Autopsy findings confirm Sonya Massey, Black woman shot by deputy, died from gunshot wound to head
Autopsy findings on Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriffโs deputy charged in her death, confirm that she died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Kamala Harris: A Baptist with a Jewish husband and a faith that traces back to MLK and Gandhi
Black clergy who know Vice President Kamala Harris, now the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, marvel at the fusion of traditions and teachings that have molded her religious faith and social justice values.
Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
The Anti-Defamation League says the Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from โa virulent wave of antisemitismโ that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
Officials to release video of officer shooting Black woman in her home after responding to 911 call
Officials in Illinoisโ capital plan to release video on Monday of police entering the home of a woman who called 911 for help and the violent scene that ensued when a sheriffโs deputy shot her in the face.
John Deere ends support of 'social or cultural awareness' events, distances from inclusion efforts
Farm equipment maker John Deere says it will no longer sponsor โsocial or cultural awarenessโ events, making the agricultural machinery manufacturer one of the latest U.S. companies to distance itself from diversity and inclusion measures after being targeted by conservative backlash.
Trump wants Black and Latino support. But he's not popular with either group, poll analysis shows
As he prepares to accept the Republican nomination for the third time, Donald Trump has promised to expand his coalition โ and, in particular, to win over more of the nonwhite voters who largely rejected him during the 2020 election.
Vice President Kamala Harris leads new campaign effort to reach out to Asian American voters
President Joe Bidenโs reelection campaign is launching its formal outreach campaign to Asian American voters and putting Vice President Kamala Harris at the forefront of the effort with events in Nevada and Pennsylvania this week.
Usher and Janet Jackson headline 30th Essence Festival of Culture
The best of Black cultureโs policymakers, thought leaders, creatives, business minds, health experts and, of course, musical talent are converging in New Orleans over the Fourth of July holiday weekend as part of the Essence Festival of Culture.
Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts
The National Black Farmers Association is calling on Tractor Supplyโs president and CEO to step down, days after the rural retailer announced that it would drop most of its corporate diversity and climate advocacy efforts.
4 Missouri prison guards charged with murder, and a 5th with manslaughter, in death of Black man
Four Missouri prison guards have been charged with murder, and a fifth with accessory to involuntary manslaughter, in the December death of a Black man who was in custody at the Jefferson City Correctional Center.
Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is years into an initiative to end the nationโs HIV epidemic by pumping hundreds of millions of dollars annually into certain states, counties and U.S. territories with the highest infection rates.
Report finds Colorado was built on $1.7 trillion of land expropriated from tribal nations
A report published by a Native American-led nonprofit examines in detail the dispossession of Indigenous homelands in Colorado, quantifies the value of the land and resources taken and outlines the state education systemโs omission of that history in its curriculum.
Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says
The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate peopleโs rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force.
A majority of Black Americans believe US institutions are conspiring against them, a Pew poll finds
Most Black Americans say that theyโve experienced racial discrimination regularly or from time to time and that such experiences inform how they view major U.S. institutions like policing, the political system and the media.
Black D-Day combat medic's long-denied medal tenderly laid on Omaha Beach where he bled, saved lives
A medal richly deserved but long denied to an African American combat medic wounded on Omaha Beach in the D-Day landings has been tenderly laid on the hallowed sands where he saved lives and shed blood.
Tim Scott, a potential Trump VP pick, launches a $14 million outreach effort to minority voters
A top ally and potential running mate of ex-President Donald Trump is launching an effort to win over Black and other nonwhite working class voters he argues could be the deciding factor in Novemberโs elections.
Former prosecutor settles lawsuit against Netflix over Central Park Five series
Former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein and Netflix have announced theyโve settled the defamation lawsuit she filed four years ago over her portrayal in the streaming serviceโs miniseries about the five Black and Latino teenagers known as the now-exonerated Central Park Five.
In cities across the US, Black and Latino neighborhoods have less access to pharmacies
An Associated Press analysis of licensing data from 44 states, data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs and the American Community Survey shows residents of neighborhoods that are majority Black and Latino have fewer pharmacies per capita than people who live in mostly white neighborhoods.
A grant program for Black women business owners is discriminatory, appeals court rules
A U.S. federal court of appeals panel suspended a venture capital firmโs grant program for Black women business owners on Monday, ruling that a conservative group is likely to prevail in its lawsuit claiming that the program is the discriminatory.
100 years ago, US citizenship for Native Americans came without voting rights in swing states
An act of Congress a century ago guaranteed citizenship to wary Native Americans in an age of forced assimilation and marked the outset of a long, arduous journey to secure voting rights that were denied for several more decades.
Louisiana law that could limit filming of police hampers key tool for racial justice, attorneys say
Civil rights attorneys say a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a police officer under certain circumstances is an affront to the movement for racial justice and violates the First Amendment.
Black leaders call out Trump's criminal justice contradictions as he rails against guilty verdict
Donald Trump lambasted the guilty verdict of his hush money trial this week from the same Manhattan courthouse that was the site of one of the most notorious examples of injustice in recent New York history that he had a part in.
Defense lawyers in Tyre Nichols case want jury to hear evidence about items found in his car
A federal judge is considering whether the eventual jury at the trial of four former Memphis police officers charged in the beating death of Tyre Nichols should hear evidence that Nichols had a hallucinogenic drug and stolen credit cards in his car that night.
Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River settlement
Navajo officials are celebrating the signing of legislation outlining a proposed water rights settlement that will ensure supply from the Colorado River and other sources for three Native American tribes and more security for drought-stricken Arizona.