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In response to the economy adding 372,000 jobs, Dr. Rakeen Mabud, Groundwork Collaborative's chief economist and managing director of policy, said that policymakers must consider thoughtful solutions to addressing inflation that does not jeopardize job growth.

With his rapidly deteriorating health, Shakur's legal team filed an emergency request for compassionate release at the end of June.

Dozens of protesters in Raleigh hit the streets Wednesday (July 6) in hopes of bringing the woman who served as the catalyst for Emmett Till’s murder to justice. Two weeks ago, an unserved warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham was found inside the basement of a Mississippi courthouse. Addressed to “Mrs. Roy Bryant,” the 1955 warrant […]

Prosecutors in the case against Atlanta rapper Young Thug and his YSL associates are concerned for the safety of witnesses who could testify. 

"What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?" Frederick Douglass asked in 1852. The answer remains elusive 170 years later as there are still many parallels today with what the great abolitionist described in his speech to white America delivered on July 5, 1852.

In his opening remarks, Biden said he would use the federal government's full power to oppose state-level efforts to restrict autonomy and invade personal medical decisions.

No cap. We all know that gas prices have been through the roof for several consecutive months. With no apparent end in sight, one company has taken it upon itself to lessen the pain at the pump. Get Breaking News & Exclusive Contest in Your Inbox:   That company is Sheetz, and depending on what type […]

Even states that are considered “safe” for abortion seekers could act to further protect and support the fundamental right. Jennifer Driver, State Innovation Exchange’s senior director of reproductive rights, further explained the importance of taking affirmative action in the wake of the SCOTUS abortion decision in Dobbs.  

The glee and excitement at the Supreme Court removing constitutional protection from a fundamental right should alarm us all.  

Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea Arshaye Moss, testified before the January 6 Committee, detailing the harassment and targeting that began between the 2020 general election and the 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff election. During her video testimony shared Tuesday, Freeman shared the horror of having the president use his platform and power to attack her by name. Both mother and daughter described fearing for their safety. Previous reports documented countless threats of violence, with no law enforcement agency intervening to protect them in the months after the election. 

The Historical Commission’s Committee on Historic Designation is preparing to designate a neighborhood in South Philly, as a local historic district in Philadelphia. Graduate Hospital, otherwise known as the “Black Doctors Row”, will be the first Black section of Philadelphia that will be acknowledged for its contribution to the city. Back in 1899, W.E.B DuBois […]

Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown never minces words. Once again, she hit it out of the park in remarks about the "disconnect" between reporting on the economy and people's actual economic conditions.