NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeJustice Department Directs Federal Agents To Intervene If They See Police AbuseFederal agents are to step in if they see any law enforcement officers use excessive force that violates the law…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMay 24, 2022
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersJustice Department Set To Release New Guidelines and Grants To Combat Hate CrimesThe DOJ will release $5 million for states to establish hotlines for states to report hate crimes.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMay 20, 2022
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersNAACP Composes Anti-Hate Proposal After Buffalo TragedyThe plan seeks to utilize law enforcement, business regulation, and gun control in order to curb anti-Black domestic…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMay 20, 2022
NewsNewsBiden Administration Announces Plan To Crack Down On Pollution In Poor, Minority AreasThe strategy includes the creation of an Office of Environmental Justice within the Justice Department to focus on…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMay 6, 2022
NewsNewsBarack and Michelle Obama Weigh In On SCOTUS Abortion DecisionFormer first couple goes to IG with their take on reversing Roe v. Wade.ByKeith ReedPublishedMay 4, 2022
OpinionOpinionThe Republican Midterm Strategy: Don't Even Mention Abortion At AllThe GOP's outrage about the memo leak--and not its contents--is yet another tactic to detract from their lack of a…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMay 4, 2022
NewsNewsNAACP Calls For Justice Department To Look Into Mississippi Welfare Fraud CaseThe suit alleges widespread welfare fraud and misspending had been occurring for years in Mississippi totaling over…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedApril 18, 2022
PoliticsThe National InterestPoliticsThe National InterestIt's Official: Ketanji Brown Jackson Is First Black Woman US Supreme Court Justice (Updated)Today, Biden celebrates the new Supreme Court Justice during a celebration in the White House.ByKeith ReedPublishedApril 8, 2022
OpinionSome ThoughtsOpinionSome ThoughtsForget the Oscar Slap, There's News in DC That needs Your AttentionTexts calling to overturn the presidential election, lack of call logs, and calls for recusal are all things that…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedApril 1, 2022
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeLaw Enforcement Agencies Declining to Report Hate Crimes, DOJ StatesThe number of police agencies participating in the FBI’s hate crimes has declined for the third straight yearByMurjani RawlsPublishedMarch 21, 2022
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeBreonna Taylor's Mother Meets With DOJ To Demand Federal Charges Be Brought Against OfficersBreonna Taylor's mom: “For me, I’m trapped in March 13, 2020. I don’t know how people think I should just move on.”ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMarch 14, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalHere's Ketanji Brown Jackson At a GlanceA brief look at the career of the first Black woman SCOTUS nomineeByKeith ReedPublishedFebruary 25, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalKetanji Brown Jackson Nominated as First Black Woman to SCOTUSThe confirmation process could put Vice President Kamala Harris in position to cast a historic vote in the SenateByKeith ReedPublishedFebruary 25, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalCivil Rights Groups Request Department of Justice To Reject Past Racist Supreme Court RulingsThe "Insular Cases" stated that people living in U.S. territories do not possess the same rights under the U.S.…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedFebruary 13, 2022
NewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeBiden Has Chance To Put First Black Woman On Supreme Court With Justice Stephen Breyer's RetirementFederal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger are potential candidates.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 26, 2022
OpinionA WordOpinionA WordSen. Mitch McConnell Has Convenient Short-Term Memory About the FilibusterSen. McConnell is ok with adjusting the filibuster to rush Supreme Court justices, but not for voting rights.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 13, 2022
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersRachael Rollins, First Black Woman to Be US Attorney in Massachusetts, Faces Racist ThreatsRollins received threats through her social media accounts, telling her to 'hide her kids'ByNoah A. McGeePublishedJanuary 12, 2022
CultureSportsCultureSports'We Homies Now': Cooler Heads Prevail After Toronto Raptors Mascot Wants Smoke With Devin BookerThe two-time NBA All-Star might want to think twice before stepping foot in Toronto again.ByJay ConnorPublishedJanuary 12, 2022
Criminal JusticeMass IncarcerationCriminal JusticeMass IncarcerationRep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Gives Support Continuing the At-Home Confinement Provision Done By the Cares ActThe congresswoman noted rehabilitation and the ongoing pandemic for lower-level offendersByMurjani RawlsPublishedDecember 30, 2021
NewsCriminal JusticeNewsCriminal Justice‘An Avid Swimmer Doesn’t Drown Himself’: Jelani Day’s Family Disagrees With Coroner’s Report That Says He DrownedDay’s mother, Carmen Bolden Day, says that her son never would have gone into those woods where his car and…ByRachel PilgrimPublishedOctober 27, 2021