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DOJ Civil Rights Division slammed for new 2nd Amendment office despite abandoning cases of racial discrimination, voting rights

The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division established an office focused on the Second Amendment, a move that is being slammed by civil rights and racial justice leaders who decried the DOJ’s reversal on investigating claims of racial discrimination and other social justice issues. The Second Amendment Rights Section will be dedicated to protecting gun rights, an issue that has been a long-standing concern for conservatives. Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has shifted the focus […]

December 6, 2025 1

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Federal judges block Texas’ new US House map in 2026 midterms, citing racial discrimination

Texas cannot use a new congressional map drawn by Republicans in hopes of securing the party additional U.S. House seats, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday. The ruling was a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to have GOP lawmakers in multiple states redraw their maps to help the party preserve its slim House majority in the potentially difficult 2026 midterm elections. “The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role […]

November 18, 2025 1

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White House blames Charlotte murder on judge it claims favored Kamala Harris and racial equity

The White House delivered a blistering critique of North Carolina officials on Tuesday, blaming the Charlotte train murder of a Ukrainian refugee on “liberal” judges and policies that allowed the charged suspect to be on the streets. Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was federally charged on Tuesday for committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. He also faces a state first-degree murder charge. Brown is accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska while traveling on a light-rail train […]

September 10, 2025

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Despite Trump’s grip on DEI, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says red states have a duty to uplift racial justice

As a popular governor in a ruby red state and Republican-controlled legislature, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is sort of a unicorn in Democratic politics. The 47-year-old Democrat’s impressive re-election in 2023 quickly placed him on the shortlist of possible presidential candidates. Beshear was also under consideration to be the vice presidential running mate to 2024 presidential nominee Kamala Harris. However, after Harris’ devastating loss and President Donald Trump‘s dominating return to the White House, the Democratic Party is in a […]

July 11, 2025 1

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‘Racism is expensive’: Gov. Wes Moore says racial wealth gap is costing America big time

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is on the frontlines in the fight to close the racial wealth gap in America, and he hopes his actions in his state will serve as a model across the country. “Let’s be clear: The racial wealth gap has cost this country $16 trillion in GDP over the past two decades,” said Moore, who, on Juneteenth, unveiled the latest actions he’s taking to close the racial wealth gap in Maryland. “Racism is expensive. Bigotry is expensive,” […]

June 20, 2025

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Gov. Wes Moore unveils actions on Juneteenth aimed at closing the racial wealth gap

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced a pair of new executive actions on Thursday aimed at restoring justice and closing the racial wealth gap for Black Americans in the state. Marking the 160th anniversary of Juneteenth, now a federal holiday commemorating the end of the enslavement of Americans of African descent, America’s only Black governor announced a new executive clemency order for nonviolent cannabis offenses. Governor Moore has also approved more than 400 “Just Communities” to receive priority consideration for housing […]

June 19, 2025

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Trump’s move to dismantle DOE sparks fears of racial segregation, ‘Attack on Black children’

Reactions from elected leaders and activists to President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education were swift, sparking outrage and fears about the future of education for millions of Black children across the country. President Trump, flanked by schoolchildren sitting at classroom desks in the White House East Room on Thursday, signed the order instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” of the DOE and “return authority over education […]

March 21, 2025 1

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60 years after ‘Bloody Sunday,’ leaders say voting rights and racial equality have declined

Civil rights leaders and elected officials commemorated on Friday the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day voting and civil rights activists were violently beaten and injured by law enforcement officers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama while protesting the right to vote for Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. The bloody images of that day shared around the world helped to contribute to the larger movement’s achievement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, marking a […]

March 7, 2025 1

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Mayor Bibb says irony of Trump’s anti-DEI crusade is that racial equity was mandated by Republican president

Democratic Black mayors are on the frontlines of the opposition to President Donald Trump‘s crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion, among other dizzying actions coming from the White House. Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland, Ohio, the new chair of the Democratic Mayors Association, tells theGrio that he and other mayors are uniquely positioned to make the case for why DEI makes the United States stronger, not weaker. “This country was built on the backs of Black Americans when it comes […]

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