Five Black Women in Law Enforcement Recognized at 30th Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Umbrella Awards

U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) have reintroduced the Second Look Act, aimed at addressing excessively long federal prison sentences. The legislation allows individuals...

Attorneys are calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to abolish Mississippi’s long-standing practice of stripping voting rights from individuals convicted of certain felonies, including nonviolent crimes like forgery...

The Justice Department has uncovered a pattern of misconduct within the Trenton Police Department, citing excessive force, unlawful stops, and arrests lacking legal justification. A recently released 45-page...

In 2021, New York State initiated a project to address racial disparities in its juvenile justice system, specifically targeting the disproportionate criminalization of Black youth. Five counties each...

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking extensive records concerning the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman, by a sheriff’s deputy in her Springfield, Illinois, home. This...