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NAACP Leader Booed After Calling for Black and Brown Solidarity...
Anita Bennett, Urbanhollywood411.com
NAACP Leader Booed After Calling for Black and Brown Solidarity... (Second column, 8th story, link) Related stories:Socialism's next test: Swing states... Mamdani plans to spend $5.2M on propaganda office...
May 31, 2026, 11:28 PM
The Arc of the Voting Rights Act
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic
Louisiana Republicans erased a majority-Black congressional district.
May 31, 2026, 11:00 AM
Tennessee’s attempt to whitewash “Roots” was stopped — for now
Chauncey DeVega, Salon
The attack on Alex Haley’s landmark work is part of a sweeping assault on Black history
May 31, 2026, 10:30 AM
The Hypocrisy of the Democrats Who Defend Graham Platner
Mike Nelson, The Atlantic
They wouldn’t be so accepting of his Nazi tattoo if he were a Republican.
May 29, 2026, 7:00 PM
Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice
Ian Millhiser, Vox
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a Republican. He served in a Republican White House, typically votes with the Court’s other Republicans, and even sometimes sides with President Donald Trump in major cases that divide the Republican Party. He’s not the sort of pers…
May 28, 2026, 7:01 PM
Americans know something is deeply wrong. They’re not imagining it
Chauncey DeVega, Salon
Surveys and data confirm a country in crisis — stressed and divided, but not yet ready to give up
May 28, 2026, 10:45 AM
Woman fired by university over Charlie Kirk post to receive $225,000 legal settlement...
Russ Bynum, Associated Press
Attorneys say a woman fired by an Indiana university over her Facebook post criticizing Charlie Kirk will receive $225,000 in a legal settlement. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana says Tuesday that Ball State University agreed to the payout to set…
May 27, 2026, 1:10 PM
IBM hit with workplace discrimination claim that also point finger at Trump
Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
Entrance sign at IBM's headquarters, in Armonk, New York. The lawsuit brought by a former Black vice president states the company capitulated to the administration's anti-DEI policies. [ more › ]
May 27, 2026, 10:31 AM
For far-right extremists, the rise of a new enemy: women
Odette Yousef, NPR
Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.
May 27, 2026, 9:00 AM
Texas Woman Jailed for Daring to Post Photos of Her Small Town’s Brown Tap Water
Jim Vorel, Jezebel
Police claimed the woman's Facebook posts of her own faucet water were creating "fear, panic, or unnecessary emergency response."
May 26, 2026, 12:40 PM
After San Diego shooting, Muslim Americans aim to turn grief into action
Ali Harb, Al Jazeera English
More than 25,000 US Muslims have come together for the annual ICNA conference, where speakers encouraged activism.
May 24, 2026, 9:25 PM
NY officials, citing shifting politics, put off reparations study another 2 years
Arun Venugopal, Gothamist
A museum exhibit and 2022 report by the Montgomery, Alabama-based Equal Justice Initiative trained a spotlight on New York's leading role in the transatlantic slave trade. State officials endorsed the inquiry after George Floyd's murder, but politics and t…
May 24, 2026, 12:00 PM
Tennessee man jailed 37 days for a Trump meme wins $835,000
Ellsworth Toohey, Boing Boing
Larry Bushart, a Tennessee retiree who spent his career in law enforcement, will receive $835,000 from Perry County and Sheriff Nick Weems to settle the federal civil rights case he filed last December, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression anno…
May 21, 2026, 12:29 AM
Victory: Tennessee man jailed 37 days for Trump meme wins $835,000 settlement
Fire.org
Larry Bushart filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Perry County for violating his constitutional rights in retaliation for his protected speech.
May 20, 2026, 2:30 PM
The All-Out Assault on Black Voting
Adam Serwer, The Atlantic
Democracy is becoming a racial entitlement.
May 19, 2026, 11:00 AM
Clyburn says GOP redistricting push part of larger Black disenfranchisement effort
Jeff Ballou, Oren Oppenheim, Abcnews.com
Some experts have told ABC News that redistricting in the South could wipe out up to a third of seats in Congress held by African American legislators.
May 18, 2026, 2:00 PM
Bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight
The Associated Press, NPR
Thousands of people rallied Saturday in Montgomery, Alabama, to push back against conservative states' efforts to dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation.
May 17, 2026, 4:21 PM
End Judaism, End Western Civilization
Americanthinker.com
Photo Credit: YouTubeAfter COVID failed to end the American experiment, antisemitism became the new front in the left’s endless war against Western civilization.
May 16, 2026, 4:00 AM
Can the NFL's Rooney Rule survive the DEI backlash?
Andrea Hsu, NPR
Florida's attorney general says the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for top jobs, is discriminatory. Trump's EEOC has challenged such policies elsewhere.
May 15, 2026, 3:08 PM
Judge blocks Trump administration’s demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids
KIMBERLEE KRUESI, Yahoo Entertainment
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's sweeping demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital...
May 14, 2026, 2:38 PM
Memphis residents file lawsuit alleging abuses by Trump-backed task force
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Lawsuit says task force comprised of state and federal agencies harassed bystanders who recorded enforcement activities.
May 13, 2026, 10:58 PM
The Democrats Can’t Let Go of Racial Preferences
Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Atlantic
How to persuade skeptical voters to take a fresh look at the party
May 13, 2026, 11:31 AM
$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say
The Associated Press, NPR
Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent roadside arrest carried out by five white officers.
May 13, 2026, 7:09 AM
PayPal Reaches $30M Settlement Over So-Called ‘DEI Program’ That Helped Black-Owned Businesses
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
PayPal was engaging in "illegal DEI," according to Trump's DOJ.
May 12, 2026, 7:20 PM