More than 800 bills have been filed in 47 states this year with provisions that would expand voting rights, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, Last year, for the first time in more than a quarter-century, Democrats in Virginia took control of the statehouse and the governor’s mansion. Since then, one priority has become…
The shooting took place at 9:50 a.m. Rapper Lil Reese was one of three men whom were shot on Saturday in Chicago at a parking garage. The altercation reportedly stemmed from a issue surrounding a stolen truck. TMZ reported that a Dodge Durango was stolen and at least one of the men were inside the…
The city attorney and mayor have said that adopting the resolution commits the city where Daunte Wright was killed by police during a traffic stop to change, though it is not a final action Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April approved…
“COVID-19 has shown a bright light on our own society’s failings,” Dr. Anthony Fauci says in a graduation ceremony for Emory University The immunologist who leads the COVID-19 response in the United States said Sunday that “the undeniable effects of racism” have led to unacceptable health disparities that especially hurt African Americans, Hispanics and Native…
The pro-Palestine marches coincided with Nakba Day, which commemorate the 1948 displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians amid Israel’s declaration of independence Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and other U.S. cities on Saturday to demand an end to Israeli airstrikes over the Gaza Strip. Thousands…
So far this year only about 2,500 refugees have arrived, with less than five months left before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30 President Joe Biden, under political pressure, agreed to admit four times as many refugees this budget year as his predecessor did, but resettlement agencies concede the number actually allowed into the U.S….
Between 2017 and 2019, out of the 57 domestic terrorism-related deaths in the country, 47 were racially motivated by white supremacists A new government report on domestic violent extremism warns that “lone wolf” attackers with easy access to firearms prove to be the greatest terrorism threat in the country. CNN reported that the number of…
Spelman College is paying homage to an influential couple who has contributed to shaping the landscape of the arts and entertainment industry. The Atlanta-based HBCU recently announced it would name its Performing Arts Center after actress and director LaTanya Richardson Jackson and her husband actor and filmmaker Samuel L. Jackson. The center—which is housed inside…
Brandy and her daughter Sy’Rai had fans doing a double take in a video the singer shared of the two having an adorable mother-daughter moment. Singer Brandy (left) and her daughter Sy’Rai (right). (Photo: @brandy/Instgram) The Grammy Award-winning artist, 42, and her daughter, 18, radiated with happiness as they vibed to their song “High Heels”…
A Minnesota nurse who was working at the Beltrami County Jail in August 2018 is speaking publicly for the first time about the events that led up to the death of a 27-year-old Black man who died while in custody more than two years ago in Bemidji, Minnesota. According to Stephanie Lundblad, Hardel Sherrell was…
