Grand Jury Declines To Indict Woman In Emmett Till Killing
A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly...
Michigan Man Admits Beating Black Teen With Bike Chain Due To His Race
A man in Michigan has admitted to beating a Black teen with a bike chain due to his race.
The Justice Department said in a...
On The 10th Anniversary Of Trayvon Martin’s Murder, Fight Re-Emerges Over ‘Stand Your Ground’
A decade ago, the shooting death of Black teenager Trayvon Martin by an armed neighborhood watch volunteer ignited a national debate over gun violence,...
Rittenhouse Claims That The First Person He Shot Threatened Him
Sobbing so hard at one point that the judge called a break, Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand at his murder trial Wednesday and said...
Apple Donates George Floyd Mural From Downtown Portland Store To Don’t Shoot PDX
Apple has given the enormous Black Lives Matter mural covering its downtown store to Portland civil rights organization Don’t Shoot PDX.
The panels “reflect the...
Howard University And At Least 6 Other HBCUs Receive Bomb Threats, Triggering Lockdown And...
At least seven historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats Tuesday, January 4, 2022, school officials said, triggering abrupt evacuations of students and...
Coalition Of Prominent Black Women Join Maya Wiley’s Campaign For Mayor Of New York
New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley has announced a coalition of Black women who are throwing their support to her potentially historic election.
The...
Proposed Missouri Bill Would Clear Use Of Deadly Force Against Protesters
A newly proposed bill in Missouri would allow the use of deadly force against protesters on private property and allow drivers to hit demonstrators...
Judge Keeps Former Police Officer Michael Slager’s 20-Year Sentence For Killing Walter Scott
A judge upheld a 20-year prison sentence on Monday for former police officer Michael Slager in the killing of Walter Scott, an unarmed Black...
Biden To Sign Legislation Named For Emmett Till Making Lynching A Federal Hate Crime
President Joe Biden will sign the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act into law Tuesday, making lynching a hate crime under federal law.
Congress failed to pass...
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TikTok may face a crossroads sooner than later, with a divest-or-ban bill getting fast-tracked in Congress.
The bill, which would require TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance...
Organizers Say Colorado Abortion Access Amendment Has Enough Signatures To Make 2024 Election Ballot
The Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom coalition, which is working to get a constitutional amendment on the state's ballot that would enshrine abortion access,...
NAIA Bans Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports
Athletes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) will only be allowed to compete in women's sports if they were assigned the female...