Civil Rights & Social Justice

Many people recognize Kendrick Sampson, 37, as a talented, charismatic TV and film actor—with leading roles in Issa Rae’s cultural phenomenon Insecure, and 2022’s meet-cute romcom, Something from Tiffany’s, among others. But alongside and intertwined with building a prolific career in Hollywood, the multi-hyphenate entertainer is building something else: Black Power. Through his organization BLD […]

Today marks the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the 1965 march held in Selma, Alabama, where 600 peaceful demonstrators were viciously attacked while advocating for voting rights and protesting the murder of 26-year-old activist Jimmie Lee Jackson by police. NewsOne reports that the terrifying day centered around the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where Alabama state troopers […]

Musk cosigned a video from Ben Shapiro calling for Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd.

The NAACP has created 'Black Consumer Advisory' to inform Black people of which pro-DEI companies they can support.

Springfield, Ohio, is suing a neo-Nazi group accused of terrorizing its Haitian citizens.

North Carolina judge ruled that racism during jury selection played a role in the trial of Hasson Bacote, who had been sentenced to death.

Today, Sandra Bland would have been 38 years old.

John Mills, founder of the nonprofit organization the Alex Breanne Corporation, helps Black people trace their ancestry.

Trump appointed racist Darren Beattie to serve as the acting Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.

Reflecting on the Martin Luther King holiday falling on the same day as Trump's second inauguration their quotes are so different.

The Palm Springs City Council has agreed to a historic $27 million settlement for Black and Latino families displaced from their homes.

NewsOne editor asha bandele reflects on the killing of Michael Brown ten years after he was killed in Ferguson, Missouri.