7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (467+ words) Howard Manly, The Conversation Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use of the FBI to spy on civil rights leaders for most of the 20th century. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (232+ words) Proposed Rule Change Would Condone Discrimination in Housing The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s latest broadside is aimed at depriving millions of people from access to housing. HUD’s proposed changes would fundamentally rewrite fair housing law, allowing…...

8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (323+ words) Billie Eilish, Viola Davis, Cathy Hughes, 2Chainz, Clifford ‘TI’ Harris, Robert Smith, Aldis Hodge, Anika Noni Rose, Jamal Roberts, John Hope Bryant and Rev. A.R Bernard, Sr. slated to Join The King Center for the 41st Annual King Holiday Observance Week…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago   (207+ words) According to the New York Times, the proposal was quietly scrapped in the weeks leading up to a Philadelphia ceremony held to publicly unveil the Semiquincetennial Coin Program. The final designs for the commemorative coins highlight a narrower group of…...

8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (491+ words) Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) today sent the following letter to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, expressing concern and demanding answers from the company regarding its response to reports of sexual assault and harassment by its users. This letter comes as a follow-up…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (669+ words) People keep calling Jan. 6 “unthinkable.” Black Americans didn’t find it unthinkable. Black Americans found it familiar. A crowd that looked like America’s default setting decided the rules were optional. They climbed walls, broke windows, shoved past police, and walked through…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (502+ words) Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after the public release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s closed-door deposition video and transcript, detailing his investigations into President Donald Trump’s criminal wrongdoing: “The…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (272+ words) 1966—The first Kwanzaa holiday celebrations take place. The alter­native seven-day holiday period for African-Americans was originated by California Black nationalist Mau­lana Ron Karenga. Kwanzaa and its principles however, may be more widely respected then actually cel­ebrated among…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (309+ words) Lanier Johnson-Hunt, the Georgia high-school school student who went viral last week after video surfaced of him being repeatedly tased by a Fulton County Schools police officer, will break his silence at a news conference with his family and attorneys…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (580+ words) When we talk about homeownership in Chicago, it’s not just about buying a house. For many Black families, it is about creating stability, building wealth, and holding on to something for the next generation. Yet too often, the dream feels…...