Tag: prison
NAACP Urges Federal Charges In Laquan McDonald’s Killing
The NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization, on Tuesday, February 1, urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against...
Atlanta owns up to legacy of convict labor that rebuilt city
By Michael Warren, Associated Press
The City of Atlanta's official seal shows a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War. What it doesn’t...
Michael K. Williams’ Death and the Criminalization of Substance Abuse
By Marc H. Morial
"He was a Hollywood star with an off-Broadway paycheck that mostly went up his nose. He was a pacifist with...
Bill to End “Slavery” in Prisons Advances in Cal Legislature
By Antonio Ray Harvey, California Black Media
April Grayson, a policy associate for the Young Women’s Freedom Center and a formerly incarcerated Black woman, who...
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Cosby Urges Black Press to ‘Push Forward’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling to vacate Bill Cosby’s conviction is not only about vindication for...