A few years ago, I was at a community health festival in Brownsville, a high-crime, very poor area of Brooklyn that is among the worst statistically…
Tonya Gunn, 44, was shot and killed in Chicago’s Morgan Park on Monday while attending a family gathering, reports ABC7-Chicago. RELATED: Getting To the Bottom…
1. Don’t Do Depression Alone! This week the media world mourns the death of Karyn Washington, the 22-year-old writer of the popular motivational blog…
If you missed the first day of the National Action Network 2014 Convention, catch some of the highlights of the panels in NewsOne’s exclusive video recap.…
Two years ago today, self-appointed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. While Zimmerman was eventually acquitted of all charges, Trayvon’s memory lives on in the hearts and minds of millions of people. Take a look back at the tragedy in photos: RELATED: Trayvon Martin’s Parents Stand By Jordan Davis’ Parents […]
An angry President Barack Obama blasted the National Rifle Association (NRA) and senators who voted to defeat a bi-partisan bill to expand background checks for gun sales yesterday (April 17). A proposal to ban some semi-automatic weapons modeled after military assault weapons was also defeated. The votes were on a series of amendments to a […]
First Lady Michelle Obama returned to Chicago on Wednesday to join Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and prominent business leaders in hopes of raising awareness and money…
First Lady Michelle Obama (pictured standing) will be returning home next month to join Chicago Mayor and former White House Chief Of Staff Rahm Emanuel…
Two alleged Chicago gang members have been arrested in the shooting death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton and are scheduled to appear in Cook County Criminal Court today for a bond hearing. As we previously reported, Pendleton was shot and killed in South Side Chicago one week after participating in President Obama’s Inauguration festivities in Washington, […]
Telvis Douglas, the 14-year-old student who was shot in the head yesterday at Price Middle School, has been released from Grady Memorial Hospital and is at home recovering from his injuries. The shooting at the southeast Atlanta school occurred around 1:50 pm between the main building and the gym. A teacher was also injured in […]
There has been a shooting at Price Middle School in southwest Atlanta, reports the AJC. A 14-year-old male student was shot in the head and transported to Grady Memorial Hospital. Police told the AJC the injured student is alert, conscious and breathing. One person, another Price Middle student, is in custody. Parents will not be […]
