Is a new Mississippi law decreasing jailings of people awaiting mental health treatment? The state doesn’t know.
Last year, Mississippi passed a new law aimed at decreasing the number of people being jailed solely because they need…
Third-party investigation of Decatur PD notes ‘improper’ arrests, deleted body-camera videos
DECATUR, AL — A third-party investigation released on Thursday found that the Decatur Police Department often arrested citizens without valid…
Lessons from ‘stop and frisk’ can help Philly police use drones to improve safety without compromising civil liberties
By Robert Kane, Drexel University and Jordan Hyatt, Drexel University Philadelphia’s plans to expand its use of police-operated drones signals…
Why Africa’s young scientists should help check the quality of climate change research
By Christel Dorothee Hansen, University of Pretoria; Chukwuma Moses Anoruo, University of Nigeria; Deniz Vural, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre…
VIDEO: 2025 MLK events across the US
Against the backdrop of a historic presidential inauguration, thousands of people flocked to events across the United States to celebrate…
President Biden pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned influential Pan-Africanist and Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who was wrongfully convicted of…
Couple on trial in West Virginia for trafficking, abusing adopted Black children
The first week of the trial of two adoptive parents accused of abusing five Black children ended on Friday with…
African countries need more PhD graduates but students are held back by a lack of money and support
By Oluwatomilayo Omoya, Flinders University; Olumide A Odeyemi, Flinders University; Omowale A Odeyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University, and Udeme Samuel Jacob,…
MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
By Jason Oliver Evans, University of VirginiaSince 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law,…
Kamala Harris memes questioning her cultural background highlight Americans’ contradictions with race
By Raven Maragh-Lloyd, Washington University in St. Louis Even after Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election, Americans…
