“Alabama’s defiance is striking and nearly unprecedented in this country’s history. A recent report offers important color and context,” said Alex Aronson, a judicial accountability advocate and former chief counsel to US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. “This is not an organic development. Legislators are not acting or making strategy independently. There is a billion-dollar force which has been entrenched in the judiciary. About $600 million has been spent to control the composition of the court.”
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The White House said the nominations continue to show Biden’s ongoing commitment to diversify the federal judiciary and ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the multifaceted nature of the United States.
Protesters in countries with substantial Muslim populations, including the U.S., U.K., and France, expressed disillusionment with their governments for their support of Israel amidst intensifying attacks on hospitals and residential areas in the Gaza Strip.
Jamaica experienced some 70 aftershocks on Monday following the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the island at around 10:57 AM that same day.
You know it’s real when Ben Crump gets involved. The mother of Dexter Wade, a Black man killed by an off-duty cop and mysteriously buried, pulled Crump for legal representation. Now, the civil rights attorney is seeking the Department of Justice to hop in the investigation.
The state of Georgia owes Fort Valley State University over $600 million, according to new federal lawsuit. On Oct. 24, the lawsuit against the State of Georgia and the Board of Regents for the University System was filed on behalf of the HBCU.
The move marks a significant step by the federal government into the burgeoning half-trillion-dollar AI industry, a sector dominated by industry giants including Google and Amazon.
Instead, a group of teens from the local Benjamin Franklin High School who are involved in the environmental justice organization Free Your Voice are setting out to prove that the coal dust is coal dust — and hope to shut down the more than a century-old terminal in doing so.
The Biden-Harris administration has formed a committee that will meet on Nov. 6 and Nov. 7 to discuss a policy draft for a new loan forgiveness program.
The Washington Association of Black Journalists (WABJ) is proud to announce that Denise Rolark Barnes, the publisher, and second-generation owner of The Washington Informer, is the 2023 recipient of the WABJ President’s Award.