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March 7, 2023
As the U.S. marks 58 years since Bloody Sunday, leaders commit to winning what they see as the modern fight…
March 6, 2023
Fox News is on a collision course with two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination over the rights of…
March 5, 2023
President Joe Biden assailed voter suppression and called for economic justice for Black Americans during his remarks in Selma, Alabama.
March 4, 2023
Election results from polling units are required to be transmitted to the commission's portal, which the opposition says didn't happen.
March 4, 2023
The task force voted to limit reparations to descendants of enslaved or free Black people living in the United States…
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March 3, 2023
Black World War II veterans have yet to receive their overdue G.I. Bill benefits; however, some House Democrats hope to…
March 3, 2023
Retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in Vietnam War, received…
March 2, 2023
After more than two years, emergency funding for food stamp recipients through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has ended.
March 2, 2023
Members of Congress are up in arms with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for granting Fox News host Tucker Carlson access…
65th GRAMMY Awards - Show
March 2, 2023
California congressman Rep. Robert Garcia honored Beyoncé during a speech commemorating Women's History Month.
Lori Lightfoot
March 2, 2023
Answering a question about whether she had been treated unfairly, Lightfoot replied: "I'm a Black woman in America. Of course."
Tennessee State Rep. Paul Sherrell on death row inmates
March 2, 2023
A Tennessee lawmaker has apologized for suggesting the state use lynching as an execution method for its death row inmates.
March 2, 2023
The Biden-Harris administration’s latest asylum regulation could greatly impact Black migrants traveling to the U.S. to seek refuge.
March 1, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released his new book, which is largely seen as the soft launch of his presidential run in…
Lori Lightfoot
February 28, 2023
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters denied…
student loan
February 28, 2023
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday to determine whether President Biden’s student loan debt relief program would prevail.
February 28, 2023
Philadelphia state Rep. Joanna McClinton on Tuesday became the first woman to serve as speaker of the Pennsylvania House, ascending…
February 28, 2023
Deaths while in custody go underreported, despite a 2014 law requiring state and federal agencies to share such data with…
Kofi Annan Meets With Haitis Prime Minister
February 27, 2023
Gérard Latortue, former interim prime minister of Haiti who helped rebuild the country after a violent coup in the mid-2000s,…
February 27, 2023
The New York, Maryland, Illinois, Maine and Michigan speakers will meet with Biden-Harris officials to discuss “common policy priorities."