Ebony Johnson could never have imagined that the day after Mother’s Day — her 39th birthday — she will also celebrate the life of twin daughters who died shortly after birth three weeks ago.
According to the City of Odessa, an Odessan was shot along Highway 80 and Faudree.
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve findsBlack incarcerated people have been subjected to prolonged and painful botched executions in the US at more than twice the rate of white death row inmates, a new study has found.While glaring racial disparities have long been visible in US capital punishment, the report from the international human rights group Reprieve finds that the inequities exist even inside the...
The number of pregnancy-related deaths in South Carolina is decreasing, but racial disparities are widening.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal investigation has concluded that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a history of racist social media postings, an FBI official told The Associated Press Wednesday. Derontae Martin, 19, was at […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal investigation has concluded that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner who had a
Now in its third year (and fifth event), the Black Food Truck Festival (BFTF) has grown into an impressive showing of not only Black food trucks, but of a community hungry for more opportunities to celebrate Black-owned businesses. The festival takes place April 26 through April 28, with an opening night event held on Friday […]
A first-ever celebration of local Black, and Black-biracial public, private and home-schooled students’ accomplishments will be held at 7 p.m. May 25 at the Columbus Learning Center, 4555 Central Ave. in Columbus. Continue reading at The Republic News.
A black woman who was captured on video Wednesday praising and hugging former President Donald Trump at a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta, Georgia, criticized President Joe Biden for "disrupting" and oppressing the black community.
Larry Webb told investigators he shot and killed Susan Carter and her 10-year old daughter Alex in 2000, then buried their bodies behind his Beckley home. Nearing death, he decided it was time to get it off his chest.
In 410AD, the city of Rome was sacked by the Visigoths under their king, Alaric. The Germanic tribes had invaded Italy and laid siege to the Eternal City, eventually breaking in and putting Rome to the sack. Now, today, the United States faces some implacable enemies. Still, there is a difference between Rome in 410 and the U.S. in 2024: Our enemies are already within the city walls, and the civic leadership seems unwilling to do anything about it.
Stephen A. Smith apologized Monday for saying that blacks could relate to Trump because the former president has faced legal persecution.