NewsLegalNewsLegalJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson Will Rule On Important Cases for Black FolksVoting rights, environmental protection and Affirmative Action are on the docket this termByKeith ReedPublishedOctober 3, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalHuh? A Federal Judge Ruled That Georgia Isn't Disenfranchising VotersThe state passed one o f the most restrictive voting laws in the country last yearByKeith ReedPublishedOctober 3, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalAretha Franklin's FBI File Is Finally Revealed And It's ShockingThe FBI tried to connect the late singer to "extremist" movements for four decades and failed.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedOctober 3, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalWTF?! Family Arrested in Connection With the Murder of PnB RockFreddie Lee Trone and his teenage son were charged with one count of murder and conspiracy to commit robbery, and…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedSeptember 30, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalWhy Did Brett Favre’s Cancer Charity Make Donations to Southern Mississippi Athletics?Brett Favre's Favre 4 Hope donated more than $130,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi Athletic Foundation…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedSeptember 29, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalA New Jersey Bank Just Got Hit With a Federal Consent Order For Discriminating Against Black HomebuyersThe Justice Department says redlining was still alive and well at Lakeland Bank.ByKeith ReedPublishedSeptember 28, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalColorado Cops Sued for Shocking a Restrained Black Man with Stun GunThe suit alleges the man’s race was the reason for the incident.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 28, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalMan Left Paralyzed by Police Files Whopping $100 Million LawsuitThe suit names several officers and the city of New Haven as defendants.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 27, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalBusiness Owners Convicted Of Marijuana Offenses In New York Can Apply To Open Cannabis DispensariesThe licensing effort is a way to amend for the war on drugs, which largely impacted communities of color.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedSeptember 26, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalFlorida Sheriff Found Responsible for Deadly Traffic Accident Killing Black Teen. Now He Has to Pay $15MThe jury found the police department 90 percent responsible for the accident.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 26, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalDid Brett Favre Push To Use Mississippi Welfare Funds Knowing It Could Be Illegal?New texts showed that the former Green Bay Packers QB pressed for funds to be used to build a new Southern Miss.…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedSeptember 26, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalFort Worth Settles With Mom Who Was Violently Tackled By Police After Calling Them for HelpIt’s been six years since the video of her arrest went viral.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 26, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalAll-White Jury Acquits Officer who Killed Unarmed Black ManThe former cop claimed the man tried to reach for his Taser.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 23, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalFootage Shows Fatal Shooting Involving Ludacris' Manager Chaka ZuluThe music exec has been charged with murder for the June shooting that occurred outside of his Atlanta restaurant.ByNoah A. McGeePublishedSeptember 22, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalMcDonald's Will Have To Face Byron Allen's $10 Billion Lawsuit For DiscriminationSince 2009, Entertainment Studios had repeatedly tried--and failed--to receive a contract from the fast-food…ByCandace McDuffiePublishedSeptember 22, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalNotorious Karen Who Called the Cops on Black Bird-Watcher Sued Her Employer for Firing Her, Then LostShe claimed the company falsely made her out to be a racist.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 22, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalNY A.G. Letitia James Files Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Trump and His ChildrenThe New York Attorney General seeks to bar the former president from high positions in New York and require payment…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedSeptember 21, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalUNC-Chapel Hill Accused of Racial Discrimination Again Following The 1619 Project ChaosThe student alleges she was belittled, scolded and pushed out of her Ph.D program.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 19, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalBlack Teen Ordered to Pay Her Rapist's Estate Receives $150K in Donations [Update]The bill created to protect trafficking victims in cases like this did not get passed in the state.ByKalyn WomackPublishedSeptember 16, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalDid Officers Falsify Documents in Breonna Taylor Case Based On A Gut Feeling?The testimony in the case that has been widely reported says yes.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedSeptember 15, 2022