According to an autopsy report, three-time Olympic medalist and world champion sprinter Tori Bowie tragically died due to complications during childbirth.
Mississippi civil rights lawyer Jill Collen Jefferson found herself on the wrong side of the law after recording a traffic stop involving officers from the very police department she is suing in federal court.
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Nevada has officially declared Juneteenth a state holiday, joining a growing list of states commemorating the last enslaved individuals in the United States learned of their freedom.
Two bills aimed at equipping K-12 students with the ability to discern between accurate and false news — and teach them media literacy, more broadly – are currently progressing through the California legislature.
Consequences of Distracted Driving and Speeding disproportionately impact Black lives.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank, has found that Black Americans are not seeing their finances improve in America’s current recovery.
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AFRICON 2023, now in its third year, culminated in an exhilarating weekend that united thought leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and activists from the Black diaspora, igniting a sense of pride and inspiring connections to ancestral roots.
Black news publishers in California are watching lawmakers closely, anticipating that they will include provisions in a pro-journalism bill that would benefit their businesses.
Last week, fast-foods franchise owners and other opponents of Assembly Bill (AB) 1228 suffered a setback when the State Assembly approved a bill that would grant national franchise corporations more control over their businesses.
Pro-public service legislation introduced by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor’s (D-Inglewood), Assembly Bill (AB) 1, moved closer to becoming law when it was passed by the Assembly with a 66-3 vote in late last Month.
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is here to stay, whether anyone likes it or not. But alarm bells have sounded everywhere about the havoc it’s caused and will ultimately cause on jobs and quality of life.
The NAACP Board of Directors has issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida.
A new Gallup study released on May 17 shows that the lifetime depression rates of Black and Hispanic adults are rising quickly and have now passed those of white adults.
When the names Theodore Livingston and Tony Salas are mentioned in pop culture circles, they barely move the needle.
More than 40 years ago, the Atlanta Child Murders case rocked the nation, bringing the city to a scary standstill.
The Cannabis Candy Child Safety Act, Assembly Bill (AB) 1207, authored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks), passed the Assembly with a 61-0 vote on May 25.
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On May 18, the Biden-Harris administration announced the launch of ALL INside, an initiative designed to address homelessness across the country.
