Six Triple Eight, an all-Black women’s unit from World War II, receives the Congressional Gold Medal
The only female unit to serve overseas in World War II is receiving a Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday, exactly...
Federal court blocks enforcement of controversial Department of Education certification requirement
Federal judges responding to three lawsuits have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its demands that schools end practices...
Court blocks provision requiring documentary proof of citizenship in voting executive order
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has paused a key section of President Trump's executive order that makes sweeping changes...
US cancels hundreds of grants for police, funding for state-run hate-crime reporting, Department of Justice documents show
The U.S. Justice Department has canceled hundreds of ongoing grants that funded everything from mental healthcare for police officers to...
US Department of Justice to reassigns about a dozen civil rights attorneys
The U.S. Justice Department is reassigning about a dozen senior career attorneys from its civil rights unit, four people familiar...
NAACP leader disinvited from speaking at Texas State Bar Juneteenth event
The State Bar of Texas rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP’s president after the civil rights group challenged the...
NYCLU releases data on vehicle stops
NYPD officers stop over one million New Yorkers in vehicles every year and these stops are likely the largest category...
Minnesota makes history with ‘Office for Missing and Murdered Black Woman and Girls’
In a historic move, Minnesota officially launched the nation’s first “Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls Office” during a...
Supreme Court will consider whether a Black landlord can sue over claims of intentionally withheld mail
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a Texas landlord can sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly...
NAACP education lawsuit cites Waterloo schools’ withdrawal from UNI Black reading event
In a complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the largest U.S. civil rights group faulted the Trump administration for targeting programs that...
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