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by Daniel Arkin (NBC) Sen. Cory Booker introduced a wide-reaching bill on Tuesday that would drop the federal prohibition on marijuana and even encourage states to legalize the drug. In an announcement on Facebook Live, […]
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Mark Berman, washingtonpost.com Police leaders across the country moved quickly to distance themselves from — or to outright condemn — President Trump’s statements about “roughing up” people who’ve been arrested. […]
Derrick Johnson By Frederick H. Lowe The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, has named Derrick Johnson, formerly the vice-chair of its board of directors, interim president and CEO, succeeding Cornell William Brooks who […]
On the night of April 14, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. They broke in disguised as guards, and forced the girls to leave the school and come […]
REV. JESSE JACKSON (RIGHT) speaks to Chicago Crusader’s Managing Editor Sharon Fountain and City Editor Erick Johnson. (Photo by Chinta Strausberg) By Chinta Strausberg, Chicago Crusader Now that the House and Senate have passed the […]
Virginia’s Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently unveiled a State Historical Marker commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s striking down the state’s law banning interracial marriage. The marker is next to the Patrick Henry […]
by Chandelis Duster House Democrats introduced legislation last week to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act while pledging to make the issue of voting rights a priority if the party wins in 2018. On […]
By Mark Berman (Washington Post) The aftermath of this Minn. police shooting was live streamed on Facebook. Here’s what you need to know. The officer who fatally shot Philando Castile, 32, has been charged with […]
By Amanda Vinicky, Chicago Tonight/WTTW A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday morning seeks federal intervention “to end the historical and on-going pattern and practice of excessive force by police officers in Chicago.” The plaintiffs—six minority men and […]
The Librarian of Congress has appointed Tracy K. Smith as the Library’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, for 2017-2018. Smith will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season […]
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