Civil Rights & Social Justice

Happy New Year! Jackie Johnson, the ex-Georgia DA charged for meddling in the Ahmaud Arbery investigation, will finally be in court in 2023. The post 2023 Expected To Bring More Justice For Ahmaud Arbery As Ex-DA’s Meddling Case Set To Finally Begin appeared first on NewsOne.

As we countdown to the end of 2022, here are 10 social justice stories to revisit.   The post Year End Review: 10 Social Justice Stories Worth Revisiting appeared first on NewsOne.

Free State police are investigating an assault case that took place on Christmas day against black teens at a swimming pool in South Africa. The post South African President Responds To Video Of Black Teens Attacked By White Men At Swimming Pool appeared first on NewsOne.

Nicholas Spencer and his wife, Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, are charged with trafficking and the torture of their Ugandan foster child. The post American Couple Charged With Child Trafficking And ‘Aggravated Torture’ Of Ugandan Foster Child appeared first on NewsOne.

Dec. 20 marks the 36th year since a group of racist, white teen thugs violently confronted three Black men and brutally attacked them with baseball bats and other weapons, leaving one of them -- 23-year-old Michael Griffith -- dead in the Howard Beach neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough. The post 36 Years Later, Recalling The Howard Beach Attack And The Racist Teens Who Targeted Black Men appeared first on NewsOne.

AG Merrick Garland announced that the department was realigning its stance to ensure that prosecutors are “treating like cases alike.”   The post Attorney General Advises Federal Prosecutors To Treat Crack And Powder Cocaine The Same appeared first on NewsOne.

A suspected white supremacist in Michigan pleaded guilty federal hate crimes for threatening to kill people supporting Black Lives Matter. The post Suspected White Supremacist Who Used Noose To Threaten To Kill Black People Pleads Guilty To Hate Crimes appeared first on NewsOne.

DOJ recently released information regarding its plans to fight the rise of hate crimes in America.  The post What Is DOJ Doing To Stop The Rise Of Hate Crimes In America? appeared first on NewsOne.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed an executive order creating a reparations commission to explore how reparations could benefit the city's Black residents. The post St. Louis To Consider Reparations For Black Residents appeared first on NewsOne.

Kari Lake said if she was Brittney Griner, she would have stayed locked up in Russia rather than be traded for arms dealer Victor Bout. The post Kari Lake Claims She Would Have Stayed In Prison If She Were Brittney Griner, Rather Than Be Traded For Viktor Bout appeared first on NewsOne.