Emanuel A.M.E. racist massacre survivor urges hate crimes law in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — With the opportunity to make South Carolina the 49th state to pass a hate crimes law nearly gone, supporters turned to one of the survivors of the most heinous racist attack in modern America to make their case Wednesday. They showed a two minute video of Polly Sheppard in the Senate chamber […]

Two Former AME Zion Church Leaders Charged With Fraud, They are accused of defrauding churches of million.

Two Former AME Zion Church Leaders Charged With Fraud, They are accused of defrauding churches of $14 million.

Two former leaders of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church are facing federal charges in California after allegedly defrauding churches in the amount of $14 million. According to the Los Angeles Times, Staccato Powell, 62, and Sheila Quintana, 67, have been charged with counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud […]