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The DOJ's $88 million settlement especially rebukes white supremacists since that number is also a hate symbol, underscoring the significance of the amount of money awarded to Charleston Church massacre survivors and victims' families, all of whom are Black.

Alan Douglas Fox of Nashville is facing up to 20 years in prison for setting four churches on fire as well as a five-year sentence for a firearms violation for carrying and using a firearm during one of the arsons.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the State of Georgia, the Georgia Secretary of State and the Georgia State Election Board for passing a law that makes it harder for Black people to vote.

The U.S. Department of Justice allegedly released several "totally or partially" redacted documents related to Mike Brown's fatal shooting and protests in Ferguson to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A U.S. Department of Justice probe into the Chicago Police Department revealed that cops undergo very poor training and investigations into police misconduct are biased. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expected to announce the findings of the 13-month investigation Friday.

Just months after escaping federal charges in the shooting death of Jamar Clark, an unarmed Black man, Minneapolis police have announced that the officers will not be disciplined, reports NBC News.

It’s no secret that slavery didn’t end after the Civil War and instead evolved into something known as Slave Codes. The laws were designed to maintain the same system of White supremacy that occurred under slavery. States and cities used the law to arrest mostly Black men for vagrancy, among other minor infractions, and put […]

A day after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is unlikely to pursue a civil rights case against ex-Ferguson, Mo., Officer Darren Wilson, a Black conservative sheriff David Clarke (pictured) has applauded the decision and slammed civil rights leaders in a Fox News interview, according Mediaite. RELATED: Report: No Federal Charges To […]

Thursday morning in Washington, Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) announced the launch of the Justice Department’s National Justice Department’s National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice. This initiative has been in development since April of this year. But in the wake of the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael “Mike” Brown in Missouri […]

The Department of Justice has confirmed that it is reviewing the State of Florida’s case against George Zimmerman, 29, as well as information gathered from their independent investigation to determine if he will face federal civil rights charges for the February 26, 2012 killing of unarmed, Black teen, Trayvon Martin. “Experienced federal prosecutors will determine […]

People who are missing HBO's "The Wire" are legion -- and in really good company. Apparently, Attorney General Eric Holder really, REALLY misses the show.