Civil Rights & Social Justice

Discover the most up-to-date news, commentary, and archives on civil rights, human rights, and social justice issues that impact the Black community.

During an interview with Time magazine, Donald Trump claimed that there is an "anti-white feeling" in America that "can't be allowed."

Civil Rights & Social Justice

Black students don’t always feel safe to protest due to a history of Black people who suffer disproportionately when they speak up.

A civil lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Ralph Yarl, who was shot by defendant Andrew Lester after Yarl went to the wrong house.

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Patriot Front members marched through Charleston, West Virginia, during and anti-racism event without any police presence, unlike protests on college campuses.

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The acquittal of four officers recorded on video savagely beating the unarmed Black driver sparked days of unrest in Los Angeles.

The state's three public universities are closing their DEI offices.

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A Black woman shown on video being violently assaulted after she called 911 to report her white neighbor is demanding justice via a federal lawsuit.

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Black Lives Matter protests in cities with Black women police chiefs had much less violence than cities with police chiefs of other races and gender, research has found.

Black death row inmates are disproportionately vulnerable to being victimized by botched executions, a new report has found.

Air Force Col. Benjamin Jonsson, who wrote an op-ed on racism in the military, got his nomination for a promotion extended after it was blocked by an anti-DEI Republican.

Two years ago, 37-year-old Tremar Harris was a pre-trial detainee in solitary confinement at the Appling County jail in Brunswick, Georgia.

“It never ends,” began Nsombi Lambright-Haynes during an exclusive discussion with NewsOne about Mississippi’s Goon Squad members, Brett McAlpin, who filed a notice of appeal this week despite having plead guilty to torturing two Black men, his attorney Aafram Sellers reported.