economic inequality

5 Things We’re Keeping An Eye On In 2024

The new year could mark an inflection point for the Black community.
12/18/2023

Stanford University Researchers Find Black Taxpayers 3-5 Times Likelier to Be Audited By the IRS

Black Taxpayers Most Likely to be Audited by IRS
02/01/2023

California Reparations Task Force Says Descendants of The Enslaved Potentially Owed Extreme Amount, Study Says

The task force considered the lingering economic impact upon people descended from enslaved Africans in America, and faces continued discrimination.
09/27/2022
National News, Politics News, Black Women, 2016 Presidential Election, Criminal Justice,Economic Equality
1:48

Why Black Women Deserve Way More From the Candidates

Black women voters are a powerful force at the polls.
03/24/2016
News, National News, Baltimore Uprising, Baltimore, Police Brutality, Discrimination, Racial Profiling, Riots, Unemployment, Economic Inequality
4:53

Baltimore Mom: The Untold Story

See a side of this feisty mother you haven't seen before.
05/06/2015
News, Freddie Gray, Incarceration, Criminal Justice, Police Brutality, Economic Inequality, Baltimore Uprising, Baltimore Riots, Baltimore
2:00

Baltimore Mom Says She 'Lost It' on Son

Sometimes a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do!
04/29/2015
News, 2015, National News, Political News, Eric Holder, Attorney General, Justice Department, Criminal Justice, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Police Brutality, Economic Inequality
9:56

Parting Words From the Nation's Top Cop

Eric Holder reveals his plans after he leaves office.
03/12/2015
SELMA, ALABAMA MARCH 5, 2015: People gather on the Edmund Pettus Bridge after President Obama's speech on March 7, 2015. (Photo: Ty Wright for BET)
4:53

Remembering Selma 50 Years Later

Selma symbolizes struggles past and future.
03/07/2015
News, National News, Jeff Johnson, politics news, Black History Month, education, criminal justice, fatherhood, economic inequality, civil rights
6:04

Jeff Johnson: Man of Honor

Jeff Johnson traces his rise from activist to commentator.
02/23/2015
News, national news, politics news, economic inequality, civil rights, women' rights, Barack Obama
8:03

Female Faces of the Civil Rights Movement

Although men have been at the forefront of the movement, women are taking their rightful place at the helm.
07/02/2014
News, National News, Politics News, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act, Economic Inequality, Racism, Barack Obama, Criminal Justice, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act, Women's Rights, Discrimination, John Lewis, Marc Morial, Rev. Al Sharpton
7:02

Are We Losing Our Civil Rights?

Which civil rights battles have been won and lost?
07/02/2014