A federal court ruled that Alabama lawmakers intentionally disenfranchised Black voters by refusing to redraw the state congressional district map to include a second majority-Black district, despite receiving a previous order from federal judges. In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that state lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act after submitting a map that only contained...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest during a protest against the Delaney Hall ICE detention center has ignited a firestorm of controversy across New Jersey political circles. The dramatic Friday confrontation occurred as Baraka demonstrated against the newly opened facility, resulting in his detention for allegedly trespassing on federal property despite his position as the city’s...
The new top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles is offering a controversial plea deal to Trevor Kirk, a former L.A. sheriff’s deputy convicted by a jury of felony use excessive force against a Black woman, allowing him to instead plead guilty to a misdemeanor. The unusual post-trial plea agreement, obtained by Atlanta Black Star, has...
That fundamental legal protection allowing detained people to challenge their imprisonment might be on the chopping block. In a development that has alarmed constitutional experts across the political spectrum, Trump administration officials have confirmed they’re “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, one of the oldest and most foundational legal rights in American jurisprudence. This extraordinary...
While migrants from crisis-ridden countries like Venezuela, the Congo, and Afghanistan are being denied refuge or deported to brutal detention centers, Donald Trump and his administration are expected to welcome 54 white South African refugees with full resettlement benefits — despite no ongoing war or humanitarian crisis in their country. In Venezuela, crime is soaring,...
Former President Joe Biden said he most certainly would have won the presidential election and that he was not surprised that Kamala Harris lost the race. During his hourlong visit to “The View,” Biden said that he capitulated to the demands of Democratic leaders, including former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after they heavily lobbied for him...
A school bus driver in St. Louis, Missouri, was charged after police say he pulled over, punched two students in the face, and then left all the children on his bus on the street. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 51-year-old Lamar Murray with two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a...