My brother wanted to go to the bathroom. Police killed him instead.
Next Gen News Team On Jan. 4, 2017, my brother, Muhammad Muhaymin, tried to use the public restroom in Phoenix. It cost him his life. As the Department of Justice opens an investigation into…
Social Justice
Home appraisal increased by almost $100,000 after Black family hid their race
Erica Parker tells her two daughters, “be Black and proud.” She carefully decorated their rooms with drawings of Black superheroes and placed pillows with the words “Black Girl Magic” and…
A Massachusetts farm called the police on a Black family it thought stole 6 apples
A Massachusetts apple-picking farm phoned the police over a Black family that the farm accused of stealing six apples. The parents, Reverend Manika Bowman and Jeff Myers, shared a blog…
15-Year-Old ‘Had Enough of His Father Abusing His Mother’ and Killed Him
A grand jury has decided not to bring murder charges against a 15-year-old boy who shot and killed his abusive father because he’d ‘had enough’ of watching him beat up…
Disturbing photo shows beatings Afghan journalists say they endured from the Taliban for covering a women’s-rights protest
Journalists working for Afghanistan’s Etilaatroz newspaper said they were detained by Taliban fighters and brutally beaten after covering demonstrations in Kabul. Photographer Nematullah Naqdi and reporter Taqi Daryabi were covering…
Three Teenage Sisters Who Killed Abusive Dad Could Be Spared Prison
The three girls stabbed their father to death in 2018, but in light of new psychiatric evaluations, they may not have to spend time in jail for killing their ‘monster’…
Virginia’s Robert E. Lee Statue Has Been Removed
In the final moments, there were cheers. On Wednesday morning in Richmond, Va., as a crane dislodged the 12-ton statue of Robert E. Lee, Confederate general and icon of a…
Balenciaga’s $1,200 sagging pants are being decried as racist
The history of sagging Sagging has murky origins, with some claiming it comes from the U.S. prison system, where belts aren’t allowed, while others say it was born out of…
The Buttigiegs Celebrate 2 Babies
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, are celebrating the arrival of not one — but two — bundles of joy. The first openly gay person to be confirmed…
Three Officers, Two Paramedics Charged in 2019 Death of Elijah McClain
Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold…