Crime

CHICAGO—Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. will be released from a federal prison camp on Thursday and serve the final months of his sentence in...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida -- The Fort Lauderdale Police Department Internal Affairs released a report yesterday regarding police officers who were the subject of an...

"That all citizens will be given an equal start through a sound education is one of the most basic, promised rights of our democracy....

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, one of only two African- Americans to ever serve as a federal judge in Mississippi, read this speech to...

CHARLOTTE, NC: The NC NAACP Youth and College Division will mobilize students from across North Carolina to attend the UNC Board of Governors' meeting...

(BPT) - Henry Ford had three companies fail before he launched the game-changing Model T. Abraham Lincoln failed in business, lost multiple elections and...

Not to beat a dead horse, but the year 2014 was a horrifying year for unbridled police violence against black men young and old.We were...

Orlando Police Department's year-end review reveals that overall crime rates in the city ultimately fell in 2014. Most notably, instances of home burglaries saw...

NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a cessation of “anti-police protests” and “rhetoric” Dec. 22 until two New...

A black teen was fatally shot by an officer on Tuesday night just two miles from Ferguson, Missouri, police said. ...