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Source: Randy Martin / Instagram A Galveston, Texas, police officer who shot and killed Randy Martin during a traffic stop in May will not face criminal charges, even as newly released footage fuels doubts about the officer’s account. Houston Public Media reports that a grand jury decided not to take action against the officer who killed Martin, 47. The Texas Rangers investigated the shooting, and the district attorney’s office presented […]

Source: Welcome back to the NewsOne Week in Review, where I give you a quick rundown of the news you might have missed. From an update in the Nolan Wells case to a judge shutting down President Donald Trump’s media ban, there’s a lot to cover, so let’s get into it. Autopsy Reveals Lack Of Fluid In Nolan Wells’ Lungs There were several developments in the Nolan Wells case this […]

Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty Because of our segregated past and present, Black families have a constrained set of choices when it comes to education. Many have accepted these constraints, made plain by parents incessantly seeking to find a “good school,” whether it’s public, private, predominantly Black, predominantly White, or low-income, keeping their search within the confines of an inequitable system. In fact, how we typically define a good school […]

Source: GoFundMe / Wells Family The latest development in the Nolan Wells case is raising even more questions about what happened to the 18-year-old Black college student before his body was found on a Mississippi island. According to WESH, a digital forensic team has released preliminary findings from its examination of Wells’ cellphone, and the results are adding another layer to a case that has already left his family demanding […]

Source: Bettmann / Getty I can’t remember the first time I heard Assata Shakur’s words. “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win.” They’ve been with me for so long that I can’t locate their beginning. Somewhere in the years I spent becoming a writer and organizer, a Black woman trying to understand what it meant to love Black people enough to fight […]

✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, with the stories shaping our communities this week, from a heated Senate battle in Florida to a landmark moment on the Las Vegas Strip. Here’s what you need to know.

Delphine Fawandu Dear Ms. Assata Shakur, A year ago today, we lost you. In the full year that has passed in your absence from the physical realm, your loss is still palpable. As I sat down to write this love letter to you, it occurred to me that this isn’t the first time we have mourned your loss.  We mourned the loss of you when they locked you away in […]

Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty The federal immigration officer who shot 28-year-old Venezuelan immigrant Wilber Rafael Garces Perez wasn’t wearing his body camera, even though he had been issued one, according to two former Department of Homeland Security officials who were reportedly briefed on the matter, and a federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Garces Perez so that he can stand trial later this month. […]

nukopic Losing a family member is never an easy thing, and saying goodbye can be even more daunting when the deceased is a beloved matriarch. That was the case for the family of Detroit mom Kimberly Kaye Moore, who tragically passed away earlier this month (September 3) following a battle with endometrial cancer. Funeral service for the 61-year-old mother of five and grandmother to 28 was scheduled for last week, […]