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5 hours ago

Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack

A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 has agreed to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims.

18 hours ago

Jury selection opens in terrorism trial of extended family members dating to 2018 New Mexico raid

Jury selection has begun in the trial of several members of an extended family who face trial on kidnapping and terrorism charges linked to a law enforcement raid on their squalid New Mexico encampment in 2018.

18 hours ago

Facial recognition technology jailed a man for days. His lawsuit joins others from Black plaintiffs

A Georgia man says authorities wrongly arrested him based on a match generated by facial recognition technology.

1 day ago

Some UK police put down guns after an officer is charged with murder in the shooting of a Black man

London’s police force says some officers are refusing to conduct armed patrols after a colleague was charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed Black man.

2 days ago

National Cathedral replaces windows honoring Confederacy with stained-glass homage to racial justice

The landmark Washington National Cathedral has unveiled new stained-glass windows with a theme of racial justice.

2 days ago

A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. Now his family is suing Texas officials

The family of a Black high school student in Texas has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general over being suspended by his school district for his hairstyle.

3 days ago

FBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the 'Brave Cave'

The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into claims in recent lawsuits that Baton Rouge police assaulted and strip-searched drug suspects they detained in an obscure warehouse known as the “Brave Cave.”.

3 days ago

Hollis Watkins, who was jailed multiple times for challenging segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died.

3 days ago

Video of Elijah McClain's stop by police shown as officers on trial in Black man's death

Elijah McClain’s mother left a Colorado courtroom in tears as prosecutors showed jurors disturbing video footage of the 2019 confrontation with police in a Denver suburb that led to McClain's death.

3 days ago

US breaking pros want to preserve Black roots, original style of hip-hop dance form at Olympics

U.S. breaking pros who hope to compete in the Paris Olympics next year have a challenge.

Black leaders say threats to undermine US democracy appear aimed at their community

Some of the nation’s most influential Black leaders say many of the threats to democratic institutions in the U.S. appear to be aimed squarely at their community, including efforts to make voting more difficult, censor lessons around race and weaken social safeguards such as affirmative action.

Prosecutors seek to show enhanced bodycam video of Elijah McClain's fatal encounter with police

Colorado prosecutors are focusing on police body camera footage — both raw and digitally enhanced — as they build their case against two officers charged in the death of Elijah McClain.

Census shows 3.5 million Middle Eastern residents in US, Venezuelans fastest growing Hispanic group

The United States had 3.5 million residents who identify as Middle Eastern or North African.

A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths, disappearances

Kaysera Stops Pretty Places’ death remains unsolved four years after her body was found in a Native American reservation border town.

Debate over a Black student's suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit

The debate over whether a Black high school student in Texas should be serving in-school suspension for wearing twisted dreadlocks to class has intensified as the student’s family and his school district both took legal action.

A small venture capital player becomes a symbol in the fight over corporate diversity policies

A venture capital firm that has backed buzzy new companies has become symbolic of the fight over corporate diversity policies.

A new London exhibition highlights the untold stories of Black British fashion designers

A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions Black British culture made to U.K. fashion and design history and to celebrate Black designers who haven't received public recognition.

Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of 'I can't breathe,' prosecutors say

Prosecutors in Colorado say two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his pleas that he couldn’t breathe.

Supporters of reparations for Black residents urge San Francisco to push forward

More than 200 people rallied outside San Francisco's City Hall to urge supervisors to act on reparations for Black residents.

West Point sued over using race as an admissions factor in the wake of landmark Supreme Court ruling

West Point has been sued in federal court for using race and ethnicity as factors in admissions by the same group behind the lawsuit that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

Tunisian president's remarks on Storm Daniel have been denounced as antisemitic and prompt an uproar

Tunisian President Kais Saied’s remarks that have been denounced as antisemitic have prompted an uproar on social media across the world.

London’s historic blue plaques seek more diversity as 1,000th marker is unveiled

English Heritage has unveiled its 1,000th blue plaque, the famous discs that dot the walls of buildings throughout London to mark the places where scientists, artists, politicians and activists have made history.

A Black student was suspended for his hairstyle. The school says it wasn't discrimination

A Black high school student in Texas has been punished with an in-school suspension over his hairstyle for over two weeks, his mother said.

A Mississippi jury rules officers justified in fatal 2017 shooting after police went to wrong house

A federal jury in Mississippi has rejected a civil lawsuit seeking money damages from two police officers who fatally shot a man while serving a warrant at the wrong house.

A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters. They're still waiting for new maps

The Supreme Court’s decision siding with Black voters in an Alabama redistricting case gave Democrats and voting rights activist a surprising opportunity before the 2024 elections to have congressional maps redrawn in a handful of states.

Jackson says we must own hardest chapters of US history during 1963 church bombing remembrance

Alabama marks the 60th anniversary of the bombing of a church that killed four Black girls.

Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over racial injustice in policing

Four years after Elijah McClain died after being stopped by police in Colorado, two of the police officers charged in his death are set to go on trial.

5th former Memphis officer pleads not guilty to federal civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols' death

A fifth former Memphis police officer has pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop.

On 60th anniversary of church bombing, victim's sister, suspect's daughter urge people to stop hate

Alabama on Friday will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1963 bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four girls.

Loudspeaker message outside NYC migrant shelter warns new arrivals they are 'not safe here'

A New Yorker upset that the city has been housing homeless migrants in his neighborhood on Staten Island has set up a loudspeaker to deliver an unwelcoming message to his new neighbors.

Palestinian politicians lash out at renowned academics who denounced president's antisemitic remarks

Palestinian politicians have denounced dozens of Palestinian academics who criticized President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent remarks on the Holocaust.

5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death

Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

Ex-NFL Media journalist sues the league, alleging long-standing institutional discrimination

A former NFL Media journalist is accusing the league of refusing to address what he calls long-standing institutional discrimination and says his contract was not renewed because he repeatedly voiced concerns regarding equity and racial injustice.

Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it

Critics of cash bail as a condition of pretrial release say it is especially unfair to Black people and other people of color.

Illinois appeals court hears arguments on Jussie Smollett request to toss convictions

Jussie Smollett’s lawyers have told an Illinois appellate court that it should toss the former “Empire” actor’s convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police.

Kamala Harris says hip-hop is 'the ultimate American art form' as she hosts a 50th anniversary party

Vice President Kamala Harris has hosted a celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, with appearances by some of the music genre’s pioneers and stars.

Paris strips Palestinian leader Abbas of special honor for remarks on Holocaust

Paris has rescinded a special honor it bestowed on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because of recent antisemitic comments minimizing the Holocaust.

As Jacksonville shooting victims are eulogized, advocates call attention to anti-Black hate crimes

The motivations of a shooter who recently targeted and killed Black people in Jacksonville, Florida, have revived concerns about the threat of hate violence and domestic terrorism.

Tribal nations face less accurate, more limited 2020 census data because of privacy methods

A majority of Native American tribes won't get the full suite of detailed demographic data from the 2020 census they had in the previous census.

Additional bodycam footage is released in the death of pregnant Black mother Ta'Kiya Young

Ohio authorities have released additional bodycam and store surveillance footage, offering more details in the death Ta’Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother fatally shot by police late last month.

From piñata to postage stamp, US celebrates centuries-old Hispanic tradition

The U.S. Postal Service is rolling out its latest special edition postage stamps, paying homage to a Hispanic tradition that has evolved over centuries to become a universal symbol of celebration.

Chicago to move migrants from police stations to tent camps before winter under mayor's plan

Nearly 1,600 migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be relocated from Chicago police stations to winterized camps with massive tents under a plan by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Virginia lawsuit stemming from police pepper-spraying an Army officer will be settled

A Virginia town is settling a lawsuit that sprang from a Black and Latino Army lieutenant being pepper sprayed during a traffic stop.

Ta’Kiya Young, killed by police in an Ohio parking lot, is mourned along with her unborn child

Ta’Kiya Young planned to move her growing family into a place of her own, and was just steps away from achieving that goal.

Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic Refuge

The Biden administration has canceled the remaining seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days and angering Republicans.

California lawmakers vote to become first state to ban caste-based discrimination

California lawmakers have voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste.

Minnesota seeks unifying symbol to replace state flag considered offensive to Native Americans

A state commission has begun designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota.

Tim Scott is the top Black Republican in the GOP presidential primary. Here's how he discusses race

Tim Scott is the only Black Republican presidential candidate who's campaigning aggressively these days in early-voting Iowa.

Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there

Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also hold the secret burial sites of Dakota people who died as the U.S. failed to fulfill treaties with Native Americans more than a century ago.

DeSantis' redistricting map in Florida is unconstitutional and must be redrawn, judge says

A judge says that a Florida redistricting plan pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis violates the state constitution.

After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns, remain vigilant

The white supremacist shooter who killed three Black residents over the weekend at a dollar store in Jacksonville, Florida, stopped beforehand at the state’s first historically Black college.

What does Florida's red flag law say, and could it have thwarted the Jacksonville shooter?

A young, white gunman’s killing of three Black people over the weekend in Jacksonville, Florida, is again raising questions about so-called red flag laws.

Man who killed 3 at a Dollar General in Jacksonville used to work at a dollar store, sheriff says

The Jacksonville sheriff says the gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General used to work at a dollar store and had stopped in at one before a security guard’s presence apparently led him elsewhere.

The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?

Across the country, schools are scrambling to catch up students in math as post-pandemic test scores reveal the depth of missing skills.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders' anger after racist killings in Jacksonville

Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use “extreme care” if traveling to Florida.

HBCU president lauds students, officer for stopping Jacksonville killer before racist store attack

The president of the historically Black institution in Jacksonville, Florida, says a campus security officer tipped off by observant students likely stopped the killer who fatally shot three people at a nearby Dollar General Store from carrying out his racist attack at Edward Waters University.

GOP silences 'Tennessee Three' Democrat on House floor for day on 'out of order' rule; crowd erupts

Republican lawmakers had voted to silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during a House floor session after determining the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members.

The Jacksonville shooter killed a devoted dad, a beloved mom and a teen helping support his family

Three people killed in a weekend shooting at a Florida discount store are being remembered as a devoted father, a beloved mother and a 19-year-old working to help support his grandmother and younger siblings.

Jacksonville shootings refocus attention on the city's racist past and the struggle to move on

By some measures, Jacksonville, Florida, was making strides to emerge from its racist past.

Biden says action needed against 'hate-fueled violence' after racist shooting in Florida

President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence” that authorities say motivated a white man to fatally shoot three Black people at a Florida store over the weekend.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings

Hundreds of people have gathered at prayer vigils and in church to mourn yet another racist attack in America.

Environmental groups recruit people of color into overwhelmingly white conservation world

White men have largely controlled American conservation policies for more than a century.

Schoolkids in 8 states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy

When classes resume for kids in eight states, they won’t have to worry about where their next meals will be coming from because they’ll be free.

Thousands converge on National Mall to mark the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary

Thousands have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

Biden and Harris will meet with King's family on the March on Washington's 60th anniversary

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will observe Monday's 60th anniversary of the March on Washington by meeting with organizers and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The White House says all of King’s children have been invited.

Visitors to Lincoln Memorial say America has its flaws but see gains made since March on Washington

Fencing and construction workers greet visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, signaling the monument to the nation’s 16th president is a work in progress.

Savannah picks emancipated Black woman to replace name of slavery advocate on historic square

Leaders of Georgia's oldest city have made history by voting to name one of Savannah's treasured downtown squares for a Black woman who taught formerly enslaved people to read and write.

President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants

Guyana president Irfaan Ali has lashed out at the descendants of European slave traders and says those who profited from the cruel, trans-Atlantic slave trade should offer to pay reparations to today’s generations.

As research grows into how to stop gun violence, one city looks to science for help

Gun violence prevention research has experienced a small boom in the wake of mounting shooting deaths, expanded funding and burgeoning advocacy.

Fall books: Britney and Barbra's memoirs are among major releases, but political books are fewer

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the most likely nominees for the 2024 presidential election, but you won't see many new books about either this fall.

Bans on diverse picture books? Young kids need to see their families represented, experts say

Across the country, books and lessons that represent different families and identities are increasingly the target of conservative pushback — even when they're for the youngest of learners.

As Ralph Yarl begins his senior year of high school, the man who shot him faces a court hearing

Four months after Ralph Yarl was shot in the head when he went to the wrong house, the Black teenager has started his senior year of high school.

Native American group to digitize 20,000 archival pages linked to Quaker-run Indian boarding schools

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition says it will digitize 20,000 archival pages related to Quaker-operated Indian boarding schools.

How Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' education policies have faced wide criticism from civil rights leaders and educators, among others, but they also have paid off politically.

MLK's dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

The last part of the speech took less time to deliver than it takes to boil an egg, but “I Have A Dream” is one of American history’s most famous orations and most inspiring.

At March on Washington's 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights

Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress.

Biden administration spending $150M to help small forest owners benefit from selling carbon credits

The Biden administration is spending $150 million to help owners of small parcels of forestland partner with private companies willing to pay them for carbon offsets and other environmental credits.

Maxine Hong Kingston, bell hooks among those honored by Ishmael Reed's Before Columbus Foundation

Maxine Hong Kingston, Darryl Pinckney and the late bell hooks were among the authors honored this year by the Before Columbus Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by Ishmael Reed that celebrates multicultural literature.

Can South Carolina’s Haley and Scott woo the GOP’s white evangelical base away from Trump?

South Carolina Republicans Nikki Haley and Tim Scott once were allies and now they're rivals in the race to be the next president.

Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations

Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaid’s American Indian Health Program.

From MLK to today, the March on Washington highlights the evolution of activism by Black churches

The March on Washington of 1963 is remembered most for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Texas' floating barrier to stop migrants draws recurring concerns from Mexico, US official says

A State Department official says Mexico’s government has raised repeated concerns with the U.S. about large buoys Texas put on the Rio Grande to deter migrants.

How Trump's attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes

Donald Trump’s response this week to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has used for years against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that appeal to racists.

Texas moves large floating barrier on US-Mexico border closer to American soil

Texas has moved a floating barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border closer to American soil.

Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so

Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.

Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system

Holistic treatment of people in the criminal justice system is not new in Indian Country, but there are new programs coming on board as well as expanded approaches.

Rhiannon Giddens is as much scholar as musician. Now, she's showing her saucy side in a new album

Rhiannon Giddens is as much a scholar as a musician.

New York City suggests housing migrants in jail shuttered after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration wants to house migrants in a notorious federal jail that was closed after disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide there led to its squalid conditions being deemed unsafe for humans.

District attorney drops at least 30 cases that involved officers charged in death of Tyre Nichols

A district attorney in Tennessee has said his office has dropped 30 to 40 cases involving the five former officers who have been charged with second-degree murder in the January beating death of Tyre Nichols.

Ada Deer, influential Native American leader from Wisconsin, dies at 88

An esteemed Native American leader who was the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs has died.

'Wounded Indian' sculpture given in 1800s to group founded by Paul Revere is returning to Boston

A statue that depicts a felled Native American pulling an arrow from his torso is being returned to the Boston-area organization cofounded by Paul Revere that thought it had been destroyed decades ago.

Astros' Singleton ponders what career could have been if minor league marijuana testing ended sooner

Slugger Jon Singleton is back in the majors for the first time since 2015 after his career was derailed by several failed tests for marijuana.

Trial begins for 2 white Mississippi men charged with shooting at Black FedEx driver

Attorneys made brief opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home.

The EPA is investigating how California manages its water following complaints from tribes

President Joe Biden's administration has agreed to investigate how California manages its water.

Federal judges question Alabama’s new congressional map, lack of 2nd majority-Black district

A panel of federal judges on Monday began a review Alabama’s redrawn congressional map which opponents argue blatantly defies the court’s mandate to create a second district where Black voters have an opportunity to influence the outcome of an election.

Alabama riverfront brawl videos spark a cultural moment about race, solidarity and justice

Bystanders who trained their smartphone cameras on an Alabama riverfront dock, as several white boaters pummeled a Black riverboat co-captain, couldn’t have known the footage would elicit a national conversation about racial solidarity.

Savannah considers Black people and women for city square to replace name of slavery advocate

The historic downtown of Savannah, Georgia, boasts nearly two dozen public squares.

Men attacked Alabama boat co-captain for 'just doing my job,' he says

An Alabama boat co-captain says he was hanging on “for dear life” when he was attacked by men on the capital city’s riverfront.

Michigan police detained a Black child who was in the 'wrong place, wrong time,' department says

A Michigan police department says a white officer handcuffed a Black child who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Florida education commissioner skips forum on criticized Black history standards

Lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents crowded into a South Florida church for a forum on the state's new standards for teaching Black history.

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