NewsOne spoke with Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University, about how Democrats performed overall at the convention and particularly on two key issues facing African-Americans: Women's empowerment, and police killings and gun violence.
In the aftermath of the Dallas police shooting, certain conservative voices and media outlets would have you believe the greatest threats to the nation’s law enforcement are Black men. Unfortunately for those spouting this rhetoric, the facts do not support the narrative. In a recent article in The New York Daily News, Shaun King explains “71% of police who’ve been […]
Ontario-bred ballerina Katlyn Addison became the third Black dancer to play the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in Ballet West’s Nutcracker production.
Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, applauds NY's probe into Raynette Turner's death but describes how the stage was set for such deaths
Statistics about fatal police shootings are notoriously hard to come by, so the Washington Post started counting this year. The result is an analysis of…
In a ceremony described as “beautiful, spirit filled,” hundreds came together on Saturday for the funeral of Walter Scott, the unarmed South Carolina man who…
The person who took the video in which Walter Scott was brutally murdered by a South Carolina police officer has come forward to say that…
UTAH-Video has been released of Utah Police killing Todd Blair in a drug raid. The police can be seen yelling “Police search warrant,” and a man can be seen with a gold club who is shot three times by police. The Huffington Post reports: Blair’s death raises the question of why multiple heavily-armed officers were […]
Seattle Police have released footage of the killing of a deaf Native American woodcarver who was carrying a knife. Officer Ian Burk killed Native American woodcarver, John T. Williams who was carrying a small knife used for woodcarving. While officer Burk did ask Williams to drop his knife, Williams was deaf in one ear according […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. — A college football player is dead after police in New York shot at his car during a bar brawl. The dead man was identified as Danroy Henry, a junior at Pace University’s suburban Westchester County campus. He was a varsity defensive football player at the school. According to Mount Pleasant police, […]
