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The Blacker the Content the Sweeter the Truth

Politics

Image for Supreme Court Hampers EPA's Ability To Fight Climate Change

Supreme Court Hampers EPA's Ability To Fight Climate Change

The high court places limits on the Environmental agency, hurting the Biden administration's ambitious carbon emissions goals

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The Wife of Justice Clarence Thomas May Not Talk To the Jan. 6th Committee After All

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, needs a better justification as to why her testimony is relevant

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Supreme Court Blocks Second Black District In Louisiana Redistricting Case

The Republican-drawn voting maps will stay until the high court reaches a decision on Alabama voting rights case next year

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New Zealand Declares Proud Boys As A Terrorist Organization

The country's Police Minister Chris Hipkins says “violent protests attempting to overthrow the government" contributed to the designation.

Candace McDuffie

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Politics

Image for New Zealand Declares Proud Boys As A Terrorist Organization

New Zealand Declares Proud Boys As A Terrorist Organization

Candace McDuffie

Image for Stacey Abrams Calls For Legislation to Restore Roe V. Wade

Stacey Abrams Calls For Legislation to Restore Roe V. Wade

Candace McDuffie

Image for Yolanda Flowers Makes History As Alabama's First Black Woman Governor Nominee I

Yolanda Flowers Makes History As Alabama's First Black Woman Governor Nominee I

Candace McDuffie

Image for Brian Kemp Demands Stacey Abrams Leave 'Radical' Foundation That Supports Defunding the Police

Brian Kemp Demands Stacey Abrams Leave 'Radical' Foundation That Supports Defunding the Police

Candace McDuffie

The National Interest

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The National Interest

Clarence Thomas Wants Supreme Court To Revisit Media Libel Standards

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The National Interest

California Will Let Voters Decide On Abortion

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The National Interest

Law Allowing Noncitizen New Yorkers To Vote Struck Down

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The National Interest

Supreme Court Sides With Football Coach In Public Prayer Case

Image for Nashville Public Library Offering "I Read Banned Books" Cards to Self-Ruling Readers

Nashville Public Library Offering "I Read Banned Books" Cards to Self-Ruling Readers

The NPL hopes to give out 5,000 of the limited-edition library cards before the end of May.

Environmental Justice

Image for Alabama Neighborhoods With Raw Sewage Flooding Spark Racial Equality Investigation

Environmental Justice

Alabama Neighborhoods With Raw Sewage Flooding Spark Racial Equality Investigation

Candace McDuffie

Image for Biden's New Environmental Justice Tool Excludes Race as Qualifying Indicator for Communities

Environmental Justice

Biden's New Environmental Justice Tool Excludes Race as Qualifying Indicator for Communities

Image for Sen. Duckworth Introduces Bill Addressing Environmental Racism

Environmental Justice

Sen. Duckworth Introduces Bill Addressing Environmental Racism

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Image for United Nations Human Rights Officials Release Report Calling for an End to the Environmental Racism of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Environmental Justice

United Nations Human Rights Officials Release Report Calling for an End to the Environmental Racism of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Gentrification & Housing

Image for California Beachfront Property Taken From Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Returned to Descendants

Gentrification & Housing

California Beachfront Property Taken From Black Couple Nearly 100 Years Returned to Descendants

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Image for City of Oakland Strikes Agreement for Sale of Vacant Moms 4 Housing Property Following Armed Evictions, Riot Gear Arrests

Gentrification & Housing

City of Oakland Strikes Agreement for Sale of Vacant Moms 4 Housing Property Following Armed Evictions, Riot Gear Arrests

Karu F. Daniels

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Gentrification & Housing

Homeless Crisis in Los Angeles Highlights the Fall of the Black Middle Class

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Gentrification & Housing

Colonizing BK to the Fullest: Rent Biggie’s ‘One Room Shack’ for a Measly $4,000 Per Month

Michael Harriot

LGBTQ

Image for Bishop Strips School of Catholic Identity for Flying BLM, Pride Flags

Bishop Strips School of Catholic Identity for Flying BLM, Pride Flags

Image for Former Lawmakers To Congress: Pass Federal LGBTQ+ Protections Now

Former Lawmakers To Congress: Pass Federal LGBTQ+ Protections Now

Image for Ohio’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is Also “Don’t Say Race”

Ohio’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Is Also “Don’t Say Race”

Adriano Contreras

Image for Senator Shevrin Jones Sheds Tears during 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Debate

Senator Shevrin Jones Sheds Tears during 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Debate

Coronavirus

Image for Pandemic hits Black Women The Hardest, Here's Why.

Pandemic hits Black Women The Hardest, Here's Why.

Jessica Washington

Image for NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Lifts Contentious Mask or Vaccine Mandate

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Lifts Contentious Mask or Vaccine Mandate

Image for Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Cases on the Rise in Congress

Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Cases on the Rise in Congress

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It's a YouTube Inauguration for Pittsburgh's First Black Mayor

Eyes on 2020

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Pete Buttigieg on Institutional Racism, Economic Inequality, and White Supremacy

Michael Harriot

Image for Post-Debate Analysis: Joe Biden Is a White Man, the Media Are Racist Against Julián Castro and Black People Are Out of Their Goddamn Minds

Post-Debate Analysis: Joe Biden Is a White Man, the Media Are Racist Against Julián Castro and Black People Are Out of Their Goddamn Minds

Terrell Jermaine Starr

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Live Blog: From Houston, the Democratic Debate at Texas Southern University

Terrell Jermaine Starr

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The Democrats Are Debating on an HBCU Campus. Will They Take Advantage of the Opportunity?

Terrell Jermaine Starr

The Movement

Image for Black Lives Matter Tries To Explain The Millions And That Mansion

Black Lives Matter Tries To Explain The Millions And That Mansion

Candace McDuffie

Image for Gary Chambers Wants To End the Confederacy

Gary Chambers Wants To End the Confederacy

Adriano Contreras

Image for How This Week's March on Washington Has Adjusted Its Political and Social Justice Goals to the Coronavirus

How This Week's March on Washington Has Adjusted Its Political and Social Justice Goals to the Coronavirus

Image for No Peace Without Economic Justice

No Peace Without Economic Justice

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