By Sheryl Estrada In light of the police-related deaths ofAlton Sterling, Philando Castile, and the killing of five Dallas police officers, the South Carolina Secessionist Party was asked by law enforcement to postpone a previously planned rally toraise the Confederate flag on state capitol grounds Sunday. The group refused, and…
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One Year After Charleston Shooting: A Victim’s Granddaughter Says ‘Hate Won’t Win’
“When I spoke to [Dylann] Roof in the bond hearing a few days after the massacre I said to him, ‘Although my grandfather died at the hands of hate, he lived in love and he preached love so his legacy will be love and hate won’t win,’” Alana Simmons told…
Muhammad Ali: The Loss of a Legend
Muhammad Ali, considered worldwide as “The Greatest” to ever enter a boxing ring, died at 9:10 p.m. Friday at a Phoenix, Arizona-area hospital. He was 74 years old. The boxing champion spent 32 years fighting Parkinson’s disease but succumbed to septic shock due to unspecified natural causes, according to Ali’s…
U.S. v. Dylann Roof: Justice Dept. to Seek Death Penalty for Charleston Killings
By Sheryl Estrada Dylann Roof The U.S. Department of Justice has decided to seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, who stands accused of opening fire on June 17, 2015, during Bible study at the Charleston, South Carolina, historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Nine Black church members were killed,…
Darker President Obama Pictures Make White People Feel Threatened
By Sheryl Estrada Seeing an altered photo of President Barack Obama with a darker skin complexion made white people report allegiance to the Tea Party movement, according to a study. The photo was a part of a psychological experiment to demonstrate a causal link between Tea Party support and racial…
Black Women at West Point Accused of Being ‘Political’
UPDATE:West Point Clears Black Cadets, Photo is About ‘Unity’ By Sheryl Estrada The image of 16 West Point cadets in uniform outside a U.S. Military Academy barracks with their fists raised has been circulating social media.West Point is investigating whether the women’s raised fists are in support of the Black…
Prince: A Beloved Music Legend Dies at Age 57
Equal Pay Day: Pay Gap Wider for Black, Latina, American Indian Women
President Barack Obama; Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), the longest-serving woman in the U.S. senate; House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi; and other Democrats recognized Equal Pay Day at the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum in D.C. on Tuesday. Equal Pay Day is a date that symbolizes the amount of time it takes…
Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson Named First Woman Combatant Commander
By Sheryl Estrada Defense Secretary Ash Carter named Air Force General Lori Robinson a new commander for U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM). President Obama will nominate Robinson and pending Senate confirmation, she will make history as the first woman to lead a U.S. combatant command. Adm. Bill Gortney has been in…
President Obama, Misty Copeland Discuss Body Image and Race
By Sheryl Estrada Ballerina Misty Copeland and President Barack Obama In an interview released on Monday,President Barack Obama and ballerina Misty Copeland expressed the importance of women having a healthy body image. As two African Americans who have reached thepinnacleoftheir respective careers, they sat down with Time magazine to discuss…