West Point shuts down clubs focused on gender, race and sexuality in response to Trump’s diversity policies
Feb 7, 2025 Story by: Editor WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Military Academy has disbanded a dozen cadet...
Trump poised to diminish the education department; fate of financial aid, equity grants uncertain
President Donald Trump reaffirmed his intention on Tuesday to scale back the U.S. Department of Education, indicating that he has...
What is Shelley vs Kraemer?
In 1911, a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, established a racially restrictive covenant aimed at prohibiting African Americans and Asian...
Who is Herb Conaway, first Black physician to serve in Congress
Congressman Herb Conaway Jr., M.D., has officially taken office as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, which...
Judge grants injunction in WA suit against unconstitutional birthright citizenship order
A federal judge has granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction against the president’s executive order on birthright citizenship,...
Georgia Republicans advance bill to make Atlanta let the Fulton County sheriff use its jail
A Georgia Senate committee, led by Republicans, has moved forward with a bill that would require Atlanta to permit the...
FCC releases ’60 Minutes’ transcript, full video of Kamala Harris interview
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday made public the full transcript and video of CBS News’ "60 Minutes" interview...
Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth
Black women in the U.S. faced a maternal mortality rate nearly 3.5 times higher than that of white women in...
American Bar Association urges Trump administration to roll back executive order on diversity
The American Bar Association (ABA) has called on the Trump administration to revoke its executive order mandating federal investigations into...
Lawsuit claiming Facebook ‘radicalized’ Charleston church shooter rejected by appeals court
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit against Meta, in which a woman...
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