TEXAS OFFICIALS FINALLY PASS THE BOTHAM JEAN ACT AND IT’S ABOUT TIME
Botham Jean (Image: The Botham Jean Foundation/Facebook) by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton After an unarmed Black…
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Stacey A. Dixon Could Become The First Black Woman To Serve As The Nation’s No. 2 Intelligence Official After Biden Nomination
Dixon is currently the deputy director of the Defense Department’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. National Geospatial-Intelligence…
House Panel Advances Bill On Slavery Reparations
NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVED H.R. 40…
What You Should Know About The Exec Orders Biden Just Signed To Advance Racial Justice And Equity
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden (R) looks on as former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice…
Biden Administration to Appoint Kristen Clarke to Key Civil Rights Post
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Clarke’s appointment adds even more diversity to an incoming administration that has…
Raphael Warnock to make history as Georgia’s first Black senator
BY CAITLIN O’KANE Rev. Raphael Warnock meets with supporters on January 5, 2021 in Marietta,…
CORI BUSH, FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO REPRESENT MISSOURI IN CONGRESS, SWORN IN
By Black Star News Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), the first Black woman to represent Missouri…
Taylor’s Family Praises Virginia Ban on No-Knock Warrants
Two of Breonna Taylor’s aunts watched Monday as Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ceremonially signed a…
Lloyd Austin: Biden picks ex-general as defence secretary
General Lloyd Austin would need a special waiver from Congress because he retired less than…
Scores Of Ethiopians Stabbed Or Hacked To Death Amid Escalating Tension Between Opposing Political Groups In The Country
Amnesty International used its Crisis Evidence Lab to digitally verify graphic photographs and videos of…