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‘Walk away to live another day’: This Miami summer camp focuses on violence prevention
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDream Defenders was launched in 2012 after the killing of Trayvon Martin, a teen born in Miami who...
Shomari Stone
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 3 days agoStone is a 7-time Emmy and 2-time Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist, coming to FOX 5 from CNBC. Prior to WRC, he served as a reporter for KOMO in...
Los Angeles school board votes to ban smartphones
Reuters· 5 days agoThe Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to ban smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate kids...
Killing Quardious Thomas: A Castle Doctrine Case Study
Jackson Free Press· 4 hours agoQuardious Thomas received his GED in May 2013, just two months before his death. Seven minutes and twenty-eight seconds after the first communication, a male law-enforcement officer radioed ...
What does Juneteenth mean in an era of ongoing racial unrest? Study and celebrate more.
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAny events that become catalysts for change (such as the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown,...
Business of Pride: Tyrell Brown brings lifelong activism to bear for Galaei, leading its plans for...
The Business Journals· 6 days agoBrown pointed specifically to the shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012 in Florida and the deaths of...
Jackson Starbucks Workers First In State To Unionize
Mississippi Free Press· 2 days agoStarbucks workers in Jackson, Miss., are the first in the state to unionize. The workers voted unanimously, 12-0 to join the union, Workers United...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoThree Black women—Alicia Garza, Patrice Cullors, and Opal Tometi—founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013, initially with a hashtag that went viral on Twitter after George Zimmerman was ...
Shaunicy Muhammad and Donna Ladd, Author at Mississippi Free Press
Mississippi Free Press· 1 day agoCapital City reporter Shaunicy Muhammad has an enduring interest in social-justice issues, class inequality, Africana studies and cultural storytelling. Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer ...