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San Diego Sued for Hiding Police Use-of-Force Records After Man Surrendered With Hands Up
The First Amendment Coalition has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Diego for refusing to release public records related to the San...
Jul 25, 20252 min read


California’s Prop 36 Sparks Arrest Surge, Hitting Black Communities the Hardest
Proposition 36, or the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act,” has led to a sharp rise in arrests across California...
Jul 24, 20252 min read


Clarence Thomas Wants to Rethink Voting Rights Act as Supreme Court Delays Louisiana Redistricting Case
On the final day of the Supreme Court's term, the justices postponed a major redistricting case—Louisiana v. Callais—until the next term,...
Jul 24, 20252 min read


Minneapolis Cop Who Shot Amir Locke Now Leading MPD's New Use-Of-Force Training
The Minneapolis Police Department has come under fire after confirming that Sgt. Mark Hanneman—the officer who fatally shot Amir Locke...
Jul 23, 20252 min read


Judge Sentences Ex-Cop Brett Hankison to 33 Months for Role in Breonna Taylor Raid, Rejects DOJ’s Push to Let Him Walk
A federal judge has sentenced former Louisville officer Brett Hankison to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during...
Jul 23, 20252 min read


Immigration Raid In Ventura County Farm Leaves Farmworker Dead
A farmworker has died from injuries sustained during an immigration raid near Camarillo, California, according to the United Farm Workers...
Jul 22, 20252 min read


10 Years After Being Poisoned, Flint Residents See Major Win in Lead Pipe Fight
Over a decade after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan drew national attention, state officials report that over 11,000 lead pipes have...
Jul 21, 20252 min read


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
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