Black Americans
What one man’s 45-year-old case tells us about the ‘Jim Crow Juries’ haunting Louisiana
September 12, 2025Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in the 1980s Louisiana, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life, despite two Black jurors voting not guilty.
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Lynchings of yesterday and today the focus of Dallas meeting
August 21, 2025Activists in north Texas are getting an education about the history of lynchings in the United States, thanks to local historian Olinka Green, in conjunction with Dallas Nomad magazine.
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Trump is waging a ‘War on Blackness’
August 19, 2025Coalition of Black Trade Unionists says: “Trump's War on Blackness runs deep. It is relentless and ruthless. But we cannot flinch in this fragile moment.”
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Urban League says Black America—and U.S. democracy—faces state of emergency
August 14, 2025Members of the venerable civil rights organization emerged from their conference with a battle plan to stop the Trump administration.
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NAACP 116th Convention tackles sharp edge of Trump cuts on Black people
July 15, 2025Black people have centuries of experience resisting attacks on their humanity, convention goers say—the fight for healthcare is part of that struggle.
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