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President Biden is facing growing criticism from civil rights and criminal justice reform activists after pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, while many...
Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led a coalition of fellow legislators and advocates on Tuesday in calling on President Biden to certify the Equal Rights...
The Rev. Al Sharpton is condemning a jury’s decision to acquit a white Marine veteran in the chokehold death of a homeless Black man on a subway...
Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran at the center of the New York City subway chokehold trial, has been found not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely. A...
Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran at the center of the New York City subway chokehold trial, has been found not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely. ...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has accused Republicans of dividing millions of Texans of color to ensure the GOP gained two new seats in the House of...
The father of Jordan Neely, the man who died after a Marine veteran on a New York City subway car put him in a chokehold, has announced a lawsuit...
The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, 1988. Thousands were contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Since the first...
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is renewing calls for President Biden to grant clemency to thousands of Americans serving time in federal institutions...
Civil rights advocates are calling for President Biden to pardon former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who is currently on house arrest...
One of the nation’s leading civil rights groups is condemning Walmart’s recent decision to end its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...
Progressive lawmakers are calling on President Biden to take additional steps on federal marijuana law before his term comes to an end in January. In...
The NAACP is expressing concern over how Black Americans might be affected by President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks, some of whom have been linked to...
A former anchor for ABC News claims years of working in a toxic work environment and enduring racist rhetoric from superiors led him to attempt...
President Biden is scheduled to pardon two turkeys during a time-honored ceremony at the White House ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Biden will...
The Congressional Black Caucus PAC has vowed to expose what it calls a “dangerous agenda” from “extreme Republicans” following the GOP’s...
President-elect Trump’s inauguration will be held on Jan. 20, the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Despite her opposition to the incoming...
Former President Clinton said he was flattered when acclaimed author Toni Morrison called him America’s "first Black president." “When my friend...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) blasted Republicans who said diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts were oppressing white Americans. During a...
The Department of Justice has found a pattern of misconduct in a New Jersey police department. The Trenton Police Department has engaged in a pattern...
Daria Dawson was raised in Florida by two educators. From a young age, they made sure she and her brother understood that voting was their voice —...
The Rev. Al Sharpton criticized President-elect Trump for lacking Black Cabinet or high-level administration appointees thus far. "In the two weeks...
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the killing of Sonya Massey, a Black woman shot by a white police officer in July after...
Republicans have made gains with minority voters in the past two elections, a marked shift among some of the most loyal voting blocs for Democrats....
The estate of Malcolm X is suing the federal government, accusing it of playing a role in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader. In a...
The city of Palm Springs, Calif., will pay nearly $6 million in reparations to Black and Brown families who were displaced from a neighborhood there...
Rev. Al Sharpton plans to hold a rally in protest of President-elect Trump on inauguration day. Sharpton announced the rally on his MSNBC show,...
Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who helped thousands escape the bonds of enslavement, has been posthumously awarded the rank of general. In a...
Democratic strategist James Carville said support from some on the left for the push to defund the police has become a major hindrance for the party's...
The Department of Justice on Friday announced a lawsuit against the Mississippi state Senate for discriminating against a former Black staffer. The...
Beyoncé has made Grammy history — again. The superstar's latest album, “Cowboy Carter,” secured 11 nominations on Friday, bringing her career...
Radio host Charlamagne tha God believes one reason Vice President Harris may have lost the presidential election is because President-elect Trump has...
Authorities are investigating racist text messages sent to Black Americans across the country telling them they have been “selected to pick...
Vice President Harris fell short of making history as the first woman — and first woman of color — to ascend to the presidency on Tuesday, but...
Sens.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither...
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) has won the race for Senate in Delaware, Decision Desk HQ projects, becoming the only Black woman to ever represent the...
Moo Deng, the baby hippo that took social media by storm, has predicted former President Trump will defeat Vice President Harris and win the...
Team Trump is issuing a final appeal to Black voters as millions around the nation cast their ballots for the next president. In a video with Janiyah...
Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., is calling for a Trump-supporting social media account to remove an AI-generated...
Vice President Harris and her allies are making a final appeal to Black male voters in key swing states, hoping to shore up the support of a voting...
Former President Obama once famously said when Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) speaks, the entire Congress listens. The South Carolina Democrat is one...
Vice President Harris is stepping up her outreach to Latino voters in the final days of the election as former President Trump grapples with the...
With less than a week until Election Day, Vice President Harris and former President Trump are stepping up their outreach to Black male voters. The...
Vice President Harris joined "The Breakfast Club" once again early Tuesday, this time to highlight how she is reaching undecided voters, including...
Vice President Harris will sit for another interview with Charlamagne tha God on Tuesday morning. It will be her second interview with the radio host...
Vice President Harris appears to be increasing her support among young Black men, a crucial voting bloc she has struggled with in recent weeks. New...
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter endorsed Vice President Harris in an impassioned speech at a rally in Houston late Friday evening. “We are all part of...
Radio host Charlamagne tha God and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper had a heated exchange late Thursday evening over the network’s coverage of Vice...
Former President Obama will join a virtual roundtable discussion with Win With Black Men on Sunday evening in a final push to mobilize Black men to...
A new report lays out a multitude of ways in which the conservative Project 2025 plan could negatively impact Black Americans. In the Legal Defense...