The matriarch of the Jackson family also claims that Trent Lamar Jackson used her credit cards and accessed her bank accounts without her permission.

Fourteen-year-old girl Bresha Meadows has been charged with aggravated murder after she allegedly shot her 41-year-old father Jonathan in the head just before 4 a.m. on July 28.

In this edition of Love Talking, Erica Campbell notes that not everybody comes from healthy home or church situations; and many people are harassed or abused in these spaces. It’s important to know that If somebody constantly demeans and disrespects you, that’s not love. Erica urges us to remember that it’s okay to remove ourselves […]

Newly released surveillance video disproves a Georgia school's initial claim that a 13-year-old student was able to walk after being slammed to the ground several times by a teacher--resulting in an amputation of the student's right leg.

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A freshman football player is suing the University of Virginia after he was allegedly bullied, harassed, and discriminated against on the team.

In this edition of Faith Walking, Erica Campbell asks, “who can God use?” The answer to that, she reveals, is anybody. She talks about how sometimes we might feel insecure about ourselves to the point where we feel like God can’t use us for his glory. We worry about where our parents come from, the […]

Brandi Meadows, Bresha's mother, tearfully spoke about her family's pain. “She is my hero. I wasn’t strong enough to get out and she helped me," Meadows told reporters gathered at her home.

This raises an ethical question about how to discipline your children. Moreover, this calls into question the different standards that Black parents are held to as both women were arrested and charged for punishing their kids in a way that isn't much different than how many adults were disciplined in their youth. How far is too far?

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A Georgia grandmother is demanding answers after her grandson with special needs was allegedly found hanging by his belt from the chalkboard as a form of punishment administered by his teacher, reports the New York Daily News. Tracy Davis says the principal at Shoal Creek Elementary School in Conyers, Georgia found the 5-year-old in the disturbing […]

A Texas couple is facing a handful of charges for keeping a Nigerian nanny locked in their home without pay for over two years. The nanny, whose identity has not been revealed, was hired under false pretenses by Sandra and Chudy Nsobundu in September 2013. She was promised $100 every month as salary to clean their Houston area home […]

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GETTY Article By Trisha Brookes:: EEW Magazine News A few years ago, GRAMMY®-nominated R&B singer/songwriter Jazmine Sullivan was in an abusive relationship that stripped away…