NNPA NEWSWIRE — When viewed in its entirety, the 87-page civil disposition document is rich with consistent denials of wrongdoing by Cosby and explanations of events...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “HISTORIC NEWS: the anti-lynching bill I introduced with @CoryBooker & @SenatorTimScott just passed the Senate unanimously. Congress has tried and failed nearly 200...
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — Cracking open the bubbly is all part of the fun this time a year, and for some, any excuse to imbibe is...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Four teenage boys who pleaded guilty to vandalism and burglary of a predominantly black church have started their probationary periods as handed...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Rep. Brenda Gilmore was joined by other legislators and representatives from civil rights organizations in Tennessee and Georgia to ask Gov. Bill Haslam...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2017, even though violent crime (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) decreased nationwide, violent crime increased in Baltimore, according...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “From 1882 to 1986, Congress failed to pass anti-lynching legislation when it had an opportunity 200 times. Today, by passing this bill we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The success for proponents has been increasingly measured in terms of the career, stature, title or reputation loss experienced by the growing group...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Despite the duration of the Memorandum of Agreement and the notable progress in many areas, the structure of the Juvenile Court of Memphis...
THE MADISON TIMES — In recent years, Milwaukee has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of opioid-related deaths.
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — In the few remaining weeks of the 115th Congress it is imperative that we witness the passage of legislation that will, among...
OAKLAND POST — The number of people hospitalized because of amphetamine use is skyrocketing in the United States, but the resurgence of the drug largely has...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a new court filing seeking to win Cosby’s release from prison and overturn his conviction, Cosby’s lawyers, Brian W. Perry and Kristen...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — About a dozen current and former Prince George’s County police officers filed a lawsuit Wednesday that alleges the top brass allowed discrimination to...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has filed a lawsuit against Evolve, LLC and Evolve Property Management, LLC for illegal housing discrimination and violating...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The assertion that there is no substantial differential racial impact in jury selection, however well intended, has been largely discredited by research and...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The mural, named “Our Mighty Contribution,” stretches for an entire city block and has been a cultural institution in the African-American community for...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Gun violence has shortened the life expectancy of Americans by nearly 2.5 years, with shootings driving down the average lifespan of black...
EAST TEXAS REVIEW — In Colorado, long-term solitary confinement used to be a tool that was regularly used in corrections. The problem is that it was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While Black women overall are twice as likely to be imprisoned as their white counterparts, Black women ages 18 to 19 are three...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Elizabeth Midlarsky, a Jewish professor who teaches and researches the Holocaust at Columbia Teachers College, experienced first-hand the resurgence of anti-Semitic crimes across...
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question of whether police...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Jefferson County Commissioner Shelia Tyson said comments about her calling for a boycott at the Riverchase Galleria were taken out of context.
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — There wasn’t a dry eye inside Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on Tuesday when the parents of slain 21-year-old Emantic Fitzgerald “E.J.” Bradford...
