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R.Kelly’s New York Trial Nears End as Prosecutors Begin Closing Arguments

R.Kelly’s New York Trial Nears End as Prosecutors Begin Closing Arguments

As R. Kelly’s Trial Winds to a Close, Defense Witness Says He Saw a Girl Attempt to Leave the Singer's Studio and Was 'Relieved' When She Did

As R. Kelly’s Trial Winds to a Close, Defense Witness Says He Saw a Girl Attempt to Leave the Singer's Studio and Was 'Relieved' W...

R. Kelly’s Defense Begins With Shaky Start as Witness Claims He Never Saw the Singer With Underage Girls—Then Admits He Actually Did

R. Kelly’s Defense Begins With Shaky Start as Witness Claims He Never Saw the Singer With Underage Girls—Then Admits He Actually D...

Mass Incarceration

Arkansas Doctor Under Investigation for Allegedly Giving Ivermectin to Jail Detainees to Treat COVID-19

Arkansas Doctor Under Investigation for Allegedly Giving Ivermectin to Jail Detainees to Treat COVID-19

Blacks More Likely to Get Federal Life Sentences Than Hispanic, White Offenders

Blacks More Likely to Get Federal Life Sentences Than Hispanic, White Offenders

The LGBTQ Freedom Fund Is Doing the Work to Bail Out People In U.S. Jails and Immigration Facilities

The LGBTQ Freedom Fund Is Doing the Work to Bail Out People In U.S. Jails and Immigration Facilities

Law Enforcement

Minnesota State Patrol Deleted 'Vast Majority' of Emails, Text Messages After George Floyd Protests

Minnesota State Patrol Deleted 'Vast Majority' of Emails, Text Messages After George Floyd Protests

Black Chicago Family Files Lawsuit Against CPD, Accuses Officers of Pointing Guns at Family—Including 2 Young Black Girls

Black Chicago Family Files Lawsuit Against CPD, Accuses Officers of Pointing Guns at Family—Including 2 Young Black Girls

Georgia Cops Arrest Black Man After Answering Mental Health Call. One Cop Sics Police Dog on Him for Seemingly No Reason

Georgia Cops Arrest Black Man After Answering Mental Health Call. One Cop Sics Police Dog on Him for Seemingly No Reason

Crime

A Black Pastor and Former Cop Walk Into a Walmart to Return a TV. So Why Were They Handcuffed and Accused of Stealing It?

A Black Pastor and Former Cop Walk Into a Walmart to Return a TV. So Why Were They Handcuffed and Accused of Stealing It?

Drug Enforcement Agent Becomes 1st Federal Officer Arrested for Participating in Capitol Riot

Drug Enforcement Agent Becomes 1st Federal Officer Arrested for Participating in Capitol Riot

Florida Man Becomes First Person Sentenced on Felony Charges for Role in Capitol Riot

Florida Man Becomes First Person Sentenced on Felony Charges for Role in Capitol Riot

Reproductive Justice

Joshua Jackson Says Jodie Turner-Smith's Home Birth Was Due to U.S. Healthcare's 'Horrendous Track Record With Black Women'

Joshua Jackson Says Jodie Turner-Smith's Home Birth Was Due to U.S. Healthcare's 'Horrendous Track Record With Black Women'

California to Pay Reparations to Victims of Forced Sterilization in State Prisons

California to Pay Reparations to Victims of Forced Sterilization in State Prisons

Black Women Bear the Brunt of Criminalized Pregnancy and Motherhood. Here’s Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore It

Black Women Bear the Brunt of Criminalized Pregnancy and Motherhood. Here’s Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore It

Social Justice

76-Year-Old Black Woman Released From Prison Amid Pandemic, Sent Back for Missing Phone Calls While Taking a Class

76-Year-Old Black Woman Released From Prison Amid Pandemic, Sent Back for Missing Phone Calls While Taking a Class

White House Finally Moving Forward With Investigations Into Civil Rights Cold Cases Related to Unsolved Murders of Black People

White House Finally Moving Forward With Investigations Into Civil Rights Cold Cases Related to Unsolved Murders of Black People

Patrisse Cullors Is Stepping Down From the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation to Focus on New Things

Patrisse Cullors Is Stepping Down From the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation to Focus on New Things

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