Rikers Island
Venida Browder, the 63-year-old the mother of the late Kalief Browder, who committed suicide after spending three horrific years being abused on Rikers Island, died of complications of a heart attack, or as her lawyer noted, "of a broken heart."
Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]
Forty-one-year-old Aitabdel Salem, a native of Algeria, spent five months on New York's Rikers Island because, uhm, officials failed to tell him that bail was set at $2.
Candie Hailey says the abuse she endured in solitary led her to attempt suicide "more than 100 times."
New details about the night Tupac Shakur was shot when the Notorious B.I.G. and Puffy were recording at Quad Studios are given in a lost interview. The interview came from Kevin Powell who is promoting the release of his book, The Education of Kevin Powell: A Boy’s Journey into Manhood, which can be found in stores and on […]
The rekindled relationship between the United States and Cuba has taken yet another step forward. On Tuesday, the White House announced that President Obama plans…