With hundreds of thousands of individuals locked up in jails almost daily, many find it challenging to pay bail.
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This partnership is an ongoing commitment to address low resource marginalized students who are in need of financial support to attend college. NCRF’s program Black College Expo™ highlights (HBCUs) and their rich history and commitment of educating Black students since 1837 due to Black people not allowed to attend college.
Groundbreaking and original CNN anchor Bernard Shaw has died of pneumonia, his family confirmed Thursday. He was 82.
As a mom of three children, I make lots of decisions every day about how to support their individual needs. I’m involved in my children’s education and engage regularly with their teachers. But sometimes that’s not enough. Parents need data and information to inform the choices that we make on our children’s behalf.
American King Foundation founder Angela Stanton-King is committed to protecting America’s children by any means necessary. It is Stanton’s commitment to protecting children and holding their abusers accountable that prompted her to travel from Atlanta, GA, to Los Angeles to stand with Jane Doe to demand the arrest of A-list comedian/actress Tiffany Haddish and comedian Aries Spears on child sexual abuse claims.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, a group of previously imprisoned individuals joined more than 50 advocacy organizations in penning a letter urging Peters to rectify inhumane conditions within federal prisons, bring the Bureau into compliance with federal law, and meet with formerly and currently incarcerated people.
Most people know about labor unions, but few know what they do. As we celebrate Labor Day in 2022, let’s take a second to reflect on Black workers’ rights and the important labor unions that have paved the way.
Workers who operate and provide services to customers riding the ferry that runs from San Francisco’s Pier 33 to Alcatraz Island are attempting to form a union.
Voters in five states will see slavery on their ballot this November as prison reform advocates push to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude as well as reshape the prison labor system.
The Sentencing Project found that in 2019, Black Americans represented 14% of the total U.S. population, 33% of the total prison population, and 46% of the prison population who had already served at least ten years. In its extensive research, the organization discovered that the over-representation of people of color magnifies further among those serving even longer sentences in some jurisdictions.