'Where's the evidence?' Chicago community shocked after teen kills himself while running from police
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-19
A Chicago community is in disbelief after a 16-year-old African-American teen reportedly shot himself while running from officers after they tried to question him about being in possession of a weapon.
rt.com/usa/436339-chicago-teen-shot-police-pursuit/

African-American support of Trump at 36%, almost double from last year — poll
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-18
Support for US President Donald Trump among black voters is currently at 36 percent, almost double the number from last year, according to a new poll. It comes despite reports that a tape exists of Trump using the N-word.
rt.com/usa/436248-black-support-trump-grows/

In DeVos's Home State, Students Push for their Right to Literacy
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2018-08-17
Literacy has been, and continues to be, a critical component of African-American liberation.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/michigan-students-push-for-literacy-right-180817/

White House apologizes over wrong African-American jobs claim
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-15
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has backtracked on her claim that the Obama administration created just 195,000 jobs for African Americans, after it emerged that the actual figure is closer to three million.
rt.com/usa/436060-sarah-sanders-bogus-jobs/

Meet Debbie Africa: First MOVE 9 Member to Be Freed in 40 Years & Now Reunited with Her Son, Mike
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-08
Today marks the 40th anniversary of a massive police operation in Philadelphia that culminated in the siege of the headquarters of the black radical group known as MOVE. The group was founded by John Africa, and all its members took the surname Africa. It was August 8, 1978, when police tried to remove members of MOVE from their communal home with water cannons and battering rams, even as some continued to hide in the basement with children. During the siege on MOVE's house, gunfire was exchanged, and a police officer named James Ramp was killed. Two years later, nine MOVE members were convicted of third-degree m…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/8/meet_debbie_africa_first_member_of