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Advocates remain hopeful about justice for Michael Brown and police accountability

The 2014 fatal police shooting of 18-year-old unarmed Michael Brown sparked a movement that saw the emergence of Black Lives Matter and a national call for police accountability. However, for those seeking justice for Brown’s death and the end of racial police violence, the fight continues 10 years later. Although Brown’s parents, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr., were awarded $1.5 million in a wrongful-death lawsuit settlement from the city of Ferguson, Missouri, the U.S. Department of Justice and St. […]

todayAugust 10, 2024

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RFK Jr. blasted for continuing to accuse Black and brown men of murder

As presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. runs on a platform championing criminal justice reform in his efforts to court Black voters, critics point out that for years, the independent candidate accused two Black and brown men of committing a murder his white cousin was convicted of despite the claims being dismissed in court.  “He’s much like many of the other racist white people who have decided that it is more convenient to choose vulnerable people to be the scapegoat […]

todayJune 6, 2024

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Battle for racial equality persists as Biden commemorates 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board

As President Joe Biden commemorated the 70th anniversary of the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka this week with a series of engagements, his administration — along with a host of experts, advocates and lawmakers — acknowledges that progress has slowed in racial equity in education.  On Thursday, the president held a White House meeting with the families of the plaintiffs in the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that ended the “separate but equal” legal doctrine and […]

todayMay 17, 2024

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Watch: White House on 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education

This week, President Joe Biden is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education at the White House. The landmark Supreme Court decision found that racial segregation, a legal doctrine known as “separate but equal,” was unconstitutional. In 2024, however, the impact of Brown v. Board of Education is in question after the Supreme Court overturned racial affirmative action in college admissions last summer. TheGrio’s White House Correspondent April Ryan asks Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre the president’s thoughts […]

todayMay 14, 2024

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Kim Kardashian joins VP Harris for criminal justice roundtable with formerly incarcerated Black and brown citizens

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a roundtable Thursday on criminal justice reform with Kim Kardashian and four Black and brown recipients of recent pardons from President Joe Biden. The vice president invited Kardashian to hear from formerly incarcerated citizens Bobby Lowery, Jesse Mosley, Beverly Robinson, and Jason Hernandez, who shared their personal stories of how they turned their past with law enforcement into purpose as entrepreneurs and community leaders.“I’m a big believer in the power of redemption,” said Harris inside […]

todayApril 25, 2024

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says it’s ‘cruel and unusual’ to criminalize homelessness

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argued that it is “cruel and unusual” to punish unhoused individuals for sleeping in public spaces. “We’re talking about sleeping … that is a basic function,” Justice Jackson said during Monday’s oral arguments in a case that could result in the criminalization of homelessness.  On Monday, the Supreme Court heard more than two hours of arguments in the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The justices listened to both sides of the case […]

todayApril 24, 2024

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Historic abortion clinic visit by Harris appeals to important voting bloc: Black and brown women

Vice President Kamala Harris did what no U.S. vice president, or even president, had ever done when she visited a Planned Parenthood clinic. The trip Thursday to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area came as part of her nationwide Fight for Reproductive Freedoms tour. “It is a powerful moment for her to lead on this issue,” said Alencia Johnson, a Democratic strategist and former Planned Parenthood staffer. As the first woman, first Black woman, and first Southeast Asian-American to serve as vice […]

todayMarch 16, 2024

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Nick Brown, former ‘Survivor’ contestant, wants to bring Black male perspective to attorney general’s office

TheGrio’s “Running Black” election series profiles Black candidates running for office in the 2024 elections. If successful, each candidate profiled could make history in their state. Hear from them in their own words about what’s at stake in their races, for the country, and for Black and brown communities on the political margin. Nick Brown has the kind of resume that almost seems destined for politics. The Morehouse College and Harvard Law School graduate served in the U.S. Army, worked as a federal […]

todayMarch 7, 2024

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Ketanji Brown Jackson says memoir will be released in September

Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s debut book, her memoir, will be available for readers on Sept. 3. According to People, “Lovely One” will provide readers with an inside look at Jackson’s historic Supreme Court confirmation, as well as her personal life, including her family’s experience with segregation, her ascent through the legal profession and how she manages a demanding career with motherhood and marriage. Jackson herself said in a statement that the book “marries the public record of my life with what […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024