African American
What one man’s 45-year-old case tells us about the ‘Jim Crow Juries’ haunting Louisiana
September 12, 2025Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in the 1980s Louisiana, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life, despite two Black jurors voting not guilty.
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Urban League says Black America—and U.S. democracy—faces state of emergency
August 14, 2025Members of the venerable civil rights organization emerged from their conference with a battle plan to stop the Trump administration.
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Saving democracy requires more of Netflix’s ‘Sunday Best’
July 25, 2025Documentary shows how Ed Sullivan helped a nation see the wealth of talent and ability in the Black community.
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Refusing to ‘give a platform to fascism,’ NAACP uninvites Trump
June 18, 2025Putting the president on the do-not-admit list for the organization's convention was an easy call.
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At CBTU convention, teachers’ leader says: ‘Unions are built for moments like this’
May 27, 2025National Education Association Becky Pringle said labor is up for the challeng of taking on Trump.
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