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Citizens for Judicial Fairness, Reverend Al Sharpton, and Local Activists Denounce Planned Confirmation of Another White Male Justice to All-White Chancery Court

Today, grassroots advocacy group Citizens for Judicial Fairness joined forces with famed civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton and local activists Pastor Blaine Hackett and Kendra Ray, sister of Jeremy McDole, to denounce the scheduled confirmation of Nathan Cook to …

HISD Transportation Services Job Fair

HISD Transportation Services is offering a $2,000 sign-on stipend to the first 120 CDL drivers (re-hires are not eligible) who are hired and start before August 22, 2022.

Check Out Love & Respect With Killer Mike As He Speaks To The Confess Project's Founder Lorenzo Lewis

With National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month starting in July and Mental Health Month ending in May, Revolt TV hit show Love & Respect With Killer Mike aired an in-depth interview featuring mental health expert and advocate The Confess Project …

TPPF CEO: Washington Will Not Save Lives Policymakers in the states must act to secure schools and protect students

The Texas Public Policy Foundation’s CEO Greg Sindelar released the following statement on the “Safer Communities Act” being debated in the U.S. Senate:

LSMAMP Summer Bridge Program gives incoming freshmen a jumpstart to earning STEM

Jackson State University will kick off its annual Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Summer Bridge Program on July 6. LSMAMP is designed to help high school graduates transition to university life and inspire them toward high academic …

Louisiana governor signs bill to strengthen potential abortion ban if Roe is overturned

Louisiana's Democratic governor has signed a bill that will toughen an abortion ban that is ready to be implemented in the event that the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

Georgia Supreme Court overturns Justin Ross Harris' murder conviction in his son's hot-car death

Georgia's highest court has overturned the murder conviction of Justin Ross Harris, the Cobb County father sentenced to life without parole for the 2014 hot car death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper.

Fact check: Kathy Barnette rejects Oz's claim that 'all' his former rivals have endorsed him

Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvania's US Senate race, has been claiming that everyone he defeated in the party primary has now endorsed him. But that's not true.

'Hang them all': January 6 committee members target of violent rhetoric on right-wing social media platforms

Calls for violence against members of the January 6 committee are circulating on some of the same online platforms that helped fuel the lies that led to the insurrection, a new analysis has found.

30 million people are under heat alerts as triple-digit heat bakes the Southeast

From California to the Great Plains and into the Southeast, 30 million Americans in 15 states are under heat alerts Wednesday.

Putin says Russia is rerouting trade to China and India

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is rerouting trade to "reliable international partners" such as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as the West attempts to sever economic ties.

The single most compelling witness of the January 6 committee hearings so far

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss was nervous. She couldn't get the microphone in front of her to work. She initially struggled to find the words to express herself.

Texts between aides reveal role Sen. Ron Johnson played in pushing 'fake' Trump electors

The House select committee on Tuesday unveiled new information showing the role that Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson played in pushing "fake" electors for then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021.

Georgia Republican voters reject more of Trump's primary picks, while a late pick prevails in Alabama

Another election day in Georgia has brought a further round of defeats for former President Donald Trump and his chosen Republican candidates.

John Roberts played the long game on state funding of religious schools

Chief Justice John Roberts has been laying the groundwork for years for Tuesday's sweeping decision requiring states to fund religious education.