Match Maker: Mrs. Wanda Hill
My mom's kinda awesome. Headquartered at a monstrous U-shaped, faux-wood "poly-ury-ply-a-thane" desk-and-drawers nicknamed “Command Central" in the sunless basement of our house in suburban Virginia, Mom spent much of 25 years of her life devoted to making other...
Filmmaker, Producer Erica Taylor Davis Takes on Fight Against Fibroids
What You Need to Know: In 2008, during a routine trip to the OB/GYN, Erica Taylor. Davis, a then 30-something black woman, was fitted for a popular birth control device to regulate her unpredictable monthly periods. As the doctor inserted the device, she screamed out...
Bounty Hunters Shoot and Kill A Black Man Without Announcement
WRITTEN & CONTRIBUTED BY COY MALONE What You Need to Know: Bounty hunters executing arrest warrants for 31-year-old Walter Hutchins, who is Black, on February 23 in Houston, TX, used two vehicles to block in at a parking lot. Moments after bounty hunters ran up to...
Racism at the Ukrainian Border
WRITTEN & CONTRIBUTED BY KHAMERON RILEY What You Need to Know: People of color and foreign citizens are experiencing racist attacks preventing them from leaving Ukraine and seeking asylum. Nigerian student Jessica spoke to BBC via Twitter about her...
Congresswoman Cori Bush: Black Lives Matter, Mr. President
What You Need to Know: Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Mo.) has lived up to her campaign promise of fighting for an “America for all, not the few.” Whether she is camping out on the U. S. Capitol steps to call attention to the expiration of the eviction moratorium or...
“Don’t Say Gay” Bill Moves to Florida Senate
WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY KWYN TOWNSEND RILEY What You Need to Know: A Florida Senate committee on Monday passed the Parental Rights in Education bill, known to its critics as “Don’t Say Gay,” by a vote of 12 to 8. The controversial legislation now moves to the...
Who Were the Six Triple Eight?
WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY KHAMERON RILEY What You Need to Know: The House voted Monday to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal. The 422-0 vote follows a long-running campaign to recognize the...
Anti-Lynching Bill Passed in U.S. House with Almost Unanimous Consent
What You Need to Know: The U.S. House passed an anti-lynching bill Monday that will make lynching a federal hate crime. Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) introduced the Emmett Till Antilynching Act (HR 55), named after the Black 14-year-old boy murdered in Money,...
Kansas City Man Receives Settlement For Wrongful Arrest as a Teenager
WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY COY MALONE What You Need to Know: On June 8, 2016, police officers Peter Neukrich and Jonathan Munyan were responding to a call in Kanas City, MO that three Black males were playing on a corner with guns. The officers chased suspects, who...
With the World’s Eyes on Ukraine, What’s Going on at Home?
WRITTEN AND CONTRIBUTED BY KHAMERON RILEY What You Need to Know: As the world looks toward Ukraine, things have not been very quiet on Capitol Hill. We're approaching the State of the Union address and President Joe Biden's poll numbers have taken another dip. A...