Minorities given new tool to challenge all-white juries
PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM By DAVID PITT Associated Press Justice Daryl Hecht DES MOINES, Iowa – Black defendants on trial in Iowa have a better …
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Jobless rate for blacks hit 17-year low
STOCK PHOTO By Associated Press WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate for black Americans fell to 7.1 percent in June, the lowest level in more than …
Faith leaders question Voter Fraud Commission
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. PHOTO COURTESY OF WHO CAN VOTE? By JENNIFER R. FARMER jfarmer@piconetwork.org Groups Say No One Should Be Allowed to …
Week in Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF BECAUSE OF THEM WE CAN SHARIAH HARRIS IS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO PLAY IN THE HIGHEST US POLO LEAGUE GREENWICH, …
Two sought regarding noose in a Philadelphia tree
Rittenhouse Square neighborhood PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILLYVOICE.COM Associated Press PHILADELPHIA – Police say they want to talk to two people about a noose found hanging …
Congress threatens no funding for D.C. Medical Aid-in-Dying Law
On Feb. 19, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed D.C.’s medical aid-in-dying law. PHOTO COURTESY OF MASSROOTS By SEAN CROWLEY scrowley@compassionandchoices.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Supporters of …
Hiring surge a sign of US economic vitality
STOCK PHOTO By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – Hiring surged in June in a surprising show of U.S. economic vitality eight years …
Source of Sanders wife allegation says loan information was hearsay
Jane and Bernie Sanders PHOTOS COURTESY OFPLAYBUZZ MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) – A Republican lawyer who reported independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and his wife to federal …
Tennessee weighs commission to probe Jim Crow brutality
The Jim Crow crimes included beatings, drownings and lynchings. PHOTO COURTESY OF PINTEREST.COM By CHAS SISK Nashville Public Radio NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Charlie Morris vividly recalls …
Supreme Court last day notable, Trump immigration victory
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON – The last day of the Supreme Court’s term was …