Malaika Jabali
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Jayland Walker Was Shot 46 Times By Police. A Grand Jury Just Decided No Cop Should Be Charged
In June 2022 Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot 46 times and killed by police after he was stopped “for minor equipment violations.”...
Rapper E-40 Says ‘Racial Bias’ Led To Him Being Kicked Out Of Arena During Kings Game
E-40, the much beloved Bay area rapper, is a longtime fan of his team, the Golden State Warriors, and was excited to be in attendance...
Community Outraged After Black Teen Shot In The Head After Ringing The Wrong Doorbell
The shooting of a Black teenager in Missouri who mistakenly rang the doorbell of the wrong home while attempting to pick up his siblings has...
Nine-Year-Old Daughter Of NBA Player Screamed So Much In The Stands It Helped The Team With A Come-From-Behind Victory
Every day the Bulls play might need to become “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” (which is actually coming up on April 27), after a...
Black Florida Couple Freed Nearly A Month After Being Kidnapped In Haiti
A Florida couple held captive for nearly a month in Haiti was freed Thursday after negotiations with their kidnappers, according to family members and the Haitian...
ESSENCE Festival Gets Down To Business
All avid readers of ESSENCE (and “most people in the know”) recognize that the ESSENCE Festival of Culture is the largest annual gathering of Black...
Meet The Black Women Baseball Players Who Kept The Negro Leagues Alive When Jackie Robinson Left
Everyone knows the story of Jackie Robinson, who began his career with the Negro American League with the Kansas City Monarchs. He went on to...
Are You Affected By This Billion-Dollar Student Loan Settlement? Supreme Court Rules It Can Proceed
On Thursday, the Supreme Court declined to block a multi-billion dollar settlement that would cancel the debt of borrowers who claim they took out loans...
Court Preserves Access To Abortion Pill, Keeps Some Restrictions
A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now, partially overruling a lower court’s decision according to the New York...
“This You?”: News Of Hulu’s ‘Freaknik’ Documentary Has Our Aunties And Uncles Collectively Shook About Being Put On Blast From The Past
The infamous Atlanta college festival known as Freaknik will return to the spotlight in an upcoming Hulu documentary, almost 40 years after its 1983 launch. “Freaknik: The...