Voting Rights
The Justice Department releases files on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The U.S. Justice Department recently released on July 21 files regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., despite some members of the King family opposing the release, though one family member supports it. The release contains 230,000 pages of documents and comes following President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 14176, said U.S. Attorney…
Read MoreVoters elect two Black women to the U.S. Senate
They are Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware (Left) and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland. Blunt Rochester, a congresswoman from Delaware, will be the first woman and Black senator to represent the state. Alsobrooks, a former county executive and prosecutor who beat out the state’s former Republican governor in a tight race is the first Black senator from Maryland. Both women…
Read MoreKamala Harris demands a recount of last week’s election
The Harris Campaign, representing the defeated presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic National Committee, and state Democratic parties, are demanding a recount of last week’s election that will put former President Donald Trump back into the White House, according to the site’s fundraising page. The move comes after former president Donald Trump officially…
Read MoreJustice Clarence Thomas has hired a clerk who hates Black people
Crystal Clanton, who was appointed as the clerk to Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas during the 2024-2025 court term, has stated that she “hates Black people,” according to an article published in The New Yorker magazine and The New York Times. According to The New Yorker, Clanton was accused of sending a text message saying, “I HATE…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court rules on voting rights, but there is a split between the only two black justices
In the high-stakes fight over Black voting rights, the only two Black members of the U.S. Supreme Court are split in the decision concerning “Allen vs. Milligan.” The court ruled that Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act by failing to draw a second majority-Black congressional district. Chief Justice John Roberts, said the high court declined to…
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