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"You’re going to see acts that defy humanity", Memphis police chief says of Tyre Nichols footage

On Friday, hours before the footage is expected to be released publicly, the Memphis police chief told CNN that the video footage of Tyre...

City National Bank to pay $31M redlining settlement, DOJ’s largest ever

City National Bank, based in Los Angeles, was accused of discrimination for refusing to underwrite mortgages in predominantly Black and...

Mississippi agency denies NAACP’s water discrimination claim

A Mississippi environmental supervisor has denied accusations that the state agency he manages unfairly discriminated against the capital...

Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has introduced a historic bill that would combat white supremacy

Although it may not seem like a particularly impactful behavior, spreading hate online creates a slippery slope that feeds into real-life...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bans AP African American studies from high school curriculums

High school students in Florida are being denied a new Advanced Placement course in African American studies under the administration of...

After Colorado launched a new indigenous alert system, a missing Lakota man was found dead

A 27-year-old Lakota man in Colorado went missing a day before the state's new Missing Indigenous Person Alerts system was launched. He...

Thousands of American teens are being forcibly enrolled in J.R.O.T.C. classes

There are approximately 3,500 high schools across the country that offer J.R.O.T.C. programs taught by veterans; per the Pentagon, it is...

The city of Rosewood, Fla., observes the 100th anniversary of the 1923 race massacre.

Black people flourished in the town of Rosewood in central Florida after World War I. Within a matter of days, a racial mob devastated...

North Carolina Sheriff who resigned for calling Black employees "Black bastards", has resigned again

In North Carolina, a sheriff who called his Black colleagues untrustworthy "Black bastards" and "snakes" has resigned for the second time...

A Wall Street Journal reporter was handcuffed by police while standing outside a Chase Bank.

An officer detained and handcuffed a Black Wall Street Journal reporter outside of a Chase Bank, raising First Amendment concerns and...