An official with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund says the new map with a single majority African American district dilutes Black political power A federal appeals court has put on hold a district judge’s order for Louisiana to redraw new congressional districts by June 20 to include a second majority Black district. The order late Thursday from…
Yinka Faleti’s impressive background takes him into the world of finance to fund underserved business founders A Nigerian immigrant who became an Army captain, graduated law school and later ran for statewide office has taken on another challenge — raising $25 million in venture capital for underserved demographics. Yinka Faleti is a partner at Ascend Venture…
The U.S. Census Bureau seeks funding to conduct field tests of different wording and placement of questions that would appear on its annual American Community Survey The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel left out of the U.S. head count. Among LGBTQ…
A western Pennsylvania police officer may face disciplinary action after a video of him using force while taking a woman into custody went viral. While officials are silent on the details of the incident, the woman’s attorney believes her civil rights were violated by the cop when he used excessive force to detain her. Video…
“Words have consequences and his words hurt a lot of people in our community,” said Ron Rivera, coach of the Washington Commanders who announced the fine. Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio has been fined $100,000 by the team for his comments about protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd…
The Milbank Memorial Fund, is publicly apologizing to Tuskeegee experiment descendants its role. The apology and an accompanying monetary donation to a descendants’ group, will be presented Saturday. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so…
Singer Bobby Brown will forever share part of his legacy with the late singer, and his ex-wife, Whitney Houston. But for Brown’s wife of 10 years, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, that means she too is cast beneath the cloud of what once was shared between the two artists. Etheredge-Brown seldom speaks about her husband’s first marriage, though…
The office of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, neither confirmed nor denied the report by British newspaper The Times A British newspaper says Prince Charles has criticized the government’s plan to start deporting some asylum-seekers to Rwanda, calling it “appalling.” Citing unnamed sources, The Times newspaper reported late Friday that the heir…
OPINION: The enigmatic artist released one of the greatest albums in hip-hop history with ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.’ But her artistic zenith did not last long, and her downfall has been long and public. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I miss…
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Earlier this week, the Department of Justice announced a pattern and practice investigation into the Louisiana State Police Department. According to Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke, it’s the first statewide investigation of this kind in more than two decades. “Based on an extensive review of publicly…
