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K. Michelle is seemingly prioritizing personal success over the lives of victimized Black girls. On Wednesday morning, the singer took to Twitter where she wished that R. Kelly was free so that he could help guide her career. “I swear if Rob was here so many of my musical questions would be answered,” she tweeted. […]
After over 150 years, America is finally trying to correct the language in the 13th Amendment which sparked the racist prison-industrial system. The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that lawmakers created a joint resolution to remove portions of the document that allow involuntary servitude. The 13th Amendment might have ended chattel slavery, but it explicitly states that […]
If 2020 has reaffirmed anything, it’s that national police departments are far overdue for reform. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is coming under fire after they posted their office Christmas tree. Instead of the normal ornament, tinsel and festive light trimmings used to decorate the tree, the sheriff’s office found a twisted sense of holiday cheer in using mugshots of current […]
The Department of Justice has published a new rule that could allow for the use of more execution methods for federal death sentences. These could include death by electrocution or firing squads. According to ProPublica, the rule cleared White House review at the beginning of November and will go into effect on Christmas Eve, just weeks before Donald Trump exits […]
A Florida high school teacher has been charged with over 400 counts of child pornography possession, ABC News reported on Saturday. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd revealed during a press conference that 46-year-old Shawn Fitzgerald possessed around 408 pornographic images on his cellphone. Investigators say they were notified of Fitzgerald’s activity via a tip from the National Center on Missing […]
Brett Hankison, the sole defendant to be charged in the Breonna Taylor shooting case, is facing more legal trouble. According to TMZ, the former Louisville Metro Police officer is being sued for an alleged sexual assault that took place back in 2018. The plaintiff, Margo Borders, claims she had met Hankison at a bar where he […]
After teasing it on social media, Kodak Black, who is currently incarcerated on gun charges, has shared his new album Bill Israel. The project, which contains 11 tracks, features appearances from Gucci Mane, Lil Yachty, Tory Lanez, and others. Kodak’s last studio album was 2018’s Dying To Live. In November of 2019, Kodak took a plea deal in his […]
Less than a week after it was announced that Drakeo the Ruler was getting out of prison, the West Coast rapper has dropped his first post-release track and video. “Fights Don’t Matter” is a taste of Drakeo’s new project We Know the Truth, and it’s accompanied by a music video shot within hours of him leaving prison. It was written […]
Former Bad Boy artist and Harlem World representative, Loon (who is now known as Amir Junaid Muhadith), has joined the REFORM Alliance. Muhadith will serve as the inaugural Fellow for the REFORM Alliance’s new Fellowship Program. This program was established to provide “practical and transferable job skills” to former inmates who are interested in pursuing careers in advocacy. For Muhadith, […]
Lori Loughlin began her jail sentence in a federal prison in California on Friday. The Huffington Post reports that she’s set to serve a two-month sentence for her role in the college admissions cheating scheme. “The parties recently agreed that the defendant can report to prison on October 30, 2020, instead of on November 19, […]
