President Trump signs executive order rolling back bedrock of ‘Civil Rights Era’ measure
President Trump signed an executive order rolling back key measures of the Equal Employment Opportunity Order...
Police in Alabama city roiled by protests lacked ‘empathy’ and ‘transparency,’ report finds
More than a year after a fatal police shooting of a Black man outside his home...
Federal sentencing for five former officers delayed until after state trial in death of Tyre Nichols
A federal judge has postponed sentencing for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges...
2 autopsies for Black man found hanging in Alabama produce differing conclusions
The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences has determined that the death of Dennoriss Richardson, a Black...
More than a century later, Culpeper judge declares lynched men innocent
More than 100 years after three Black men were unjustly lynched, a judge in Culpeper County,...
Civil rights complaint filed against NIU for programs that appear open only to Black students
A civil rights complaint has been lodged against Northern Illinois University (NIU) over two programs allegedly...
Homelessness surveys trap Black men on the streets
Black Americans make up 13.7% of the U.S. population but represent 32.2% of the homeless population,...
Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board releases three new unresolved cases
The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board, tasked with investigating unresolved civil rights cases from...
Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people
In September, Florida’s most populous county faced a wave of protests when leaders gathered to choose...
Landmark case challenges racial discrimination in Veterans Benefits brought by clinic moves forward
On National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29, a federal judge in Connecticut issued a groundbreaking...
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