Legislation

The "Rap Music on Trial" bill will place limitations on how rap lyrics can be used as evidence in criminal cases.

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion—the U.S. Army’s only all-Black women unit to serve during WWII—will be bestowed with a Congressional Gold Medal.

NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson expertly trolled Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and her staunch opposition to voting rights by resurfacing one of her old tweets that called voting rights icon John Lewis her "hero."

Clyburn echoed concerns about Senate obstruction on constitutional rights, calling for an exception to the filibuster.

Civil rights leaders and justice organizations urged the Senate to vote in favor of the bill to ensure that voting power would be afforded to residents of D.C., which has a large Black population.

Civil rights and social justice leaders were cautiously optimistic after the House passed the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act to hold law enforcement accountable for deadly and excessive force that far too often involve Black lives.

Many Black farmers remain skeptical of Tom Vilsack’s return as USDA secretary but applaud new targeted measures to address their long-ignored concerns.

Bills in several states want to limit teaching about racism and oppression, adopting the framing of the debunked 1776 Commission report.

The MORE Act passed in the House on Friday, the first of many steps to reverse and rectify the extensive damage done by prohibition largely affecting Black and brown communities.

Over the last week a viral meme catapulted into the internet, promising a piece of financial relief under the weight of student loans.

Here are the other elected positions up for grabs this November that we need to be vested in as a community to move the anti-racism agenda forward. 

A new law that bans cities and counties from removing Confederate monuments was enacted in Alabama by Gov. Kay Ivey.