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The University of South Carolina has been added to the growing list of campuses in the news for racial incidents, after a student was suspended for…

A Black University of Kentucky basketball player found himself apologizing after a hot mic picked up his “poor choice of words” towards his White opponent during a post-NCAA Final Four game press conference Saturday. Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison was caught calling his opponent, Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky, the N-word after a reporter questioned the panel of Wildcats about the […]

Meet Harold Ekeh, the high school senior who was accepted into all 8 Ivy League schools! http://t.co/zAOGzxJGHr pic.twitter.com/qGbS4vRT0V — Sons & Brothers (@sonsandbros) April 5, 2015 A teen from Nigeria has a tough decision to make now that he’s been accepted to all of the Ivy League schools in the United States, CNN Money reports. Harold […]

Police are said to be in the early stages of an investigation after a New Jersey man claimed he was robbed at gunpoint by rapper…

The family of a 7-year-old girl who was fatally shot during a May 2010 police raid is suing the Detroit officer involved in the incident, Detroit News reports. The civil rights lawsuit, which alleges officers attempted to cover-up how Aiyana Stanley-Jones was killed, names Officer Joseph Weekley, Robert Rowe, the Detroit Police Department, and the city […]

According to a new study, Muslims will globally outnumber Christians by the end of the century. The report also shows that within the United States, the amount of individuals who don’t associate with a particular faith will increase. “Demographics are an underappreciated force that is shifting the contours of faith,” said Pew demographer Conrad Hackett, who […]

According to the website KilledByPolice.net, more than 100 people died at the hands of law enforcement in the month of March. The figure, which comes 31 days after the release of the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing report, averages out to more than three people killed in America each day by police […]

A group of teachers, principals, and administrators from Atlanta were found guilty this week of taking part in one of the nation’s biggest cheating scandals for their own personal gain. According to the New York Times, 11 teachers were convicted of racketeering, while some were charged with perjury and giving false statements to the police. The cheating scandal […]

Lawsuit: Racial slur printed on wedding day photo booth pictures http://t.co/oIv0lBAc3P pic.twitter.com/qnZqgGfBOF — ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) April 1, 2015 A couple from Houston, Texas was disappointed to find out a photo booth at their wedding captioned pics of their guests with a derogatory slur.  The couple, who tied the knot in August 2012, hired James […]

A series of selfies comedian Chris Rock posted to Instagram recently is continuing the conversation surrounding police encounters with African-Americans. The comedian shared photos of himself getting pulled over by police on three different occasions in the last two months. While he’s seen in the passenger, driver, and backseat, the comedian stays optimistic during each encounter, asking his fans via […]

Kyesha Smith Wood, a mother of three, broke the internet this week when she issued an apology on behalf of her daughters’ rude behavior towards another mother at a movie theater in Alabama. Wood dropped her son, daughter, and step-daughter off at the movies and afterwards, was informed by her son that the two 13-year-old girls were […]