Saturday, December 2, 2023

What Is The Newest Federal Holiday Juneteenth?

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Juneteenth is a new federal holiday, but the national day of observance has been commemorated for more than 160 years, its adherents recognizing and...

Minnesota To Launch First Office For Missing & Murdered Black Women, Girls

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Minnesota is set to launch the nation’s first Office of Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, NPR reports. Over the past couple of...

In Texas There Has Been An Increase Of 21% In Severe Complications In Child...

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A long-awaited report by the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee on maternal deaths in the state was released Thursday night, confirming the...

Black Iowa Students Forced To Sit In The Back Of The Bus After Dispute...

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Three Black Waukee high school students were told to ride home from a 2021 band trip in the back of a school bus after...

Hakeem Jeffries Expected To Be Chosen As The First Black House Minority Leader

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A historic vote is set for Wednesday afternoon to give House Democrats their first Black leader. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is a graduate of New York...

Louisiana Republican Officials Are Asking The U.S. Supreme Court To Define Who Counts As...

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Who counts as Black? The thorny question has quietly found its way before the U.S. Supreme Court again, ensnared in a major legal battle over...

Black Women Are Holding Donald Trump Accountable

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Former President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime getting away with things. Rich and willing to use an army of lawyers to defend his...

Madam C.J. Walker, The First U.S. Self-Made Female Millionaire, Gets Her Own Barbie

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Madam C. J. Walker is joining the Barbie Inspiring Women Series, a collection of dolls based on historical role models who paved the way...

Mississippi’s Jim Crow-Era Felony Voting Law Is Constitutional, Federal Court Rules

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A Jim Crow-era provision of the Mississippi constitution designed to disfranchise Black voters is constitutional, a federal appellate court ruled on Wednesday. The case deals...

Grand Jury Declines To Indict Woman In Emmett Till Killing

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A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly...

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Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz Says Putin Must Take First Steps Towards Peace

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Russia’s Vladimir Putin must be the one to take the first step towards peace in Ukraine, Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. The German leader...

Police Officer Nathan Woodyard Found Not Guilty In The Death Of Elijah McClain

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Aurora, Colorado, police officer Nathan Woodyard was found not guilty by a jury of reckless manslaughter and a lesser-included charge of criminally negligent homicide in...

Alaska Man Arrested For Emailing Threat To Kidnap U.S. Senator

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An Alaska man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kidnap and injure a U.S. senator, according to a federal complaint unsealed this...
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