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DOJ in-person town hall on MPD issues set for Dec. 18 at Civil Rights Museum

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced plans for in-person community meetings next week at the National Civil Rights Museum following Monday night’s virtual town hall. The DOJ’s first in-person meeting is set for Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Na...

Democratic governors double down on Trump strategy

While officials and residents of the District of Columbia gear up for a MAGA Republican takeover of the federal government, a large group of Democratic governors met in California to solidify a defense against certain attacks from Donald Trump’s inco...

Jordan Neely’s Killer Acquitted By “Justice” System That Criminalizes And Devalues Black Life

Are we really surprised by this inhumane verdict where a white man is acquitted for killing a distressed homeless and hungry Black man?We’re being told this jury was an “anonymous jury,” though we hear that the said jury makeup was seven women and f...

New York City Comptroller: “Jordan Neely’s Death Is An Indictment Of Broken Systems…Daniel Penny Is Not A hero.”

Photos: YouTube Screenshots New York, NY—New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released the following statement on the verdict in the death of Jordan Neely: “Jordan Neely’s death is an indictment of broken systems that failed to provide h...

Tonight: DOJ hosts virtual town hall in wake of bombshell MPD report

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is inviting Memphis residents to participate in a virtual town hall meeting to discuss the findings of its recent investigation into the Memphis Police Department (MPD). The event will take place tonight, December...

Book Review: Meet the black folks from the mountains of Appalachia in ‘Affrilachia’

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, Special to The Tri-State Defender “Affrilachia: Testimonies” by Chris Aluka Berry with Kelly Elaine Navies and Maia A. Surdam c.2024, University of Kentucky Press $50.00 252 pages An average oak tree is bigger around than two...

Ohio State vs. Tennessee at Ohio Stadium in CFP 1st Round Game

Contributed by OSU AthleticsCOLUMBUS, Ohio& –& A 10-win regular season, including two wins over current Top 10 College Football Playoff teams, and a Top 5 national ranking virtually the entire season has carried the Ohio State Buckeyes, the N...

Daniel Penny Not Guilty Verdict: “Jordan Neely’s Life Was Brutally Taken Away Because Of…Vigilantism”

By National Action Network Photos: Juan Alberto Vazquez/Juan Vazquez\YouTube Screenshots New York, NY (December 9, 2024) – Rev. Al Sharpton, the Founder and President of the National Action Network (NAN), issued the following statement in resp...

Black History: Meet Nikki Giovanni

One of the world’s most well-known African American poets. Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr. was born on June 7th, 1943. She grew up in both Knoxville, Tennessee and Cincinnati Ohio. As a child she frequently had colds, sniffles...

Arkansas St. stuns Memphis 85-72

After surging in the AP polls last week, 16th-ranked University of Memphis was humbled by the visiting Arkansas St. Red Wolves, 85-72, at the FedEx forum on Sunday, Dec. 8. The upset ends a quarter century of drought for the Red Wolves against the Ti...

Appeals court upholds TikTok ban

Contributed A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Dec. 6, 2024, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video app by Jan. 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban...

Travel review: Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection

Are you in the mood for luxury, people making a fuss over you, incredibly prepared food, fine wine, and panoramic views of Cincinnati’s skyline?Then do what I did and book a night at the “Lytle Park Hotel, Autograph Collection”. Loc...

The Lord of the Box Office: Your December movie guide

By Jeannie AssimosDecember is not just reserved for Santa and his reindeer. It’s also the month when some of the year’s must-see films premiere in theaters, and 2024 is no exception. Way.com brings you what’s cooking at your local c...

Kick off the New Year with Women’s Alliance!

By Lauren Braddock-Moffett Ed.D & & & Women’s Alliance,Inc. (WA) President Julie Graham invites the community to an inspiring lineup of 2025 events that support local youth programs.& & Start with “Cheers to the New Year” on S...

Congress honors Shirley Chisholm with Congressional Gold Medal

U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-12) announced the passage of bipartisan legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the late Shirley Chisholm, a pioneer in American politics and the first Blac...