BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — It is 62 years later after the death of the four little girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Organizers say the Fourth of July is a fitting moment to highlight what they see as threats to American democracy, pointing to Trump’s...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — previously had a staff that was majority nonwhite, with Black women making up about 28% of the workforce. Since the Trump administration’s return, the...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus — a constitutional right that allows individuals to challenge unlawful...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Among the immediate actions are Trump’s reinstatement of harsh immigration policies, directives rolling back civil rights protections, and a push to gut the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, who tragically died nearly a decade ago due to a police altercation over the sale of loose cigarettes, expressed...
Norman Lear is not only known for his contributions to television but also for his activism. He has been an outspoken advocate for social and political...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Norman Lear is not only known for his contributions to television but also for his activism. He has been an outspoken advocate for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Positioned as a centrist Democrat, Feinstein won recognition for her efforts to bridge divides with Republicans, a stance that occasionally drew criticism from...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We can’t continue to live in fear with the police’s militarization and where Black lives don’t matter. If we don’t change the face...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In framing the profound impact that organized labor has had on the civil rights movement and why this relationship must be shored up...
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — For what it’s worth, some good is coming out of the long winding school to prison pipeline, which just got a little...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — More than 150 years ago, enslaved Africans in the state of Texas, among the last in the Confederacy to be freed from physical bondage,...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — On May 23, the ACLU of Louisiana honored longtime civil rights activist and community leader Sybil Haydel Morial with the organization’s Benjamin E....
AFRIAN AMERICAN NEWS & ISSUES— Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on criminal justice...
[TIME] North Carolina legislators made national headlines last week with a bit of high-profile religious extremism. They introduced a resolution declaring that the state has the right...
(Reuters) – He may have been the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago. He may...
