BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a judicial doctrine that for years shielded law enforcement officers from civil liability in police shooting cases...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The bills cover a range of issues, from reproductive rights and reckless driving to environmental protections and access to public services.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is taking a victory lap for a Supreme Court win against Alabama’s discriminatory redistricting practices that targeted Black...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus — a constitutional right that allows individuals to challenge unlawful...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The agency estimates that under the proposed changes, as many as 8.6 million people could lose Medicaid coverage, and up to 3.9 million...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hayden made history in 2016 as the first woman and first African American to run the Library of Congress. Her firing arrived in...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Trump administration rollbacks targeting civil rights programs and public safety grants, House Democrats are demanding the Justice Department stop any attempt to dismantle...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Despite Trump’s repeated promises to put veterans first—“We love our veterans,” he said in February—internal messages from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, seeks to halt the so-called “Make America Healthy Again”...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — On April 21, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, Linda McMahon, announced in a statement that the Trump Administration would restart...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A helicopter operated by the U.S. Park Police forced three commercial aircraft to abort landings at Reagan National Airport on Sunday
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Trump administration has ended a decades-old federal school desegregation order in Louisiana
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — videos featuring journalist Charles Blow and U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who delivered searing critiques of a House Judiciary Committee vote that, as Crockett...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Union-organized rallies are taking shape, evoking memories of the fight for worker rights alongside civil rights.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Harris said the administration is abandoning the nation’s core values, operating not in chaos, but with deliberate speed.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Adam Slater of Slater Slater Schulman represent thousands of children who were victimized.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Rev. William Barber traveled to the U.S. Capitol to push back against them. The trip to speak out against what he views as...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Confidence in Trump’s economic leadership has fallen to 45%, the lowest in Pew’s surveys since 2019.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — dozens of congressional Democratic members of Congress gathered on the steps of the U.S. House of Representatives from sunrise to sunset Sunday, April...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The demonstration began at sunrise, with Jeffries and Booker livestreaming a conversation across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube, urging Americans to speak...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — This speech comes as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are underwater. According to MSNBC, his current poll numbers have him at a 55%...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The move comes on the heels of the shuttering of the FDA’s Moffett Center Proficiency Testing Laboratory, which had overseen food safety data...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Leadership Conference said that for 75 years, it has helped secure every major federal civil rights law enacted in the United States....
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the Department of Education will withhold money from tax refunds and Social Security benefits, garnish federal employee wages, and withhold federal pensions from...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — attention is turning to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who is rapidly emerging as a rising national figure — and a potential presidential contender.