Target boycott confusion highlights the need for sustained engagement and community alignment for meaningful corporate accountability.
Not long ago, the U.S. government was shut down for roughly a month and a half, largely because one particular party thought we couldn't afford to extend health care subsidies.
When your only options for grocery shopping are a corner store or a dollar store, your diet becomes much more of a survival strategy than a personal choice.
This escalation is unfolding just months before the national midterm elections, where turnout among key voter groups could determine control of Congress.
Former inmate Kerwin Pittman buys prison, transforming it into a transitional housing and workforce development hub for the formerly incarcerated.
When federal guardrails fail or are manipulated and misused, states can provide the support and protection needed while also expanding meaningful ballot access.
Meet Jeremy Carl, who Trump nominated to serve as assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs in June.
Shout out Secret Handshake, the same group that placed a statue on the National Mall last fall depicting Trump and Epstein holding hands.
At the BAFTAs, the n-word was shouted out loud in a crowded auditorium. In The New Yorker, it arrives in illustration.
Striking a school full of children is sure to be recorded as one of the most devastating single military errors in recent decades.
Gov. Kay Ivey revised the sentence of 75-year-old Charles “Sonny” Burton to life without parole after Burton spent three decades on death row.
The Bison ONE Newsroom is a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind partnership between a national media corporation and an HBCU journalism program—a partnership that honors the power of HBCUs as incubators of cultural and political transformation.
'Freedom Table' is a new monthly conversation with organizers, journalists, business leaders, strategists, and culture-makers, hosted by Rashad Robinson in collaboration with NewsOne.
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Each week on Le[e]gal Brief, movement lawyer Lee Merritt gives legal insight on the week's top news topics.
There is a ghost roaming the halls of Pickens County Museum in South Carolina and his name is Willie Earle.
Keith Brown’s documentary A New Day Begun charts the 126-year history of the song to answer a key question: What does a new day mean?
Excitement is building in Hollywood as an anonymous Oscar ballot obtained by Variety hints at how the race may unfold, with 'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another' dominating several categories.
Viola Davis celebrated Michael B. Jordan's SAG Award win with a nod to August Wilson's 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
James Clyburn, who is 85, announced he would run again Thursday at Democratic Party headquarters in Columbia, S.C.
Democrat Shawn Harris will face off against Republican Clayton Fuller in a runoff election next month to determine who will finish Marjorie Taylor Greene’s term.
The SAVE Act would disenfranchise millions of voters by banning mail-in ballots and requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration.
Fred’s death represents the chilling, surgical precision of a system built to fail him and everyone in its grasp.
ICE agents showed up to the university-owned apartment where Ellie Aghayeva lives and said they were NYPD officers looking for a missing child.
The judge in the case objected to a shirt worn by one of the defense attorneys which contained images of Civil Rights Movement leaders.
Corhonda 'Hooda' Dawson earned a place in the Guinness World Records and was honored by her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.
Launched on January 16, 2026, the exhibition features artworks from individuals of all ages, exploring themes of freedom and resistance.
The 19 monks, led by Bhikkhu Pannakara, began their journey Oct. 26 at the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
The economic impact of the Iran war is wide-ranging and steadily expanding across gas prices, groceries, air travel, and shipping costs.
President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term doing everything but his actual job to avoid a GOP loss in the midterms.
Charles Montgomery Allen killed 8-year-old Quarius Naqua Dunham on May 28, 2022 in Florence, South Carolina, while shooting randomly at cars.
UPDATE — Thursday, March 12, 2026, 11:42 a.m. EST: We love our Black celebrities. Period. No matter how famous they get or how big the stages become, there’s always a different kind of pride that comes with seeing Black folks win. It feels personal, like their success is proof that we can make it too, […]
Haitian security forces' use of explosive drones has killed over 1,200 people, including civilians, raising concerns over human rights violations.
Sleeper cells are secret agents posing as normal citizens, ready to carry out missions. Agencies monitor threats but work discreetly to neutralize them.
Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. was a civil rights leader whose organizing in Selma ultimately led to the introduction of the Voting Rights Act.
Airports in Houston and New Orleans have seen passengers wait in line at TSA security checkpoints for up to three hours in recent days.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has introduced a sweeping tax proposal aimed at boosting take-home pay for working families by dramatically increasing the standard deduction with his 'Keep Your Pay Act.'
The U.S. has been through this before, from the slow unraveling of the Vietnam War to the disastrous justifications that launched the Iraq War.
Aliyah Henderson was arrested in Cleveland on Wednesday after two girls found buried in suitcases were identified as her children.
Only months after taking office, President Donald Trump declared an economic emergency to implement tariffs against nearly every country.