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George Floyd killing sparks national outrage and international disgrace

The nation experienced a surreal number of protests and demonstrations – reminiscent of civil unrest of the 60s over the last weekend of May....

Black man dies at hands of police during arrest in Minneapolis [video]

Incredibly or not, the slaughter of black men at the hands of law enforcement officers continues, with the latest transgression occurring on Memorial Day...

NAACP Atlanta calls for investigation of treatment of blacks in Glynn and Waycross

In response to the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, NAACP Atlanta is calling for an investigation into the history of inequality in the criminal...

After Five Years, NY Police Officer Who Chokes Eric Garner to Death on Video is Finally Fired

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On August 19, New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Pantaleo....

Tawanda Jones wages long fight for justice in Baltimore

BALTIMORE (AP) _ Every Wednesday for more than two years, Tawanda Jones has stood vigil _ in front of City Hall, outside the state’s attorney’s…

Jordan Davis documentary headed to HBO (VIDEO)

*After Michael Dunn shot to death teenager Jordan Davis at a Jacksonville, Florida gas station in 2012, the teen’s family wanted to do more...

After years of declining crime, a spike in city violence

 CHICAGO (AP) — Police departments across the country that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many agencies…

Many Blacks feel fatigued after barrage of racial incidents

 WASHINGTON (AP) — The weariness, the rage, the depressing conviction that Black life is stuck in a murderous loop fueled by racism — these emotions…

Israel The Good Samaritan Aids Syrian Neighbors

Israel The Good Samaritan Aids Syrian Neighbors by Kai EL’ Zabar  The Chicago Defender as part of a U.S. delegation of reporters and bloggers met…

Change Is A’ Coming

E NOTES By Kai EL’ Zabar Executive Editor It was 1955 in Money, Mississippi, while visiting family where 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Chicago native, was…

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