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Virginia’s Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently unveiled a State Historical Marker commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s striking down the state’s law banning interracial marriage. The marker is next to the Patrick Henry […]
by Chandelis Duster House Democrats introduced legislation last week to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act while pledging to make the issue of voting rights a priority if the party wins in 2018. On […]
By Mark Berman (Washington Post) The aftermath of this Minn. police shooting was live streamed on Facebook. Here’s what you need to know. The officer who fatally shot Philando Castile, 32, has been charged with […]
By Amanda Vinicky, Chicago Tonight/WTTW A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday morning seeks federal intervention “to end the historical and on-going pattern and practice of excessive force by police officers in Chicago.” The plaintiffs—six minority men and […]
The Librarian of Congress has appointed Tracy K. Smith as the Library’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, for 2017-2018. Smith will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season […]
The University of North Florida and the Police Athletic League of Jacksonville have entered a partnership to engage Jacksonville youth and put them on an academic pathway through the JaxPAL Teen Leadership Program with the […]
Ben Jealous, former NAACP president, at the Young Democrats convention in Lanham, Md., on April 1. By Ovetta Wiggins and Fenit Nirappil (Washington Post) Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous, who served as a surrogate for U.S. […]
by Kira Lerner, ThikProgress Supporters for a bill that would automatically restore voting rights to convicted felons upon their release from prison hold up signs supporting the bill during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 9, […]
Memorial Day 2017 is here, and it is the 149th year of its celebration. It started as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868. It is a federal holiday set aside to honor […]
The District of Columbia has won back-to-back Miss USA titles and both of them are women of color. Kara McCullough, a 25-year-old scientist working for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was crowned Sunday at the […]
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