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By TALI ARBEL and BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated PressPublished: 14 December 2017 In a vote along party lines, the federal government has ended sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet. The Thursday vote […]

Anita Hill speaks at a discussion about sexual harassment and how to create lasting change from the scandal roiling Hollywood at United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif., Dec. 8, 2017. Hollywood executives and other […]

NAACPPublished: 04 December 2017 In a meeting last week, the NAACP and several  civil rights organizations agreed with American Airlines on a package of changes to the company’s internal processes for addressing claims of racism and […]

THE REFLECTING POOL that surrounds the crypt of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife will be drained and refurbished. In preparation for the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, […]

MITCH PERRY (Florida Politics) A likeness of educator and civil-rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune is one step closer to replacing a statue of a Confederate general as one of Florida’s two representatives in the U.S. Capitol. The Senate Appropriations […]

The NAACP is warning travelers — in particular, African-Americans — that their safety could be compromised if they fly American Airlines, citing a series of “troublesome conduct” by employees. The travel advisory is the latest […]

John Edgar Rust By nbcwashington.com An Alexandria, Virginia, man has been arrested nearly two years after police say he threatened to murder African Americans at Howard University in Washington, D.C. John Edgar Rust, 24, has […]

By Jason Silverstein, nydailynews.com The Las Vegas shooting that killed at least 58 people came the same week the House is set to pass a bill allowing easier access to gun silencers — which would […]

(The Grio) An anonymous group calling it self “Indecline” stirred up controversy in Richmond, Va this week after they hung eight figures dressed up as clowns and wearing Ku Klux Klan garb from a tree. One of […]

By Frederick H. Lowe A former St. Louis police officer, who told his partner he intended to kill a black man moments before shooting him to death following a car chase, was acquitted of first-degree […]