Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was mercilessly beaten to death earlier this month during a traffic stop by five
Category: Social Justice
‘Horrific Does Not Even Begin to Explain the Video’
By Ethnic Media Services By Karanja A. Ajanaku/Tri-State Defender Memphis Sandwiched between a morning call to disband the police SCORPION unit
Congresswoman Bush Statement on Police Killing of Tyre Nichols
Washington D.C. (Jan. 27, 2023) — Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the following statement after the release of the horrific
2023 Black History Month Festival Will Celebrate The Theme of “Black Resistance in The Past, Present and Future”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 7, 2022Media Contact: Zebulon Miletskymarketing@asalh.org Washington, D.C.—Join the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) for
Inmate Deaths, Threat Of Federal Takeover Will Determine The Fate Of Rikers Island
By Alan J. Krawitz NEW YORK — Rikers Island jail is waging its own war. At issue is whether a federal
Covid Treatments Readily Available, But Access Disparities Still Huge
By Sunita Sohrabji As Californians brace for a winter surge of COVID infections, that’s the message of Dr. Rita Nguyen,
Returning Citizens Rally for Affordable Housing and Jobs
By Ethnic Media Services Less than two weeks after his prison release through the Second Look Amendment Act, Jamal Childs experienced
Californians Can’t Wait Any Longer for Independent Redistricting
By Jonathan Mehta Stein Californians cannot wait any longer for fair representation. The horrific scandal currently unfolding in Los Angeles has unearthed
California’s Health Care System is Failing Black Californians
By Ethnic Media Services Nearly one-third of Black Californians – one in three people – have been treated unfairly by
Supreme Court Could Strike Down Affirmative Action
By Peter White On October 31, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that will determine the future of affirmative