Insider • 28th April 2022 'They never told us anything': Another Black woman was found dead after a date. Her family is still looking for answers from police. Asia Maynard died after going on a date with a man she met at a gas station, her family said.
8th February 2022 50 Black women have been killed by the police since 2015. Most of the officers who shot them didn't face consequences. Black women fatally shot by US police have long been overlooked, research suggests. Insider created a database of women killed in the past six years.
Insider • 27th January 2022 The mother of Lauren Smith-Fields says a newly launched criminal investigation weeks after her daughter's death is 'just something to shut us up' The family of Lauren Smith-Fields, a 23-year-old Black woman and social media influencer who was found dead in her Bridgeport, Connecticut, is seeking out answers surrounding her death.
Insider • 17th March 2021 Kaia Rolle was arrested at school when she was 6. Nearly two years later, she still 'has to bring herself out of despair.' Kaia Rolle was 6 years old when she was arrested at school in 2019 after throwing a temper tantrum.The traumatizing incident shows how Black girls are criminalized in schools.
Insider • 7th January 2021 'They've killed us for less!': Black activists slam the disparity between responses to BLM demonstrators and pro-Trump rioters who breached US Capitol Outrage spread on social media as pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol during a march in protest of the presidential election results. Many decried the disparity between responses to Black Lives Matter protests and the violent Trump supporters who injured police officers.
Insider • 29th April 2023 The family of Rasheem Carter, the Black man found dead in Mississippi with his head severed, is protesting police handling of the case His family calls his death a "modern-day lynching" and is demanding answers from officials.
Insider • 10th April 2023 Angel Reese calling out unfair criticism is 'a testament to her authenticity' as Black women in sports are often held to 'a different standard': expert The scrutiny highlights how Black women in sports are viewed compared to their white counterparts.
Insider • 8th April 2023 It was her dream to open a mobile hair salon. But this Black entrepreneur says she was run out of a North Carolina town after her business was spray-painted with the N-word and other slurs. Angel Pittman said her property was vandalized with the N-word and "bitch" spray-painted on her mobile salon.
Insider • 13th December 2022 A former WNBA player who competed in Russia hopes Brittney Griner's ordeal reignites the conversation on 'pay disparity between the men and the women's game,' which drives many WNBA players overseas Iciss Tillis, a former WNBA power forward, who competed in Russia says she hopes Brittney Griner's torturous ordeal reignites the conversation about pay inequity in the women's league.
Insider • 27th September 2022 This father uprooted his life in South Carolina and raised $300,000 to move to Arizona to find out what happened to his missing son: 'I do have faith' David Robinson has one goal — to find Daniel.
Insider • 11th September 2022 A 71-year-old Black woman who won $20,000 at a casino is now suing Michigan bank for racial discrimination after employees refused to cash her check When Lizzie Pugh tried to cash in her check at Fifth Third Bank, she said that she was turned away by employees.
Insider • 30th August 2022 This 20-year-old mother — one of the first people in Georgia to have monkeypox — says she's faced death threats accusing her of spreading the virus 'all across' her state Camille Seaton, 20, said it took her three and a half weeks to heal from the virus.
Insider • 28th August 2022 'It feels like enslavement': This working mom owes $240,000 in student loans. Now she's fighting for full cancellation to live her American Dream 'freely.' Richelle Brooks borrowed $203,000 collectively to attend undergrad, graduate, and doctoral studies. And over the years, has accumulated over $30,000 in interest.
Insider • 8th August 2022 'Exhausting and it's infuriating': Months after the racist Buffalo supermarket shooting, the Black residents there are grappling with the trauma of the reopening and recent threats Tops grocery store reopened to the Buffalo community months after the deadly mass shooting that left 10 dead.
Insider • 15th May 2022 The son of a 65-year-old woman who was killed in the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting says the 'tragedy' happened the one time 'we didn't go together' Wayne Jones' mother, Celestine "Stiney" Chaney, was among 10 victims who were killed during a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo.
Insider • 11th May 2022 A Black Texas teen was suspended from school and told he couldn't attend graduation due to the length of his hair Treyvion Gray, a Black high school senior in the Needville Independent School District located in Fort Bend County, Texas, was first approached about the length of his locs as he was walking to gym class.
Insider • 9th May 2022 Here's how Black women in Georgia — a state with an 'abysmal' maternal mortality rate — will face a public health crisis if Roe v. Wade is overturned The fate of Roe v. Wade could have harrowing consequences for Black women, in particular.
Insider • 3rd May 2022 Being a Black mother in Minnesota is 'terrifying' Toshira Garraway's mind goes to the worst-case scenario if her son isn't home on time.
Insider • 30th March 2022 A Texas woman living with alopecia said she 'cried all night' after hearing Chris Rock's 'insensitive' joke. Experts say Black hair has a history of being publicly 'criticized.' Experts said Black hair has been criticized and politicized throughout history.
Insider • 20th February 2022 A Massachusetts daycare that used blackface for a Black History Month activity is reportedly now closing. One parent says she still wants 'accountability.' The daycare was met with backlash after sharing photos of children with Black painted plates placed in front of their faces.
Insider • 5th December 2021 National civil rights attorney Ben Crump calls for an FBI investigation into the death of 25-year-old graduate student Jelani Day • Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling on the FBI to investigate Jelani Day's case as a hate crime.• Day, a 25-year-old Black graduate student, was reported missing in August and found dead in the Illinois River days later.• Crump's remarks were made at a press conference in Chicago on Friday with Day's family members.National civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling on the FBI to investigate the death of Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day as a hate crime.During
Insider • 25th October 2021 The mother of the 10-year-old Black girl who was arrested after drawing a picture in school says her daughter 'was not protected in any instance' N.B. was arrested at school after she allegedly drew a picture of her bully.
Insider • 19th October 2021 A Chicago mother is still searching for her pregnant daughter who disappeared 3 years ago: 'It's a reoccurring nightmare' Kierra Coles, a U.S postal worker, was last seen in October 2018.
Insider • 13th October 2021 A Black Army officer says she was profiled when she was denied entry to a Louisiana casino after an employee discredited her military ID Deja Harrison said a Harrah's New Orleans guard claimed she wasn't the person on her military ID.
Insider • 23rd September 2021 Experts say the 'Missing White Woman Syndrome' leaves girls of color disproportionately out of news coverage Missing women of color have not been "centered" in national media coverage, experts say.
Insider • 27th July 2021 Civil-rights attorney Ben Crump and Black women's organization file lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over talc baby powder product Ben Crump filed the suit on behalf of the members of the National Council of Negro Women.
Insider • 19th July 2021 LA County officials will return a beach property worth millions nearly 100 years after it was seized from a Black family The property was taken from the family in 1924 by the city council, which used eminent domain under the guise of building a park.
Insider • 29th May 2021 100 years ago — just after Memorial Day — a white mob burned down a thriving Black community. Here's why so many haven't heard of the Tulsa Race Massacre. A white mob destroyed a prosperous Black neighborhood known as the "Black Wall Street" in 1921.
Insider • 3rd May 2021 'I wish he was here with us': Andrew Brown Jr.'s sons express their love for their father during emotional funeral service in North Carolina Family and loved ones gathered in honor of Andrew Brown Jr. at a funeral service at the Fountain of Life church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.