Former VP Harris says she’ll stay politically active: ‘I’m not going anywhere’
In a rare appearance after the November’s presidential election, former Vice President and potential gubernatorial candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday...
Barack Obama calls on Americans to defend democratic values
Barack Obama has called on US citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Donald Trump’s political agenda – and warned Americans...
VMI’s first Black superintendent says ouster is based on politics, not job performance
The first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute says his forced departure by the board stems from bias, ideology...
Who is Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley, commander of AFRICOM
Gen. Michael E. Langley, U.S. Marine Corps, became the sixth commander of U.S. Africa Command in August 2022.
Scholars left out data in study finding black newborns do better with black doctors
A highly-referenced 2020 study that bolstered the concept of racial concordance—the idea that patients receive better care from doctors of...
NAACP, civil rights groups file lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on voting and elections
A coalition of voting rights organizations, including the NAACP, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...
Jerry Ferrell, the first Black member of the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission, suspects that politics are at play in his removal from the board
The first Black Kentuckian to serve on the board overseeing Kentucky’s fish and wildlife management agency says he’s concerned a...
Mississippi NAACP and DeSoto County challenge redrawn legislative maps in court
The Mississippi NAACP chapter and DeSoto County are making legal objections to the Mississippi Legislature’s redrawn legislative district maps in...
Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library following DOD order
The U.S. Naval Academy removed nearly 400 books from its library as part of a broader effort to comply with...
Inability to pay for care, medicine in U.S. hits new high; rates worsen among Black, Hispanic groups since 2021
The percentage of U.S. adults who have recently been unable to afford or access quality healthcare has reached 11% --...
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