Advocates look for results from Justice40 program, which promises 40% of federal climate spending to go to disadvantaged communities Three Louisiana-based environmental advocacy groups are seeking to press the Biden administration on its environmental justice plans by training community leaders to push for clean energy investments in their neighborhoods. The Deep South Center for Environmental…
Members of a San Diego, California, community are outraged after a 16-year-old white male pleaded not guilty to charges connected to an altercation that left a Black girl with multiple stab wounds in her back. Authorities are considering the act a hate crime, as moments before the assault, the boy and other teens allegedly hurled…
Damson Idris is not related to Idris Elba — though his charming good looks and acting abilities have led more than a few to think so. “It’s so funny, because the first time I met Idris Elba was at my good friend Edward, he was doing like a little party honoring Spike Lee in London,”…
Source: Randy Holmes / Getty Be it daytime or late night, talk shows have been a fixture in American entertainment for decades now. However, very few hosts can say they changed the game quite like comedian Arsenio Hall. Following a legendary run between 1989 and 1994, then a short revival in 2013 that lasted a…
Xavier University, which has a track record of graduating medical professionals, looks to open New Orlean’s third med school Xavier University, a small, historically Black university known for its success in getting Black graduates into medical school, announced Thursday that it is now planning its own medical school in New Orleans. The coronavirus pandemic emphasized the need for greater…
“If they treat one of their own this way, I’m afraid to see how they are treating minorities who are not cops,” Gerald Gray, an attorney representing Sgt. Herb Robinson, said. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black Kansas City police sergeant claims in a lawsuit that two officers racially profiled him when they stopped…
In a statement, Grand Rapids City Manager Mark Washington acknowledged the demands and said he would discuss the matter with the police chief . GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot…
Source: Demand Justice The confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court was a moment of triumph for nearly every Black person in this country. The joy that exuded from our community when her confirmation became official was beautiful but it probably paled in comparison to the validation, inspiration, and motivation that…
Diversity is a focus at the Virginia Military Institute under the school’s leader, Army Maj. Cedric T. Wins. One of the country’s military academies is under fire from conservative former students who are trying to derail a push for diversity from the school’s new leader. Virginia Military Institute (VMI) announced the appointment of retired Army…
The nation’s high court will rule on a case that involves a health care worker who was questioned by law enforcement without being read his Miranda warning. The United States Supreme Court may soon decide whether or not police officers can face civil lawsuits if they fail to read Miranda warnings to suspects. The case…
