Charleston shooting

Dylann Roof faces the death penalty or life in prison when the penalty phase of his hate crimes trial resumes on January 3.

Judge Gergel warned Roof that it would be in his best interest to have legal representation, but approved the request and resumed jury selection.

After disagreeing on a $5.3 million commission for the flag and repairs for the museum, a $3.6 million budget was considered.

During a Monday interview with comedian Marc Maron, President Barack Obama used the n-word to drive home the point that the shunning of the word in today’s…

The tragedy in Charleston, S.C., was felt throughout Black America and beyond. Even one of the biggest icons of today was affected, and made a tribute to honor the fallen. Yesterday Beyonce posted a short clip on Instagram showing the names of those who were killed in the shooting. Her video features a photo of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, where the massacre occurred on Wednesday […]

Russell Simmons visited Hot 97’s The Morning Show yesterday to promote his new energy drink and touched on the recent mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina during the sit-down. Asked about what he and other celebrities can do in response to tragedies like this and more general injustices, Simmons offered, “You do the best you can.” “Each of […]

Killer Mike took to Twitter yesterday shortly after a racially-motivated mass murder tore through a church in Charleston, South Carolina and wondered what would have happened had the victims been armed. Doubling down on an “arm the people” politics that he’s long put forth, Mike Tweeted, “I wish those folks in that church had been armed.” The […]

President Obama addressed the tragic Emanuel AME Church massacre in a speech today (June 18). This obviously isn’t the first time in President Obama‘s tenure that he’s had to deal with racist crimes, however this  time around, we all wanted our president to fully address systematic racism in America, despite how much he’s danced around […]