Urban League of Greater Atlanta Rally and March
Meet The Young, Black Legislators Fighting For Democracy

Not burdened by respectability politics and rules of decorum, lawmakers like Park Cannon, Angie Nixon, Travaris McCurdy, and Michele K.…
04.04.21
Division Series - Atlanta Braves v Miami Marlins - Game Three
MLB Yanks All-Star Game Over GA Voter Law

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and House Speaker David Ralston are placing the blame on everyone except for themselves.
04.02.21
Key Speakers At Conservative Political Action Conference
Congressman Took E, Cash-Apped Women For Sex: Report

As if the allegations about a Trump-sympathizing Republican Congressman from Florida about trafficking at least one underage girl weren't bad…
04.02.21
Q&A Jennifer McClellan
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Jennifer McClellan Vying To Make History In Virginia

McClellan, a Democrat serving in the Virginia General Assembly for over 14 years, will be the first Black woman to…
04.01.21
Governor Brian Kemp Tours Delta Mass Vaccination Site
Delta CEO Reverses Georgia's Voter Suppression Law Praise

After facing threats of a boycott, Delta Air Lines' CEO Ed Bastain reversed his praise of Georgia's controversial new law…
03.31.21
Baltimore Cityscapes And City Views
Baltimore Could Finally Regain Police Department Control

A new bill could shift power in Baltimore by allowing the city to regain control over its police department after…
03.31.21
Joe Biden's Black federal judicial nominees: Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, Lydia Griggsby, Julien Neals, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Tiffany Cunningham
Meet Joe Biden's Black Federal Judge Nominees

Out of President Joe Biden’s 11 nominees to be federal judges, nine are women, five are Black and four are…
03.31.21
Florida State Capitol building
Florida Election Bill Is Georgia Voting Law 2.0

Like Georgia's new voter suppression law, Florida's proposed H.B. 7041 prohibits providing voters food and drinks, imposes stricter voter ID…
03.30.21
Luther Hall, St. Louis detective beaten by 3 white St. Louis cops
Verdict Shows Blue Lives Matter Unless They're Black

Beating Luther Hall, a Black detective, isn’t egregious enough to find white officers guilty of police brutality, according to one…
03.30.21
Lindsey Graham on Fox News 3/28/2021
Lindsey Graham's Full Blown Racist Fox News Appearance

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham dog-whistled about Georgia's new law restricting voting, Biden's response to that law, his proud ownership…
03.29.21
Delta Reports Quarterly Earnings
Delta Praises Georgia's New Law Suppressing Voting Rights

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian praised Georgia's new voter suppression laws with a statement that sounded like it could…
03.28.21
Criminal Charges Announced Against Baltimore Police Officers In Freddie Gray's Death
Baltimore To End Prosecution Of Low-Level Crimes

Announcing a “new progressive direction” on handling arrests and prosecutions, Mosby said the city would no longer spend limited resources…
03.28.21
#TheBlackBallot Voting Access Bill Sparks Controversy In Georgia
#TheBlackBallot
Georgia’s New Voting Law Does What Trump Couldn’t

Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, said the most troubling parts of SB 202 are the provisions…
03.28.21
Senate Prepares For Filibuster Debate
Black Leaders Demand 'Jim Crow Relic' Filibuster Ends

Legislation that could improve access to the ballot and strengthen democracy depends on whether the Senate can remove the filibuster,…
03.27.21
Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon being arrested
Cops Forcibly Arrest Georgia State Rep. For Protesting

Georgia police forcibly arrested Democratic State Rep. Park Cannon for peacefully and nonviolently protesting the governor signing a new law…
03.26.21
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs voter suppression laws in front of painting of slavery plantation
Voting Bill Signed In Front Of Plantation Painting

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state's voter suppression bill into law while seated in front of a painting of…
03.26.21
Kim Janey Is Sworn In As Acting Mayor of Boston
Boston Gets Its First Black Mayor

Janey became the first woman and first Black person to lead the nearly 400-year-old city on Monday.
03.25.21
Barack Obama Attends My Brother's Keeper's Alliance First National Gathering MBK Rising! In Oakland
Obama Addresses Mass Shootings, Gun Control, Reform

Barack Obama broke his silence on the recent string of mass shootings across American to address the most recent instance…
03.23.21
Protest Held In Texas After Unarmed Black Man Is Killed By Police
Lee Merrit Says He's Running For Texas AG

Texas attorney general candidate S. Lee Merritt rose to prominence in part by representing families who lost loved ones as…
03.22.21
State's Attorney for Baltimore Marilyn Mosby and husband Maryland Delegate, Nick Mosby
Feds Investigating Marilyn Mosby, Husband In Baltimore

A federal investigation is reportedly underway with Marilyn Mosby, the state's attorney for Baltimore, and her husband, Baltimore City Council…
03.19.21
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