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Redistricting in Tennessee, L. Louise Lucas facing charges, Black women and Shakespeare
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A person votes in Minnesota. Credit: Lorie Shaull/Flickr
Jim Crow returns…one congressional district at a time, Mother Jones
Because of the Supreme Court, majority-Black voting districts are disappearing across the...
Black MAGA creator ‘can’t believe the disrespect’ after she’s removed from Ken Paxton rally
A screenshot from Thelma Louise’s TikTok post.
A Black MAGA-aligned content creator said she “cannot believe the disrespect” after she was removed from a San Antonio rally hosted by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Sunday....
Midterms approaching, Black Panther Party 60th anniversary, Clark Atlanta student killed
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“I voted” stickers. (GPA photo archive via Flickr, CC-BY- SA 2.0)
The Voting Rights Act has taken two devastating blows. What comes next?, The 19th
, the NAACP’s top lawyer, spoke with The 19th about what’s next fo...
Major HBCU underfunding lawsuit, Happy birthday Opal Lee, RIP Freddie Jackson
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Photo via KOMU 8 News
A lawsuit says Missouri squeezed a land-grant HBCU, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Students and alumni of Lincoln University have filed a $549 million lawsuit against Missouri, accusing the...
The Black ‘Mexpats’ moving to Mexico, twin doctors tell their story, RIP Angela Stribling
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Drs. Travan and Travis Jasper are co-directors of Chippenham Hospital’s emergency department in Richmond, Virginia. They’re also identical twins who overcame incredible odds to help others in their hometown. Watch the se...
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