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New report exams traffic stops, racial disparities, and the call for systemic reform
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Traffic stops remain the most common reason for police-initiated contact across all racial groups, according to
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President commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The American Civil Liberties Union celebrated President Joe Biden’s historic action in commuting 37 federal death
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By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — President Joe Biden has vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have created dozens of new federal judicial positions, citing unresolved questions about its provisions ... Lawmakers urge President Biden to finalize Equal Rights Amendment before transition
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — As President Joe Biden’s tenure ends, a coalition of more than 100 House Democrats has urged the administration to ratify and publish the ... Climate-driven insurance crisis sweeps the nation as non-renewals and premiums skyrocket
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Homeowners across the United States face an escalating crisis as insurance companies abandon high-risk areas driven by climate change. A newly released Senate ... Racism, reprisals and retribution expected from Trump presidency
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Despite dire warnings about the alarming plans Donald Trump and the MAGA-dominated Republican Party have for the United States, 49.9 percent of the country’s ... Critical federal health safety nets are on Trump’s chopping block
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — As it aims for a leaner budget, the incoming Trump administration may cut or eliminate several federal health safety nets, including Medicaid, the ... President-elect Trump nominates first Black Cabinet member
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — On Nov. 23, President-Elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of Scott Turner as his choice for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Biden calls Slavery ‘our nation’s original sin
(BlackmansStreet.com) — President Joe Biden described slavery as “our nation’s original sin – original sin – one that haunted America and casts a long shadow ever since,” during a speech ... Nikki Giovanni, iconic poet and the voice of the Black Arts Movement, dies at 81
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Nikki Giovanni, the groundbreaking poet, author, and professor whose work embodied the spirit of the Black Arts Movement and beyond, died on Monday ...
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