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Commission says New York judge should be removed over profane rant at graduation party
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Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
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Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service
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Bernice Johnson Reagon, whose powerful voice helped propel the Civil Rights Movement, has died
Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service of the American Civil Rights Movement and human rights struggles around the world, has died at 81.
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New Orleans civil rights icon Tessie Prevost dead at 69
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Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for help
Officials have released body camera video that reveals a chaotic scene in which a Black woman in Springfield, Illinois, who called 911 for help was shot in the face in her home by a white sheriff’s deputy.
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National bail fund returns to Georgia after judge says limits were arbitrary
ATLANTA (AP) — The Bail Project, a national nonprofit that aids thousands of low-income people behind bars, said Monday it is reopening its Atlanta branch after a judge temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that restricts organizations from helping people pay bail.
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Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s ‘Nickel Boys’ to open New York Film Festival this fall
“Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will open the 62nd New York Film Festival in September, organizers said Monday.
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‘Rightful inheritance’: Black families seek reparations in a California gold rush town
A historic gold-rush town in Northern California is at the center of a restitution fight led by Black families who say their ancestors’ land was taken.
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Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot
The fight to keep a proposed immigration initiative off Arizona’s Nov. 5 ballot is not over yet. Immigrant advocacy groups this week appealed a judge’s ruling to allow the proposal approved by the GOP-controlled Legislative in early June to stay on the ballot.
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Mississippi’s new Episcopal bishop is first woman and first Black person in that role
The new bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi is being formally installed, and she is first woman and first Black person to hold the post. The Rev.
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Maryland announces civil lawsuit in case involving demands of sex for rent
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What Usha Vance’s rise to prominence means to other South Asian and Hindu Americans
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How boot camps are helping to address the historic gap in internet access on US tribal lands
A boot camp on a California ranch could help improve internet access on U.S. tribal lands. Tribal Broadband Bootcamps have brought together 72 tribal nations from across the U.S. to learn more about how to build sustainable broadband networks.
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University of Florida president Ben Sasse is resigning after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy
University of Florida president Ben Sasse has announced that he will leave his position of nearly two years to focus on taking care of his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy.
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Mississippi can wait to reset legislative districts that dilute Black voting strength, judges say
Federal judges say Mississippi can wait until next year to redraw some of its legislative districts to replace ones where Black voting power is diluted.
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Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are ‘dangerously close’
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Court says Jim Crow-era felony voting ban in Mississippi can be altered by lawmakers, not judges
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City council approves a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark — and the existing site’s transformation
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Race for Louisiana’s new second majority-Black congressional district is heating up
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Another Texas migrant aid group asks a judge to push back on investigation by Republican AG
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John Deere ends support of ‘social or cultural awareness’ events, distances from inclusion efforts
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A Texas school that was built to segregate Mexican American students becomes a national park
A west Texas school built in 1909 for Mexican and Mexican American students as part of “separate but equal” education segregation was designated Wednesday as a national park.
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2 men sentenced in 2021 armed standoff on Massachusetts highway
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Lawsuit claims that delayed elections for Georgia utility regulator are unconstitutional
A new lawsuit says extending the six-year terms of Georgia’s elected public service commissioners violates the state constitution.
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‘I can’t breathe': Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death
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The president of Florida’s only public historically Black university resigns after donation debacle
The president of Florida’s only public historically Black university has announced he’s resigning. The resignation comes as Florida A&M University faces backlash over the school’s apparent failure to properly vet a multi-million dollar donation from a dubious donor.
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Biden says cooling political rhetoric doesn’t mean he’ll ‘stop telling the truth’ about Trump
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Georgia county says slave descendants can’t use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community
A Georgia county says Black slave descendants can’t legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes they say threaten their island community.
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