New Orleans car attacker had Black Creole roots in Louisiana
Shamsud-din Jabbar descended from Louisiana African Americans and practiced Islam in his youth before being radicalized as an adult.
Gun Violence
Black Beaumont native kills 14 in New Orleans car attack
The African-American perpetrator was radicalized in a form of Islamist extremism and had an ISIS flag on his rented vehicle.
Former President Donald Trump unhurt after second assassination attempt
It is unclear whether any shots were fired by convicted felon Ryan Wesley Routh, the lone suspect in the incident at Trump's Florida golf resort.
Former President Donald Trump shot in Pennsylvania, Black Catholics react
The presumptive GOP nominee and former president was grazed by a bullet during a campaign rally shooting that left two dead and three injured.
St. Sabina Catholic Church unveils anti-gun violence sculpture in Chicago
The life-size bronze designed by Timothy P. Schmalz depicts a weeping Jesus over the lifeless body of a slain Black youth.
Catholics react to anti-Black massacre in Jacksonville
Bishop Erik T. Pohlmeier of St. Augustine called the shooting "senseless" and called for unity while condemning racism.
Okla. Supreme Court to hear 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors' case
The lawsuit, filed by three centenarians who were children during the White mob attack, was dismissed by a district court judge in July.
Justin Jones re-elected to Tenn. House in landslide
The Catholic-raised activist, 27, was expelled from the legislature in April after his participation in a gun control protest at the state capitol.
'The hand of God is on you': Fr Michael Pfleger to youth choir after crash caused by armed assailants
No children were injured in Saturday's accident, from which several armed individuals fled the scene on Chicago's South Side.
Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary host 'historic' national convention in New Orleans
Their first-ever joint senior and junior convention was held from July 13-19 in New Orleans, the city of their national headquarters.
10 years after his killer's acquittal, consider Trayvon Martin's options.
Dorothy Dempsey reflects solemnly on an historic injustice.
A Christian nation—or a demonic one?
Dr. Ronald E. Smith muses on the fact that much of American history and culture is anything but Christian.
For Black victims of police brutality, when is enough, enough?
Dorothy Dempsey reflects on the deaths of George Floyd, Tyre Nichols, and her late niece Marilyn Banks.
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors appear on MSNBC ahead of reparations court hearing on May 10
The two survivors, a brother and sister, were small children when their Greenwood neighborhood was burned to the ground in 1921.
Archbishop Shelton Fabre to say Mass for Louisville shooting victims
The liturgy will take place at noon ET in the Cathedral of the Assumption on Thursday.