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May 5, 2022 at 9:40 am

HBCU medical schools to tackle organ transplant disparities VIEW

A coalition including the four medical schools at the nation's historically Black colleges and universities has announced a new initiative aimed at increasing the number...

FILE – Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. In February, with the images of the violent insurrection in Washington still fresh in the minds of Americans, the newly confirmed defense secretary took the unprecedented step of signing a memo directing commanding officers across the military to institute a one-day stand-down to address extremism within the nationâ€™s armed forces. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) NY811 NY811

December 28, 2021 at 9:03 pm

Decades of efforts fail to stamp out bias, extremism in the military VIEW

An AP investigation found that despite new Department of Defense guidelines on extremism, racism and discrimination remain an ongoing concern in the military.

FILE – Major James A. Ellison, left, returns the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, as he inspects the cadets at the Basic and Advanced Flying School for Black United States Army Air Corps cadets at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala., in Jan. 23, 1942. For Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black servicemen who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented from taking full advantage of when they returned home from war. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Signal Corps, File) CER501 CER501

November 10, 2021 at 9:03 pm

Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities

Members of Congress are reviving an effort to pay the families of Black veterans of World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented...

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,...