Malaika Jabali
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Missing Grad Student Jelani Day Dead at 25
On Thursday, missing 25-year-old Jelani Day has been identified as the man pulled from the Illinois River earlier this month. According to NBC, his identity...
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Negotiations Fail
Members of Congress who’ve been working on federal police reform say talks have broken down. Lawmakers said the roadblock effectively ends bipartisan efforts to pass...
Black Women Calling Out Racism in White Sororities
Claims of racism in white sororities and fraternities aren’t a new issue. Both have made headlines for their apparent racist antics, parties, and membership selection...
Laphonza Butler Becomes First Black Woman to Lead Influential Political Organization EMILY’S List
The list of groundbreaking women whom EMILY’S List has endorsed or helped elect reads like a who’s who of political leaders, past and present: Vice...
Haiti Isn’t Cursed. It is Exploited.
Haiti has suffered one blow after another this year. Before a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated the country’s southern peninsula in August—and a tropical storm caused...
11 People Have Now Died at Rikers Island in Less Than a Year
Isa Abdul-Karim, 42, died at about 7:25 p.m. on Sunday in the North Infirmary Command after telling staff he wasn’t feeling well. Wheelchair-bound, the inmate...
Congresswoman Cori Bush Introduces “Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021”
Last month, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) protested overnight on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with a major goal in mind: to raise awareness and...
Sunny Hostin Slams ‘Corrupt’ US Policy On Haiti Amidst Migrant Crisis
Sunny Hostin criticized U.S. policy on Haiti during a taping of The View on Tuesday. Disturbing images of Haitian asylum seekers being assaulted at the...
Eboni K. Williams Stands Up for Our Nation’s Care Workers: They Are Not ‘the Help.’
I remember my grandmother Katie working in the home of wealthy white families. She kept their children, cleaned their houses, washed and pressed their clothes,...
Racist Group Patriot Front Vandalizes Black Lives Matter Murals in Michigan
According to Click On Detroit, Patriot Front, a racist, anti-Semitic group was seen on Sunday, Sept. 19, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, destroying Black Lives Matter murals....