A survivor of the Parkland School shooting announced Monday that Harvard University rescinded his admission over racist comments he made nearly two years ago. What […]
Author: Kailyn Hayes, DI
Kailyn Hayes was a Digital Intern for Urban Newsroom and Black News Alerts.
New York District Attorney Declines to Review Convictions made by CP5 Prosecutors
New York City officials are calling for a thorough review of the cases prosecuted by Linda Fairstein, but the current Manhattan District Attorney is refusing […]
21 Savage donates $25k to SPLC for Legal Counsel for Immigrants
21 Savage made a generous donation of $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization that helped him during his battle with Immigration […]
Protesters Demand Firing of Utah cop who pulled gun on 10-year-old
Protesters gathered outside a police agency in Utah to demand that an officer who pulled his gun out on a 10-year-old boy last week be […]
Federal Watchdog Group calls for Kellyanne Conway to be fired for Hatch Act violations
The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) issued a report Thursday that suggested presidential adviser, Kellyanne Conway, be fired for violating the Hatch Act. What We […]
Prosecutors drop ALL Flint water charges, promise fresh probe
Prosecutors dropped all pending criminal charges against officials accused of ignoring signs of a crisis in relation to the Flint Water Crisis on Thursday. What […]
Utah Cop Pulls Gun on Mentally Disabled Child
A Utah police officer allegedly pulled a gun on a mentally disabled 10-year-old boy, in a situation the boy’s mother believes was racially motivated. What […]
Son of sheriff’s deputy faces federal hate crime charges in Louisiana church fires
Federal hate crime charges were filed against Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff’s deputy, who was arrested in connection with the fires of three […]
Black Law Students Demand Columbia University Remove Elizabeth Lederer
Columbia University’s black student activists are calling for the university to fire Elizabeth Lederer, the lead district attorney in the Central Park Five case, from […]
Church claims it’s no longer a polling station because of Black Lives Matter banner
A church in California put up Black Lives Matter signs that allegedly cost the church its position as a local polling place, according to a […]