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Now, 32 years old, having been incarcerated for 15 years, Juan Rayford Jr. remains in a San Diego-area prison with freedom now his primary dream. (Courtesy of NNPA Newswire)

Black Experience, National, Stacy M. Brown

Black Teens Serving 11 Life Sentences in Crime Where No One Was Hurt

by WI Guest Author May 3, 2019December 21, 2021

Sentences like these underscore how the state of California spends $12 billion annually on its prisons.

Momen Talosh

AfricaNow, International

AFRICA NOW: New App Helps Egyptian Nubians Learn Heritage

by Lauren M. Poteat July 4, 2017October 30, 2020

AfricaNow, International

AFRICA NOW: CIA Blocks Trump’s Africa NSC Director

by Lauren Victoria Burke February 22, 2017October 30, 2020

Parents and pupils block a road with burning tyres during violent protests over the closure of 33 schools in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. /Courtesy of Gallo/REX Shutterstock

AfricaNow, National

South African Students Demand Reformation

by Lauren M. Poteat November 3, 2016October 30, 2020

World

Security Checkpoint Extortion Costs Ivory Coast Millions

by Washington Informer July 30, 2015October 30, 2020

World

International Court Welcomes Palestinians as 123rd Member

by Washington Informer April 1, 2015October 30, 2020

World

Report Slams Israel on African Migrant Rights

by Washington Informer September 9, 2014October 30, 2020

Report Says Government Surveillance Harms Journalists, Lawyers

by Washington Informer July 29, 2014October 30, 2020

World

Scenes of Death in South Sudan: ‘No Humanity Here’

by Washington Informer February 27, 2014October 30, 2020

World

Report: Rebels Decimate C. African Republic Town

by Washington Informer November 25, 2013October 30, 2020