Injustice: Court Jails Black Woman For Stealing $40k But Gives Probation To White Woman Who Stole $250k Court Jails Black Woman For Stealing 40k But Gives Probation To White Woman Stole 250k After the individual punishments given out to two women who committed identical offenses revealed a glaring gap in the state’s criminal justice system, Read More…
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HBCU Grads Form Power Couple
What’s better than one Black future billionaire? Two. Tech star Angel Rich is having the best year ever. On July 11th, the Black wealth visionary got engaged. “I was speechless for at least 3 minutes,” she said. The Hampton Alum, who has maintained a private personal life, says that she is very excited to announce Read More…
Where do you go after 31 years in prison?
Where do you go after 31 years in prison? He went to Walmart and brought his subscribers amon Reid is 51. He spent 31 years of his life in prison. There’s a lot he hasn’t experienced. “For instance, I had never been to Walmart or on a motorcycle or on a boat. Never been to Read More…
Bank of America
Bank of America Corp’s (BAC.N) Merrill Lynch unit will pay nearly $11.7 million to resolve claims that it overcharged customers who invested in unit investment trusts, a U.S. regulator said on Friday. The payout includes a $3.25 million fine and $8.44 million of restitution, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Merrill did not admit or deny Read More…
War on drugs victimized millions of Black Americans
As a teenager, Alton Lucas believed basketball or music would pluck him out of North Carolina and take him around the world. In the late 1980s, he was the right-hand man to his musical best friend, Youtha Anthony Fowler, who many hip-hop and R&B heads know as DJ Nabs. But rather than jet-setting with Fowler, Read More…
The Black Press
The Black Press is the vanguard of our history and guardian of our future. For decades, the Black press corps has been the vanguard of the Black community’s history and the guardian of our future. It has been one of the few institutions that has acknowledged our pain while making space for our promise. Read More…