A newspaper clipping from the 1940s that contained racist language referring to Black children was published in a California elementary school yearbook, sparking outrage in the school community. Montclair Elementary School in Oakland, California, recently printed and distributed its yearbooks for the 2024-2025 school year. One portion of the book contains local newspaper articles from...
Republicans in Tarrant County, Texas, are quickly pushing a redistricting plan that would dilute the voting power of Black people in this north central region of the state that includes Fort Worth and Arlington. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court is scheduled to vote on the controversial political map that would change district boundary lines on...
An investigation is underway into a police officer at the center of a video posted to social media that’s sparked outrage in one Pennsylvania town after he was seen punching a Black man multiple times before taking him into custody. The cellphone video captured the arrest of 42-year-old Wayne Vick during a traffic stop on...
Echoing the claims of some evangelical supporters who believe Donald Trump was sent by God to save America, Eric Trump told a Christian podcast in a clip resurfaced this week that “divine intervention” placed his father in the White House. “I think he’s created the greatest political movement in history, and I really do believe...
Last summer, a Black wildlands firefighter in Oregon was sentenced to nearly six years in jail for defending himself against what he claimed was a racist attack. Despite the assailant throwing the first punch, allegedly calling him the N-word and having illicit drugs in his system, Brian “Hakyim” Simpson remains locked up in Snake River...