A federal judge, who condemned the Trump administration’s efforts to censor American history, has reversed the controversial decision to remove information on slavery from a historical Philadelphia site, the latest example of a battle over attempts to whitewash the history of slavery and anti-Black oppression in the U.S. Judge, citing ‘1984,’ orders return of historical […]
The news that Jesse Jackson dies marks the passing of a defining figure in American civil rights, electoral politics, and Black institutional advocacy. Rev. Jesse Jackson spent more than five decades shaping national conversations around race, economics, and access to opportunity. As the country reflects on his impact, the HBCU community is mourning not just
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By Jane C. Timm More than 73,000 North Carolinians will be given more time to show identifying documentation to election officials to remain on the state’s voter rolls following a settlement between the national parties and the state’s election board. The settlement, which lays out the ways in which the state will collect the required proof
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took aim at Rep. Randy Fine’s social media post, which critics accused of promoting anti-Muslim hate speech. AOC said the post by the Republican from Florida was “one of the most disgusting statements” she had ever seen from an American politician and urged House leaders to discipline the congressman. “This is genuinely
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a run-in with Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week on the origins of America’s cowboy, leading to a broader conversation on the history of the West. While criticizing a recent speech, Ocasio-Cortez took issue with what she claimed was Rubio’s statement that America’s cowboys came from Spain. “My favorite part
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It looks like former President Barack Obama is talking about one of the country’s best-loved conspiracy theories again. In a new podcast interview, Obama makes a joke about aliens being “real” but not in the manner that many people would like them to be. Obama sat down for a wide-ranging conversation with political commentator Brian
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The pardons to 4 living and one deceased former NFL stars cover a variety of mostly drug-related offenses. President Trump has used his pardon power to clear the criminal records of a number of people, from celebrities to political supporters to participants in the January 6 insurrection. His latest set of pardons has been extended
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A Trump administration nomination for a top State Department job appears to be in jeopardy, as the nominee has been called out for supporting and spreading white nationalist views. After being grilled on Capitol Hill and condemned by a number of politicians and organizations, it appears that the man who would be in charge of
As the battle between Republicans and Democrats remains fierce in Texas, the state’s GOP is pushing for one Democratic politician to not only lose his job but also to be stripped of his citizenship. The extreme attack is based on a video clip of the state legislator urging minority groups to join forces against oppression,
The House of Representatives has passed a proposal that would make it harder for tens of millions of Americans to vote by enacting strict and sometimes cumbersome voter ID requirements. While the current bill is unlikely to pass the Senate, it signals Republicans’ continuing efforts to pass restrictive voting legislation, a priority for the Trump
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