Local Government

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Illinois again leads the nation in exonerations

October 10, 2023

For the fifth consecutive year, Illinois led the...

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Amo has enough ammo to win the Democratic Primary in Rhode Island

October 10, 2023

Former White House aide Gabe Amo won the...

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Gunman looking to kill Blacks murders three in Jacksonville

August 30, 2023

By Frederick H. Lowe A White gunman with...

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Judge rules against survivors of the Tulsa Massacre

July 11, 2023

An Oklahoma judge rejected demands for reparations resulting...

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Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five wins the New York primary to represent Harlem

July 11, 2023

Yusef Salaam, who seven years in prison for...

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Paralyzed New Haven man receives a record $45 million settlement in a police brutality lawsuit

June 20, 2023

Richard "Randy " Cox, who was riding without...

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Black male drivers are police targets

June 20, 2023

A national survey of 577 traffic stops of...

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Black women state’s attorneys are being forced out

May 10, 2023

Two progressive Black women state's attorneys in St....

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An 85-year-old White man shoots and wounds a boy who rang the wrong doorbell to pick up his two brothers

April 24, 2023

Demonstrators stormed the home of a White man...

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Justin Jones is reinstated

April 17, 2023

By a majority vote of 36 to zero,...