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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lower-court ruling restricting women’s access to a drug used for abortion while a lawsuit…
House Democrats are demanding that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign immediately following questions around ethical violations.
State Rep. Scotty Campbell, House Republican Caucus vice chair, violated the legislature’s workplace discrimination and harassment policy.
Advocates have long decried the lack of accountability for police officers and called for the end of qualified immunity.
A Black woman-founded cannabis policy summit on 4/20 brings together lawmakers on Capitol Hill to talk about equity and legislative…
A new report by The Leadership Conference Education Fund finds that hate crimes in the United States hit record levels.
The Supreme Court temporarily extended women's access to the abortion pill mifepristone until Friday amid a legal challenge to FDA…
Many await Supreme Court's rulings in several landmark cases that could significantly impact Black communities.
Judge Wilson is the first Black judge to lead New York state's Court of Appeals, further cementing his decades-long legal…
Gabe Amo, a former long-time White House staffer, is running for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District.
Vice President Kamala Harris has delivered significant speeches before Black Americans and abroad, from Africa to Nashville to N.Y.
President Joe Biden invited 16-year-old Ralph Yarl to the White House while speaking to the teen and his family on…
Tennessee state Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have gone from neophyte politicians to national prominence, mirroring 1960s America.
The Urban League’s annual State of Black America report being released Saturday draws on data and surveys from a number…
"These systems of oppression will always seek to tear us down,” Rep. Justin J. Pearson, a member of the Tennessee…
Abortion advocates believe Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is putting politics over the health of pregnant women.
A chasm remains in the push for stricter gun control laws in Tennessee after two Black lawmakers were expelled for…
In 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'd pick a Black woman to fill a Senate seat. Activists and other…
"It's nothing wrong with the skin color; it is just they're a lower class than us white people, you know,"…
Several Congressional Black Caucus members are demanding the Biden-Harris administration address racial disparities in traffic enforcement.