a first-of-its-kind panel of District political powerhouses in a conversation about the…