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Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down in front of his Mississippi home in 1963. But...
Civil rights leaders from around the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday to protest book bans and rising attacks on diversity, equity and...
The NAACP has partnered with ride share company Lyft to help drive voters to the polls on Election Day. The 2024 Lyft Up Voting Access Program will...
The NAACP has called for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the death of a 53-year-old Black man who died after repeatedly telling police...
A bicameral host of Black lawmakers on Wednesday reintroduced legislation offering protections against hair discrimination. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman...
One in three Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) have been faced hate over their identity within the past year, according...
A new study has found that Black girls in Florida often feel unsafe in their schools due to policing policies and cultures of criminalization in the...
The family of Ralph Yarl, the Black teenager who was shot in the head after going to the wrong house, have announced a civil lawsuit in Missouri...
Basketball star Brittney Griner this week will speak publicly about her experience in a Russian prison for the first time since her release in...
A Colorado paramedic has been sentenced to four years of probation for his role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. Jeremy Cooper, a former Aurora...
Ohio authorities have released body camera footage of the arrest of a 53-year-old Black man who died after repeatedly telling police officers “I...
Vice President Harris will kick off a multistate tour on Monday touting economic opportunities for Black Americans in an effort to mobilize the...
Following the news Wednesday of the passing of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.), Black lawmakers shared memories and statements of support for the late...
A federal judge has struck down a North Carolina law criminalizing voting for people with felony convictions. The law, originally passed in 1877, made...
Singer John Legend says former President Trump is a racist down "to his core." Speaking to MSNBC’s Jen Psaki on Sunday, Legend spoke of Trump’s...
Contractors for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) cut access to tests for transplant patients that could show early signs of organ...
Leaders within the Congressional Black Caucus threw their support behind Democratic candidate Adam Hollier Friday in Detroit’s primary election in...
A former St. Louis police officer has been awarded $23 million after he was beaten by other officers while working undercover in 2017. Luther Hall,...
A new report says that Black inmates sentenced to death by lethal injection suffered a botched procedure at higher rates than white prisoners. ...
The pastor who took over the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization has submitted his resignation less than three months after his tenure...
A host of Republican-led states are urging Congress to reject two Democrat-sponsored bills aimed at bolstering diversity, equity and inclusion...
The Congressional Tri-Caucus has called on the Small Business Administration (SBA) to publish a complete version of federal contracting spending data...
The NAACP has joined the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights in filing a complaint against the state of Arkansas for underfunding an advanced placement...
A new study shows that employers are less likely to call back applicants with Black-sounding names than those with white-sounding ones. Researchers at...
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump has penned a 7-figure deal with Bantam Books to write a series of crime novels centered on a Black civil...
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a host of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced...
A new generation of Black women is seeking to bring change and diversity to the GOP as the party looks to broaden its appeal with constituencies that...
Two conservative operatives who attempted to stop Black voters in New York from voting by mail in the 2020 election have been ordered to pay up to...
Leaders of the congressional minority caucuses are demanding the restoration of the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). “Congress...
More than 400 lawmakers, civil rights leaders, musicians and actors have sent a letter to President Biden urging him to support a list of...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has launched a new video series spotlighting the five Black Republican congressional lawmakers. The series, which aired its...
House Democrats have introduced two pieces of legislation to codify diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in federal programming...
On Thursday, April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King III was sitting at home in Atlanta with his siblings, watching the news, when a news bulletin flashed...
A host of Democratic legislators have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in opposition to subjecting unhoused people to criminal...
Michelle Obama issued high praise to Beyoncé for the Grammy-award winning artist's latest album "COWBOY CARTER." In a post on Instagram, the former...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed a new chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State Department. The position has been vacant for...
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. Grijalva, who has represented Arizona’s 7th Congressional...
Advocates of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are sounding the alarm after a key department on Capitol Hill was dissolved amid backlash...
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) has accused his critics of racism after many labeled him the “DEI mayor” following the collapse of the Francis...
Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, Black women are increasingly worried about the impact on...
A new poll has found that less than 40 percent of young Black voters are motivated to vote in November’s election. The poll, conducted by In Our...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has announced a new plan to build up wealth among Black Americans. The resolution, which will be rolled out over...
From their voting habits to their leadership roles, Black women play a defining role in our political system. Over the last few years, more and more...
A new poll has found that a majority of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults in the United States are highly supportive...
Just over a week before her new country album is released, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter is reflecting on the hate she received performing at the 2016...
The NAACP is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate the death of Jim Rogers, a 54-year-old Black man who died in an October 2021 incident...
Alabama’s Republican-led legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities,...
Two of the nation’s top former military officials will testify before Congress on Tuesday about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021....
A former Mississippi sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the torture of two Black men. U.S. District Judge Tom Lee sentenced...
The Biden-Harris re-election campaign have launched two new television ads aimed at highlighting the “disaster” Donald Trump would be for Black...