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Shani Saxon Feb 21, 2019 3:39PM EST

Immigrant Advocacy Groups Seek Restraining Order to Block Trump Asylum Policy

They hope to prevent government officials from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their cases can be heard in the United States.
Ayana Byrd Feb 20, 2019 3:52PM EST

Illinois to Pass Laws to Give Women Better Access to Abortions

Due to restrictive laws in neighboring states, women nearby could also have the procedure there.
Shani Saxon Feb 20, 2019 5:32PM EST

Immigrant Teachers in Denver Threatened With Deportation For Striking

Denver Classroom Teachers Association president Henry Roman: “This is just a scare tactic to intimidate our immigrant educators.”
Ayana Byrd Feb 19, 2019 3:12PM EST

New York City Says Businesses Can't Discriminate Based on Hair

Not only can the city force companies to rehire employers who were let go due to this racial discrimination, but it can also levy penalties up to $250,000.

Puerto Rico Marks Holiday Season Amidst Slow Hurricane Recovery

Scientists Hope Hurricane Maria Can Reveal How The Earth Recovers From Increasingly Intense Storms

Sammy Davis Jr. Black-and-white photograph of Black man in suit with black tie and white shirt staring at hands in front of curtain.

WATCH: Doc Illuminates Sammy Davis Jr.'s Place in Black America

Buffy Sainte-Marie. Indigenous woman with black hair in black leather jacket and shirt and scarf performs behind black microphone and stand and in front of grey curtain under red lights.

Celebrate Buffy Sainte-Marie's Birthday With These 5 Career Highs

/Now in Racial Justice

Black text spells "LikeWise Fiction" in front of white background and inside of rectangular blue border.

Sameer Rao Feb 15, 2019 2:08PM EST

'LikeWise Fiction' Podcast Will Showcase Short Stories by Marginalized People

Michael Sakasegawa is crowdfunding for a new audio compilation of short fiction from writers like José Pablo Iriarte and Esmé Weijun Wang.

R. Kelly. Black woman with black dredlocs stands in black coat and holds white protest sign with black text that spells "#MuteRKelly" and image of Black man in black sunglasses and hat and shirt.

Sameer Rao Feb 15, 2019 12:00PM EST

New Video May Lead to Indictment Against R. Kelly

The video, which attorney Michael Avenatti says he handed to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, allegedly shows the singer sexually abusing a teenage girl.

Close-up of several black guns displayed at a gun show in Naples, Florida on November 24, 2018.

Shani Saxon Feb 14, 2019 5:40PM EST

Congress Advances Significant Gun Control Legislation

The House Committee on the Judiciary just passed a measure that would require background checks for all gun sales in the United States.

Bronze bullets lined up in a triangle

Brandon Dasent, Amina Henderson Feb 14, 2019 5:17PM EST

Teens from Parkland and Chicago Ask: 'How Many More Must Die?'

Student organizers Brandon Dasent and Amina Henderson unite to push for gun control that will keep kids in their communities safer.

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Arts & Culture

Sammy Davis Jr. Black-and-white photograph of Black man in suit with black tie and white shirt staring at hands in front of curtain.

Sameer Rao Feb 20, 2019 5:02PM EST

WATCH: Doc Illuminates Sammy Davis Jr.'s Place in Black America

“Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” explores the late entertainer’s struggles with stardom and his role in an evolving Black America.

Buffy Sainte-Marie. Indigenous woman with black hair in black leather jacket and shirt and scarf performs behind black microphone and stand and in front of grey curtain under red lights.

Sameer Rao Feb 20, 2019 4:02PM EST

Celebrate Buffy Sainte-Marie's Birthday With These 5 Career Highs

Fred Hampton. Black-and-white photograph of Black man in black hat and jacket in front of white flag with black text and black and white building.

Sameer Rao Feb 19, 2019 4:02PM EST

Ryan Coogler to Produce Fred Hampton Biopic

Criminalization

A Mexican lighthouse shines above the U.S.-Mexico border fence in San Diego, CA, as seen from Tijuana, Mexico on November 16, 2018.

Shani Saxon Feb 21, 2019 3:02PM EST

Immigrant Advocacy Groups Seek Restraining Order to Block Trump Asylum Policy

They hope to prevent government officials from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico until their cases can be heard in the United States.

black barbed wire against an overcast sky

catherine lizette gonzalez Feb 15, 2019 4:02PM EST

ICE Stops Force-Feeding Immigrant Hunger Strikers Held in El Paso Detention Center

Bronze bullets lined up in a triangle

Brandon Dasent, Amina Henderson Feb 14, 2019 5:02PM EST

Teens from Parkland and Chicago Ask: 'How Many More Must Die?'

Trump Presidency

A lone U.S. army soldier patrols the area behind barbed wire near the U.S.-Mexico border in Donna, Texas on November 5,2018.

Shani Saxon Feb 11, 2019 5:02PM EST

California Pulls Hundreds of National Guard Troops From Southern Border

Governor Gavin Newsom says the state won’t be part of the president’s “manufactured crisis.”

A Black woman with natural twists wearing a red dress makes a speech.

Akiba Solomon Feb 6, 2019 10:02AM EST

ICYMI: Watch Stacey Abrams Push Back On Trump's State of the Union Address

A 7-year-old girl with long, brown hair leans on her father as he sits in a blue chair at the Catholic Charities-run Humanitarian Respite Center after being released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), on November 1, 2018.

Shani Saxon Jan 29, 2019 4:01PM EST

Hundreds of Guatemalan Migrants Arrested at Arizona Border

Gender & Sexuality

The outside of the Supreme Court

Ayana Byrd Feb 4, 2019 10:02AM EST

SCOTUS To Make Landmark Decision on Abortion This Week

The conservative majority Court could effectively overturn Roe v. Wade as it rules on a Louisiana law.

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, T-Boz and Chilli of TLC. Black woman in yellow bandana and camouflage jacket next to Black woman in red bandana and shirt next to Black woman in coral shirt and brown hat in front of blue screen.

Sameer Rao Feb 4, 2019 2:02PM EST

LISTEN: Songwriter Kandi Burruss and TLC's Chilli On How 'No Scrubs' Became a Classic

Chris Brown. Black man with black hair and tattoos holds up one finger in red and white shirt in front of pink and purple background

Sameer Rao Jan 30, 2019 4:01PM EST

With R. Kelly Gone, Coalition Pushes Sony Music to Drop All Accused Abusers