

Keeda Haynes Wants To Give A Voice To Her Community
Keeda Haynes, a public defender from Tennessee, is one of the Democrats challenging incumbent Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), who has been in...


Unidentified federal agents in camo and rented minivans are grabbing people off Portland's streets
President Trump has sent an unknown number of federal agents to Portland, Oregon, ostensibly to project federal property amid weeks of...


John Lewis, congressman and civil rights icon, dies at 80
Lewis passed seven months after a routine medical visit revealed that he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and...


Atlanta civil rights leader C.T. Vivian dead at 95
Civil rights icon Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T,” Vivian has died at age 95 of natural causes at his home in Atlanta, according to a report...


Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention
A 15-year-old in Michigan was incarcerated during the coronavirus pandemic after a judge ruled that not completing her schoolwork...
Texans WR Kenny Stills Arrested, Among 87 Protesters Facing Felony Charges
Houston Texans wide receiver Kenny Stills was arrested Tuesday during a protest march in Louisville, Kentucky, and is among 87 protesters...


Philly civil rights groups demand that the mayor end stop-and-frisk
A coalition of Black civil rights activists in Philadelphia is demanding that Mayor Jim Kenney end stop-and-frisk, a controversial...


L.A. County seeks plan to close aging Men’s Central Jail in a year
Only a year ago, L.A. County leaders scrapped a plan to replace the decrepit Men’s Central Jail, where thousands of inmates are held in...


Nick Cannon dropped by ViacomCBS over the TRUTH
Nick Cannon has been fired from his MTV show Wild 'N Out and other work for the channel's parent company, which said he had promoted...