Travis Carver and Cherie Reed sat down with The Cleveland Plain Dealer to recount T.J. Lane and the deadly school shooting at Chardon High School.

Senseless killings continue to plague the United States. The Mississippi State University family is currently mourning the tragic shooting death of student John Sanderson in the school’s dormitory. The country is also mourning the death of Trayvon Martin,an unarmed 17-year-old boy shot and killed by a neighborhood watchman as he walked to his father’s fiancé’s house from a local store.

Nicki Minaj released her music video “Stupid H**” a while back. The video is infamous with 42,323,524 views, yet also has 228, 707 likes and 494,458 dislikes.But we noticed something very odd in the video beginning at 48 seconds. A Nicki Minaj Barbie doll flashes across the screen. The doll features Nicki Minaj with enlarged buttocks. We couldn’t help, but liken this to Sarah Baartman, the so-called “Hottentot Venus.”

Is there a genocide occurring in the black community? African Americans represent 12.6 percent of the nation’s population, but account for 50 percent of the murder victims. African American men are incarcerated in prison at alarming numbers. With African American men turning up either dead or incarcerated this leaves the African American family household irreparable.

Oprah Winfrey is the most successful African American woman in entertainment. She has accomplished a lot during reign as the queen of daytime talk show. She is the first female billionaire. To achieve that status, one has to confidant in their career goals. But Winfrey is having regrets with starting The Oprah Winfrey Network.

Racism in 2012 has taken on a new form. Racism doesn’t just entail lynchings and denying someone from sitting in the front of bus. Racism now has been intricately controlled in present-day by restricting and denying the advancement of minorities. What Trayvon Martin experienced that faithful night on Feb. 26 was no different.

The human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus from the papillomavirus family that can potentially cause cancer, is harder to treat in college-aged African American women, according to a study by The American Association for Cancer Research. The study findings say African American women are also likely to have an abnormal Pap test than European-American women.

An unarmed college student was shot and killed March 24 by Pasadena police after being mistaken as a robbery suspect. Pasadena resident Oscar Carrillo reportedly notified authorities he was robbed at gunpoint for his computer and backpack. It turns out he lied to police about robbed with a weapon.

Florida A&M Marching 100 member Robert Champion succumbed to hazing in late November of last year. The 26-year-old was found unresponsive on a bus following a football game after suffering internal bleeding caused by being struck repeatedly.There is currently an ongoing investigation on the circumstances surrounding his death. It is nearing 5 months since he has died and there are still no arrests.

Hazing charges against 27 Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members were dropped by Dartmouth College, WMUR 9 reports. Charges came as a result of a former member’s allegations.

Rep Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), a former black panther, was escorted from the House for donning a hoodie and dark sunglasses while giving a moving speech in support of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old slain teen murdered as he walking to his father’s fiancé’s home from getting snacks at a store.