N.C. Governor Grants Pardons to Members of Wilmington Ten

Jan 05, 2013

RALEIGH, N.C. -- In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a “significant” moment in the civil rights movement, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has granted individual pardons of actual innocence to members of the Wilmington Ten. “I...

Oakland School Closures Prompt Exodus of Younger Teachers

Jan 04, 2013

OAKLAND, Calif. – Brian Jimenez is a sixth grade teacher in his first year with the Oakland Unified School District. Three weeks into his job, he says, administrators told him to pack his supplies and move to another school.“In the...

Average Household Left With Only $100 After Monthly Expenses

Jan 03, 2013

According to findings from the Center for Responsible Lending’s newest report, The State of Lending in America and Its Impact on U.S. Households (State of Lending), the typical household has just $100 left each month after paying for basic expenses...

New Orleans Police Conviction Vacated

Jan 03, 2013

A federal appeals court in New Orleans has overturned the conviction of former New Orleans police officer David Warren, one of the former cops tried and convicted of an assortment of charges related to the murder of Henry Glover, who...

‘Obamacare’ Offers Young Adult Health Care and Peace of Mind

Jan 01, 2013

Photo captionRumeisha Bowyer and, seated, her mother Deanna Bressler-Montgomery. Photo courtesy of Deanna Bressler-MontgomeryLOS ANGELES -- Motivated, and armed with an architectural degree, Rumeisha Bowyer set out to obtain employment in her field, with health care benefits thrown in.Two years...

Check ‘n Go Borrowers Eligible For $4.3 Million in Refunds

Dec 31, 2012

A three-month outreach effort aimed at identifying and educating Check ‘n Go borrowers whose online installment loans at excessive interest rates may entitle them to significant repayments for interest, fees and finance charges launched Dec. 27 with a press announcement...

When Traffic Stops Go Bad -- How Cops Demean Black and Brown Men

Dec 31, 2012

INGLEWOOD, CA. -- Traffic stops by police in urban communities go bad far too frequently because of patrol policies that demean and rob minority residents of their dignity -- especially African American males. This writer experienced one such encounter on...

A Death Retold: Q&A with Filmmaker Ryan Coogler

Dec 30, 2012

Photo: Actor Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant.Editor's Note:  At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, 26-year-old filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature debut with "Fruitvale," a drama inspired by the real-life killing of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit...

A Death Retold: Q&A with Fruitvale’s Ryan Coogler

Dec 30, 2012

Photo: Actor Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant.Editor's Note:  At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, 26-year-old filmmaker Ryan Coogler makes his feature debut with "Fruitvale," a drama inspired by the real-life killing of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit...