Temecia and Rodney Jackson are demanding the return of their newborn baby after she was taken by child protective services in Dallas last month following a home birth. CPS removed the child after a pediatrician diagnosed her with jaundice and the parents decided to consult their midwife for treatment.
A federal civil rights investigation was opened into the death of Dalaneo Martin, a 17-year-old Black father who was shot and killed by a Washington, D.C., police officer last month while driving a vehicle that was allegedly stolen.
A 21-year veteran of the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department filed a lawsuit last month against the agency, alleging that he was forced to meet illegal ticket quotas and target minority communities.
An American couple who visited Haiti earlier this month was kidnapped and is being held for ransom, a common occurrence in the country, where more than 100 kidnappings and 530 killings were reported in the first two weeks of March.
Minnesota state lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that would establish the nation’s first office to investigate cases of missing Black women and girls as tens of thousands of women of color remain missing in the U.S.