In the past, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) relied on deeds to prove that land belonged to disaster victims before sending…
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Defendants in Ahmaud Arbery case say slavery-era law enabled them to arrest, shoot Black man
In Georgia, defense attorneys are making the case that the three White men involved in killing Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, were…
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The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed overhaul of Texas’ election laws on the evening of August 31. The moment was the final chapter…
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The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced its support for projects totaling…
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U.S. Attorney General sues Georgia, says election laws specifically target Black people
Declaring that Georgia’s new election laws are intended to deny voting rights specifically to African Americans, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and…
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Fourteen years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center sent the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice a list of 74 cold…