Sean Walton, an attorney for the Young family, called the outcome “an American tragedy.”
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Ohio Police Officer Acquitted in Killing of Pregnant Black Mother Ta’Kiya Young Read Post »
On Tuesday, California voters passed Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s congressional redistricting proposal in response to Texas Republicans’ gerrymandered map, by a sweeping 28-point margin. As I reported in October, high-profile Democratic politicians—including former President Barack Obama—were front and center in an advertising blitz to pass the measure, which would tilt five seats in the […]
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Racial Justice Campaigners Were Prop 50’s Army in the Field Read Post »
One Tuesday night in April, Mikaela Levons, head of development at Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, had just wrapped up a phone call and was preparing to cook dinner for her kids when an email landed in her inbox. It came from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) at the […]
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How Trump’s DOJ Wiped Out a Pioneering Anti-Violence Nonprofit Read Post »
From Texas to Virginia and everywhere in between, Black residents are confronting these projects in different ways.
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Black Communities Across the US Refuse to Be Sacrifice Zones for Data Centers Read Post »
If Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is dismantled, the impact will reshape political power across the US, experts say.
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SCOTUS Case Could Destroy Voting Rights Act and Cement GOP Control of House Read Post »
Assata Shakur’s passing unleashed a flowering of hope that the freedom she fought for could one day be real for us all.
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“You Whisper to Us”: Racial Justice Activists and Artists Honor Assata’s Legacy Read Post »
Organizing in the South shows everyday people must step in when a society lurches off its rails.
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Pissed-Off Doctors Aren’t Enough to Combat Trump’s Attacks on Public Health Read Post »
On Thursday evening, around the same time the Justice Department overruled career prosecutors in order to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued six states—California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—for failing to hand over their full, unredacted voter registration lists. The new legal actions signify […]
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The Justice Department Is Ramping Up Trump’s Election-Rigging Efforts Read Post »
On September 17, Pete Hegseth—newly dubbed our Secretary of War—announced that any member of the US military who needs a shaving exemption for more than a year will be forced out of the service, tossing out a decades-old policy created for mainly Black and brown troops with pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin condition that makes daily […]
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If Only Pete Hegseth’s Military Shaving Crusade Was Just Stupid Read Post »
Curricula that challenge oppression are being shut down. How do we resist?
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We Can’t Let White Nationalism Dictate What Is Taught and Learned in Classrooms Read Post »
Trump’s plan to send troops and agents into Memphis is “a power play for more authoritarianism,” says Justin J. Pearson.
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TN State Rep.: Trump Uses “Black Criminality” Myth to Take Over Black-Led Cities Read Post »
“Cutting this funding strips away critical investments … and will destabilize colleges in 29 states,” said one critic.
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Ed. Department to Divert $350M in Grants From Colleges Serving Students of Color Read Post »
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