Today, Willoughby serves as the senior vice president of global policy and impact at the NAACP. With a career spanning two decades, she has held positions in the Obama administration and served as the executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus. Her work is driven by the values instilled by her parents, focusing on uplifting underserved and marginalized communities.
A civil rights complaint has been lodged against Northern Illinois University (NIU) over two programs allegedly restricted to Black applicants. The complaint focuses on the university’s Black Student...
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Black Americans make up 13.7% of the U.S. population but represent 32.2% of the homeless population, while white people, including those of Hispanic descent, make up 55% of...
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The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, tasked with investigating unresolved civil rights cases from 1940 to 1979, recently released new findings. These cases, classified as racially...
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In September, Florida’s most populous county faced a wave of protests when leaders gathered to choose a site for what could become the nation’s largest trash incinerator. The...
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On National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, a federal judge in Connecticut issued a groundbreaking ruling permitting a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
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