I Stole to Feed My Family and Was Incarcerated. We Need Resources, Not Prisons.
The story of poverty in the Black community is directly related to the history of slavery, Jim Crow and redlining laws.
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The story of poverty in the Black community is directly related to the history of slavery, Jim Crow and redlining laws.
The United States is witnessing a new phase of the ‘Big Sort’ – with likely grave consequences.
Aug. 8 is Emancipation Day in Tennessee, but to this day, for all those who have been convicted of a crime regardless of race, slavery is still legal.
A contingent of Lake County elected officials was in Washington Wednesday as the horrific events of the July 4 parade mass shooting took center stage at a U.S. Senate hearing. The Highland Park tragedy has re-energized calls for a ban on guns like the kind the shooter used, but critics say that’s the wrong focus.
National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) president Philip T. Smith told the Senate Judiciary Committee that 21st century gun control is a throwback to 19th century "black codes."