Bass becomes the first woman to lead Los Angeles as mayor
Category: Society
This section focuses on equality, fairness, environmental and workplace issues as well as structural racism, implicit bias in society towards individuals and/or a group of people, from housing discrimination to the criminal justice system.
Court blocks racially gerrymandered maps
Court Issues Preliminary Injunction in Case Challenging Jacksonville City Council and School Board Maps, Ordering Drawing…
College professor gets justice after being fired
Collin College professor reinstated after being fired for union advocacy, supporting the removal of Confederate monuments…
Voter restriction laws may impact California
The Decennial Census and the Voting Acts that Address Discrimination Article 1, Section 2 of the…
The plot to suppress the Black vote
The fallout is still brewing from a leaked audio recording that features proposed backroom dealings that…
Court blocks racially gerrymandered maps
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Through a preliminary injunction, a court blocked Jacksonville city council and school board maps…
U.S. policies making homelessness worse
WASHINGTON– The problems linked to homelessness, including substance abuse, mental illness, and crime, are increasing in…
Community colleges failing Black students
Washington, DC — The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies released a report on the state of Black…
Ben & Jerry’s celebrates the power of Black voters
National campaign kcks off with a seven-week tour in Georgia encouraging fans to stand up for voting rghts…
LA teachers vote to boycott
(Los Angeles, CA)— On April 22, Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD) announced four optional “Accelerated…
DOJ brings charges in Breonna Taylor case
Four former and current officers are charged in deadly pre-dawn raid
UCLA taps Darnell Hunt as executive vice chancellor and provost
Darnell Hunt, the dean of the division of social sciences and a professor of sociology and…
Race-based cases fueled flipping Roe v. Wade
(News4usonline) – As an attorney for the NAACP, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall once…
‘Numbers aren’t just numbers; they are votes’
Congressional hearings resume on the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack