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New Findings Reveal Stark Racial Disparities and Barriers to the BallotWASHINGTON, DC –Leading civil rights organizations today released a new analysis that reveals stark...

“I started when there were no cameras and no newspapers writing nice things about you, instead they were writing all sorts of ugly things....

WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Color Of Change sent a letter to Facebook urging the company to “take immediate steps to build...

WASHINGTON – Leaders from civil rights groups today discussed the importance of protecting voting rights for all following the midterm elections and ongoing ballot counting...

BALTIMORE – The NAACP’s 109th National Convention, taking place in San Antonio, TX from July 14th – 18th, will feature a wide variety of events and...

The Office of Management and Budget’s released its plan outlining a major overhaul of the executive branch.  The plan includes merging the Education and...

By Tynisha Jointer |  As a school-based social worker for over eight years, I know firsthand how punitive discipline practices impact students both in...

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor)  |  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered as a social activist and Baptist minister...

WASHINGTON -- Following President Trump’s meeting with Republican senators to discuss the future of immigrant youth who have been thrust into legal limbo, civil rights...

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media  |  "The White House judges nominees on the merits of their character and not on the clients they...