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TMZ and the Wall Street Journal were the latest mainstream media outlets being reminded that references to the "George Floyd Trial" are inaccurate and give accused murderer Derek Chauvin a pass.

Christian Menefee, the youngest and first Black chief civil lawyer for the third-largest county in the United States, recently launched a probe into the circumstances leading up to the disaster.

A lawyer is asking law enforcement in California and Georgia to open a criminal investigation against the celebrity couple following accusations of “forced drugging, kidnapping, rape, and intimidation."

The fight to increase the minimum wage is a racial and gender justice issue as a large majority of essential and tipped workers are Black women.

The movement demanding the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal from prison has been renewed amid concerns about his health after he reportedly contracted COVID-19.

Rapper Travis Scott led an effort to distribute 50,000 hot meals to Houston residents impacted by the winter storm.

Kelly Wood, the daughter of a deceased former NYPD officer, claims a letter was forged with her father's signature which named the FBI and NYPD as co-conspirators in the slain civil rights leader's death.

Common is producing a biopic about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.

NBA star Russell Westbrook is opening a middle school and high school in Los Angeles.

Black immigrants like those from Haiti are of particular concern to immigration activists worried about the Biden administration deporting them to nations either mired in conflict, poverty, both or worse.

It’s wild that in 2021 we still must explain when and in what context white people can use the N-word. While for some it may seem like a complicated discussion worthy of debate, the answer is simple.

Richard Callahan, a former U.S. attorney appointed by Obama, was named the special prosecutor to investigate Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the white couple who aimed guns at peaceful protesters in St. Louis.