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Trump Admin Pushes New Rule to Keep More Immigrants in Detention Without Bond Hearings
The Trump administration has introduced a controversial immigration policy aimed at making immigrants who entered the U.S. without legal...
Jul 20, 20252 min read


Officer Who Fatally Shot Rayshard Brooks As He Fell Asleep In Wendy’s Parking Lot On Paid Leave For Allegedly Assaulting Another Black Man
Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in 2020, is once again under scrutiny—this time for allegedly...
Jul 17, 20252 min read


Studies Link Dollar Store Growth to Grocery Gaps in Black Communities
For years, Rev. Donald Perryman of Toledo, Ohio, questioned why the once-thriving Black business corridor around Dorr Street couldn’t...
Jul 16, 20252 min read


Ohio Officer Sued After Video Shows Him Dragging Black Passenger & Breaking His Nose for Questioning Orders
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Akron Police Officer Warren Spragg and the City of Akron, accusing Spragg of...
Jul 15, 20252 min read


Three Harris County Jail Inmates Die Within 48-Hour Span
Three people died in the Harris County Jail over a 48-hour span, bringing the 2025 in-custody death toll to 10, according to officials....
Jul 14, 20252 min read


Lawsuit Accuses Chicago Police of Repeated Use of Excessive Force in Officer Shootings
A new lawsuit alleges the fatal shooting of Timothy Glaze Dean by Chicago police is part of a longstanding pattern of excessive force by...
Jul 11, 20252 min read


New Report Reveals Sharp Rise in Hate Incidents Targeting Black, Latino, Jewish, and Asian Communities in LA County
The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations released its first-ever Hate Incident Report, showing non-criminal hate acts rose...
Jul 11, 20252 min read


Wildfire Survivors Fight Insurers Over Hidden Toxic Threats in Their Homes
Families whose homes survived wildfires initially felt “relieved,” “blessed,” and “lucky,” but weeks later realized their homes might be...
Jul 11, 20252 min read


Families Of Two Immigrants Who Died In ICE Custody Question Their Death Due To “Natural Causes”
Maksym Chernyak, a 44-year-old Ukrainian man who fled Russia’s invasion, died in U.S. immigration custody at the Krome North Service...
Jul 10, 20252 min read


Elon Musk’s X Takes New York to Court Over Rules Mandating Them To Disclose Polices For Monitoring Hate Speech
Elon Musk’s X Corp has filed a federal lawsuit against New York, challenging the state’s new law—the Stop Hiding Hate Act—which mandates...
Jul 9, 20252 min read


Kansas Bureau of Investigation Probes Inmate Death At Wyandotte County Jail
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is looking into the in-custody death of 50-year-old Charles L. Adair, who died Saturday night at...
Jul 9, 20251 min read


Trump’s Swift Deportation Of Certain Immigrants To “Third Countries” Backed By Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport immigrants convicted of crimes to third countries—even...
Jul 7, 20252 min read


U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE in L.A. After Defending Janitor During Raid
A 20-year-old U.S. citizen, Adrian Andrew Martinez, is speaking out after being violently detained by federal immigration agents in Pico...
Jul 7, 20252 min read


McDonald’s Settles Byron Allen’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Over Excluding Black-Owned Media From Ad Spending
McDonald’s has reached a confidential settlement with media entrepreneur Byron Allen, ending a $10 billion federal lawsuit and a separate...
Jul 2, 20252 min read


Black High School Senior Jada-Symone Batichon Gets Accepted Into 53 Universities & Gets $1.8 Million In Scholarships
Jada-Symone Batichon, an 18-year-old high school senior from Wheeler High School in Powder Springs, Georgia, made headlines after...
Jul 2, 20251 min read


Harvard Fired Researcher Who Traced School’s Ties to Slavery: “We Found Too Many Slaves”
Harvard University’s Legacy of Slavery initiative has come under fire from descendants of enslaved people and researchers, revealing deep...
Jul 2, 20252 min read


LAPD Officers On Horseback Draw Complaints About Use Of Force During Protest
During recent protests in Los Angeles over federal immigration raids, the LAPD’s use of mounted officers has come under fire from civil...
Jul 2, 20252 min read


Tech Company Palantir Paid $30 Million to Help ICE Build New Deportation Tracking System
Palantir Technologies, the Denver-based data company, is facing growing backlash for expanding its work with Immigration and Customs...
Jul 1, 20252 min read


Police Officer Under Investigation For Striking Man Several Times With Baseball Bat During Arrest On Video
A south Alabama police department is investigating one of its officers after a viral video showed him repeatedly striking a man with a...
Jul 1, 20252 min read


Funding For Federal Summer Lunch Program For Low-Income Children Vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vetoed a $60 million budget provision that would have allowed the state to join the federal Summer...
Jun 30, 20252 min read
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