While Black sociologists and historians applaud a new federal law that declares lynching a federal hate crime for its symbolism, they say more intentional reforms are needed. President Joe Biden signed the measure, dubbed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, on March 29. It requires a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and fines for…
“These men engaged in facilitating modern-day slavery,” U.S. Attorney David Estes said in a news release. Three men have been sentenced to federal prison as part of a broad investigation into what authorities said was a wide-ranging conspiracy to bring workers from Central America to the United States for forced labor on south Georgia farms….
“Make no mistake, yes, it is a racial justice bill,” Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif, says of marijuana bill Marijuana would be decriminalized at the federal level under legislation the House approved Friday as Democrats made the case for allowing states to set their own policies on pot. The bill is unlikely to become law since…
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” trailer for season 14 dropped on March 30, and the teaser was packed full of drama and surprises, including several blasts from seasons past and a fight between two cast members. The cast for season 14 of ” RHOA” includes Kandi Burruss, Kenya Moore, Shereé Whitfield, Drew Sidora and Marlo Hampton….
“Go, Mississippi,” takes its tune from a 1959 campaign jingle of Democratic Gov. Ross Barnett Mississippi is on the verge of scuttling a state song with racist roots, two years after it retired a Confederate-themed state flag. The current song, “Go, Mississippi,” takes its tune from a 1959 campaign jingle of Democratic Gov. Ross Barnett. “Roll With Ross” included the lyrics,…
Researchers attribute the CPR disparities to ongoing racial biases that they say must be specifically addressed. When Black and Hispanic Americans experience apparent cardiac arrest, they are far less likely than white counterparts to receive bystander aid through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), says a recent study to be presented Sunday at the American College of Cardiology…
Tennessee has threatened to take over the town of Mason, which has had years of financial troubles The state of Tennessee is threatening to take control over a small, mostly Black community in an action that one city official says is tinged with racism. The events over the past month have been, at best, confusing. …
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Lawsuit argued that the corporate diversity law violated the state’s constitutional equal protection clause A Los Angeles judge ruled Friday that California’s landmark law mandating that corporations diversify their boards with members from certain racial, ethnic or LGBT groups is unconstitutional. The brief ruling granted summary judgment to Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group that…
“There’s a moment where folks are saying of all the barriers and the ceilings to be broken, here’s one we want to break,” says Chris Jones, who is running for Arkansas governor Chris Jones would seem to have an ideal biography to run for governor, a job that’s wide open in Arkansas for the first…
