Civil Rights & Social Justice
While speaking at an American Law Institute conference, Brown said that the Voting Rights Act ruling only hurts trust in the Supreme Court.
(Black PR Wire) The National Organization of Blacks In Government, Inc. (BIG) joins civil rights organizations and Supreme Court Justices Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson in denouncing the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais as weakening protections of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, Black and other minority communities across the […]
Black community leaders fight voting rights threats, entrepreneurs revitalize neighborhoods, and Black music icons honored in cultural legacy.
Activist Matthew Pridgen confronts racial injustice rooted in the white Christian community, calling for truth and action to address systemic oppression.
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case regarding “geofence warrants,” which allow the government to access your data without telling you.
Rev. Stephen Green of Greater Allen AME Cathedral discusses faith-based organizing, the liberating gospel, and the Black church's 200+ year legacy of resistance in Queens, NY.
Attacking civil rights groups like SPLC follows a pattern and practice of the administration’s revisionist terror and political prosecutions. We can’t afford to look away.
From courtrooms to outer space, from concert halls to the halls of Congress, these extraordinary black women did not just break barriers they dismantled them, rebuilt what came after, and made the impossible inevitable for those who followed. They walked into rooms that were never designed with them in mind and left behind blueprints for […]
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a federal administration full of proud white nationalists has no business taking it upon itself to assess Black health, the needs of Black children or that of the Black community in general. Actually, I know exactly who needs to hear this: Health and Human Services Secretary […]
We don’t have to look overseas to find examples of how communities are blocking the far-right and building power to address issues impacting us at all levels of government.
Long before hashtags mobilized millions with a single post, Black women were already organizing movements that would change the course of history. Without the amplification of social media, they relied on community networks, church gatherings, word of mouth, and relentless determination to build power from the ground up. Their leadership was not always centered in […]
Rev. Al Sharpton sat down with NewsOne to reflect on Easter, faith, and the pivotal role the Black church has played throughout Black History.