Author: Deena Zaru

Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols on Sunday unveiled a $105 million reparations plan for the descendants of the Tulsa race massacre — the deadly 1921 attack by a white mob on the Oklahoma city’s Greenwood section, a thriving Black neighborhood known as “Black Wall Street.” The attack, which occurred May 31 and June 1, 1921, killed […]

George Floyd’s family reflected on his legacy and called again for police reform during a press conference on Sunday to mark the five-year anniversary of Floyd’s death. The press conference took place outside the Houston, Texas cemetery where Floyd is buried and followed a private memorial that was held there by the family. “I feel […]

When Brian O’Hara arrived in Minneapolis as the new chief of police in 2022, he said that he found a department that was depleted, having lost about half of its officers, amid widespread protests and backlash after the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, by a Minneapolis police officer. “The cops would openly […]

The U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the city of Chicago after Mayor Brandon Johnson touted the number of Black officials in his administration while speaking at a church on Sunday. The DOJ announced the probe on Monday in a letter addressed to Johnson from the head of the department’s civil rights division, […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced in a press release on Friday that the team has launched an investigation after some of their fans violated the NBA’s Fan Code of Conduct by allegedly making “racially charged” comments towards Warriors power forward Draymond Green during the team’s second game against the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night at […]

The family of Tyrone Mason, a 31-year-old Black man in Raleigh, North Carolina, who died in a crash while being pursued by highway patrol, is calling for justice after prosecutors declined to file charges against the trooper involved in the Oct. 7, 2024, incident. Mason’s family spoke out during a press conference outside the Wake […]

International students pursuing degrees at Michigan public universities sought relief from detention and deportation during a federal court hearing on Tuesday, after their student immigration status was terminated this month, jeopardizing their legal status in the U.S. The students — two citizens of China, one of Nepal and another from India — filed a lawsuit […]

Atlanta police on Tuesday arrested a woman who was charged with allegedly making a false 911 call that led to a police chase during which rapper Young Scooter suffered a fatal injury, police said. The woman’s 911 call, in which she reported an alleged assault and a shooting, led police to respond to a home […]

The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects who are allegedly involved in a series of attacks against a transgender woman — with the most recent incident taking place on Sunday. Police released photos of the three suspects and said that an initial attack and sexual assault allegedly […]