Tag: Race
Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation
WASHINGTON – A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the...
Trump’s indictment of New York attorney general Letitia James stirs concerns for Black women leaders
WASHINGTON – The coalition of New York NAACP chapters had just begun its annual state convention when Letitia James, a longtime member and the...
How the government shutdown will affect student loans, FAFSA and the Education Dept.
WASHINGTON – Already diminished by cuts by the Trump administration, the U.S. Education Department will see more of its work come to a halt...
Officials place Des Moines schools leader on leave after his arrest by immigration agents
DES MOINES, Iowa – Officials put the leader of Iowa's largest school district on administrative leave Saturday, a day after federal immigration agents arrested...
Trump’s economic promises to Black voters fall short after a modest shift in support for him in 2024
WASHINGTON – At one of his final rallies before the 2024 election, then-candidate Donald Trump warned that Black Americans were losing their jobs in...
Chicagoans change routines as immigration crackdown looms. Some carry passports and avoid stores
CHICAGO – The streets in some of Chicago's liveliest neighborhoods are quiet these days. Public schoolteachers want online learning for families scared to venture...
Chicago churches urge calm resistance ahead of expected federal intervention
CHICAGO – The Rev. Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicago’s West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family...
Al Sharpton to lead pro-DEI march through Wall Street on anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
NEW YORK – The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s...
Trump’s push to oust Fed’s Lisa Cook unites anti-DEI effort, bid to control independent institutions
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's vow to fire Lisa Cook, an economist who is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's...
