Black Lives Matter

Despite yesterday's announcement from Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty, the Department of Justice insists that the case of Tamir Rice's death is not over and that it is leading its own independent review.

Could this provoke another protest?

Wednesday's demonstration, if permitted, comes a year after more than 1500 activists staged a die-in at the mall to bring awareness to police violence in the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown Jr., Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, John Crawford and more.

The Mall of America is still waiting to find out whether the court will grant it a restraining order against Black Lives Matter protestors. The mall requested a temporary  protective order against Michael McDowell, Miski Noor, Lena Gardner, Kandace Montgomery and four other leaders of the movement in court documents filed recently. According to KARE […]

Damario Solomon-Simmons expects Marilyn Mosby to retry William Porter.

19-year-old activist, Joshua Williams will spent 8-years in prison after being caught on camera setting fire to a Berkley, MO convenience store

Steve Locke, assistant professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design recently shared a harrowing story about being detained by police for a crime he didn't commit.

Conservative Black minister Bishop E.W. Jackson joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss his views about Black Lives Matter and why he considers the movement “demonic.” Bishop Jackson is part of a group of ministers who believe it’s time to revive America’s inner cities. The group, Staying True to America’s National Destiny, or STAND, says President Barack Obama and […]

Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, pleaded not guilty Monday before being placed on a $1.5 million bond.

The proposed Black Friday boycott seeks to, as MLK put it, “redistribute the pain;” that is, call attention to racial injustice by hitting the nation's powers-that-be where it really hurts -- their wallets.