In 1975, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes laid down a melodic mandate that applies to our times: “Wake up, everybody / No more ...

Christina Davis-McCoy (center) and former Hoke County Sheriff Jim Davis grab some campaign literature at a meeting at the Robeson County African American Cultural Center in Lumberton, North Carolina, ...

While some Democrats are calling for the Georgia party chair to step down, others feel she is being scapegoated due to her ...

Originally published by In These Times When Barack Obama met with Chicago residents about his proposed presidential center in 2018, the former president downplayed the threat that gentrification might ...

South Shore residents speak about the impact of the Obama Center before a September meeting of the Chicago City Council. The neighborhood already has one of the city's highest eviction rates, and ...

“Frederick Douglass” in promotional materials. Residents have pointed out the tone-deaf nature of invoking the Black ...

Typically, clean slate laws seal criminal records for eligible nonviolent felony and misdemeanor convictions after a certain period when all conditions of the conviction are adjudicated. Advocacy ...

For the overwhelming majority of Black voters, a political nightmare is becoming a reality: Donald Trump secured enough Electoral College votes to win the 2024 presidential election, according to the ...

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One year after Fani Willis catapulted herself into national headlines by filing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, Fulton County voters have reelected her as their district ...

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The dread many Black Americans feel about Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2024 presidential election isn’t misplaced: He organized his reelection campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris around ...