Among the 536 members of the last sitting Congress, Reuters found that at least 100 have ancestors who were slaveholders. By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Recent research conducted by Reuters has shed light on the genealogies of America’s political elite, revealing that a significant portion of […]
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was released from prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year prison sentence for the murder of Black teen Laquan McDonald. A jury convicted Van Dyke in 2018 of second-degree murder and 16 counts […]
MoveOn praises House passage of John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and calls on the Senate to pass it as well Tonight, MoveOn is celebrating a crucial victory for democracy with the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act by the U.S. House of Representatives. […]
A larger-than-life bronze statue of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on display in her hometown of Brooklyn.The 7-foot-tall, 650-pound statue was unveiled last week at City Point Brooklyn, a mixed-use development about a half mile away from the Brooklyn Bridge.It was created by Australian artists […]
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: The Northern Valley Press Just eight years after a landmark case based the race-based segregation of public schools was finalized in the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), a U.S. District Court lawsuit was filed against a local East Coast public education authority, which […]
By Viviane Faver On Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected Trump’s request to block the counting of votes with missing dates or names, paving the way for 10,000 votes to be counted in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. President-elect Joe Biden leads the state of […]
(CNN)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court on Wednesday and Thursday so that members of the public can pay their respects, the court announced on Monday. The casket will arrive in front of the Supreme Court just before 9:30 a.m. […]
It was the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled on Monday to end Temporary Protection Status (TPS) for immigrants in the U.S. from four Black and brown countries, but Donald Trump deserves all the credit. That’s because the president “flipped” the traditionally liberal West Coast-based circuit […]
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