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August 18, 2021 at 11:11 am

Movement for Black Lives: Feds targeted BLM protesters VIEW

The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept...

June 29, 2021 at 9:42 am

Congressional leaders urge FCC to perform equity audit VIEW

Congressional leaders and a media advocacy group are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions and programs have disparately harmed Black Americans...

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Reserve Marine Maj. Tyrone Collier visits the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial near his home in Arlington, Va., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. When Collier was a newly minted second lieutenant and judge advocate, he recalls a salute to him from a Black enlisted Marine. But even after Collier acknowledged the gesture, the salute continued. Puzzled, Collier asked why the Marine held it for so long. â€œHe said, â€˜Sir, I just have to come clean with something. … We never see Black officers. We never see people like you and it makes me extraordinarily proud,â€™â€ Collier recalls. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) NY324 NY324

May 27, 2021 at 2:57 pm

Deep-rooted racism, discrimination permeate US military VIEW

Current and former enlistees and officers in nearly every branch of the armed services describe a deep-rooted culture of racism and discrimination that festers despite...

May 21, 2021 at 5:00 am

AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.

A year after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority of Americans...

May 18, 2021 at 3:00 am

Biden moving to improve legal services for poor, minorities

DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Tuesday to ensure minorities, low-income Americans and others have better access to quality legal...

April 20, 2021 at 9:12 pm

Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America VIEW

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Relief, even if fleeting and momentary, is a feeling that Black Americans have rarely known in America: From slavery to Jim Crow...

April 17, 2021 at 9:11 am

Black Americans experiencing collective trauma, grief VIEW

Carlil Pittman knows trauma firsthand. As the co-founder of the Chicago-based youth organization GoodKidsMadCity-Englewood, he grieved the loss of Delmonte Johnson, a young community activist,...

March 17, 2021 at 7:00 am

Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act

DETROIT (AP) — The Movement for Black Lives is opposing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, arguing the bill doubles down on reform strategies...

FILE – In this April 18, 2020, file photo, people wait for a distribution of masks and food from the Rev. Al Sharpton in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. A new poll from the The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that Black and Hispanic Americans are more likely than white Americans to have experienced job and other income losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) WX203 WX203

March 12, 2021 at 5:00 am

AP-NORC poll: People of color bear COVID-19’s economic brunt VIEW

In the U.S., communities of color have been hit especially hard by both the coronavirus and the economic fallout from it. A new poll quantifies...

March 3, 2021 at 7:54 am

Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee to honor civil rights icons VIEW

DETROIT (AP) — Bernard Lafayette Jr. was a young activist emerging from the 1961 sit-ins and Freedom Rides that fought for Black civil rights and...