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Retired Illinois Judge Disbarred After Stealing Money From Her Tuskegee Airman Uncle

Former Judge Patricia Martin admits to wrongdoing but doesn’t want to repay her uncle’s estate.
09/26/2023
Simone Biles on BET Buzz 2021

Simone Biles Irate At Video Of Black Gymnast Who Passed Over ForA Medal In Ireland Competition

At a gymnastics competition in Ireland, a Black girl was the only gymnast not to receive a medal.
09/26/2023

An Instagram Influencer Accused An Office Depot Of Racially Profiling Her Son

After purchasing printers at two Office Depots, Cassandra Wilcox said her son Anarrion Wilcox was discriminated against by an employee and harassed by local police
09/25/2023

Black Tenants Lived With Death Threats As Police, Property Management Did Nothing For Months

As Black women, ‘we weren’t heard,’ says Nubrittany Smith.
09/25/2023

The Family Of A Black Student Is Suing Officials In Texas For Hair Discrimination

Darryl George, 17, has been serving an in-school suspension at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu because school officials said that his dreadlocks violate the district’s dress code.
09/25/2023

Victims Of Secret Government Experiment In St. Louis Demand Compensation, Health Studies

‘We were living in so-called poverty. That’s why they did it,’ says one of the men leading a call for accountability.
09/25/2023

Mayor Karen Bass Receives Award At The Congressional Black Caucus Conference

The Los Angeles mayor was a member of the CBC while serving in Congress from 2011 to 2022 and was chair of the caucus from 2019 to 2021.
09/25/2023

Black Man Sues For Wrongful Arrest After Facial Recognition Software Misidentified Him

A detective relied solely on a technology with a high rate of misidentifying Black people, the lawsuit says.
09/25/2023

Deion Sanders’ Team Blown Out by Oregon In First Loss of Season

The Colorado Buffaloes were trounced in a 42-6 defeat.
09/24/2023
Greg Abbott on BET Buzz 2021.

Texas Teen Suspended for Hairstyle Sues Gov. Greg Abbott

The student and his family are accusing the governor and the state’s attorney general of allegedly failing to enforce the state’s CROWN Act.
09/24/2023

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson Flips from Democrat to Republican

The mayor was reelected in May with 93 percent of the vote.
09/23/2023