By Elizabeth Joseph and Artemis Moshtaghian, Police in Savage, Minnesota, are investigating a racist video shared widely on social media where a young girl is seen spewing hateful, racist slurs toward a Black high school student, encouraging her to take her own
By Steve Contorno, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made fighting vaccine mandates a focal point of his Covid strategy. Turning that into law is now in the hands of Florida lawmakers, who return to the state capitol Monday for a special legislative session specifically
By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Jasmine Wright, Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff — deciding there simply isn’t time to deal
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Jasmine Joof said she has been sick with congestion, coughing and headaches for several weeks after discovering the mold growing in her Howard University dorm caused an allergic reaction. The sophomore said she reported the mold issue to
By Devon M. Sayers, Alta Spells and Joe Sutton, As the defense cross-examines a Georgia state investigator who interviewed one of the defendants in the trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, noted civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to attend
By Kaitlan Collins, John Harwood and Paul LeBlanc, President Joe Biden has selected former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to oversee the implementation of the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the White House announced Sunday evening. Landrieu’s role underscores the substantial effort
By Daniella Diaz, While Democratic leaders plan to take a victory lap Monday to celebrate President Joe Biden signing the bipartisan infrastructure bill, other pressing issues remain for lawmakers when they return for session this week. All eyes will turn to finishing negotiations on the separate multitrillion
By Shawna Mizelle In honor of Veterans Day, congressional Democrats reintroduced legislation Thursday that would provide GI Bill benefits to descendants of Black World War II veterans. The GI Bill Restoration Act was introduced in the House by Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South
By Lucas Johnson, Tennessee State University recognized Veterans Day with a special program Thursday that emphasized the benefits veterans bring to the workforce. Dr. Karon Uzzell-Baggett, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and former AFROTC Detachment commander at TSU, was the
Analysis by Brandon Tensley, Legislation in Washington may have lost the little momentum that it had, but state and local governments across the US are forging ahead with their plans to design and implement reparations proposals for Black residents. Take, for instance,
