The Recent Attacks about the Voting Rights Act: What Can Communities Do to Defend Black Representation? Moderated by: **Wakinya Clanton** Delta Sigma Theta Regional Social Action Chair Panelists: **...

Today, the NAACP, alongside the NAACP Tennessee State Conference, and a coalition of civil rights and community organizations, announced the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s newly e...

This post is part of Challenging Precedent, a blog of the Stanford Center for Racial Justice examining race, law, and regulation in the Trump era. Whe

The John Lewis Center for Social Justice at Fisk University's executive director talks about his role and the future of civil rights work.

Federal and state law requires that sensitive voter registration information be kept secure.

Kareem Crayton: The court’s retreat has made it easier for states to craft bolder gerrymanders and to insulate them from scrutiny by claiming partisan motives.

The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where a handful of Republicans have expressed concern about implementing the provisions.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur

US Sen. Marsha Blackburn faces allegations that she and her campaign engaged in "flagrant violations" of federal and state law by using donations from her Senate campaign for her gubernatorial race.

Twenty-seven African nations are included in a U.S. visa freeze, even as many have helped enforce Washington’s deportation agenda.

Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

As temperatures plunge, rural Black towns face days without power. Some are still rebuilding from the last catastrophe.

From rural Mississippi to urban centers, aging infrastructure and housing inequality could turn a winter storm into a crisis.

Open Table Nashville brings blankets, gloves, and other supplies for unhoused neighbors this winter

Clarksville university backtracks three months after firing Darren Michael for Kirk comments

The U.S. Supreme Court has all but taken federal courts out of the business of reviewing redrawn maps this year.

For inspiring Nashvillians to defend their immigrant neighbors, the Scene has chosen as our Nashvillians of the Year Music City MigraWatch, represented here by Cathy Carrillo, Gisselle Huerta and Ashl...

Long-awaited review clears MNPD of extensive allegations from retired police lieutenant

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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier on adjusting to life at home after decades in prison

Our analysis of national school discipline data reveals that Black girls were the only group of girls to be overrepresented in every type of school disciplinary action, which means that school pushout...

Tamir Rice was killed at age 12 by a Cleveland police officer. His mother is determined to create a legacy that will honor her son’s memory and help other children.

The House of Reformation juvenile detention facility was known for cases of neglect and abuse. Maryland officials allowed a graveyard next to the facility to deteriorate over decades, a Washington Pos...

George Raveling, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who played a role in Michael Jordan signing a landmark endorsement deal with Nike, has died. He was 88.

Trump’s focus on Washington, D.C., is part of a larger pattern in which the president has suggested cities with majority-Black populations are hotbeds of crime and corruption.

The Regional Food Business Centers distributed more than $600,000 and helped launch 325 new businesses.

The illegal data sharing started soon after Oakland's cameras went live in August 2024.

A judge ruled in favor of the Chattanooga Times Free Press in its lawsuit against the city of Chattanooga, council members and staff, establishing that open meetings laws were violated during non-publ...

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund on Monday dismissed its lawsuit challenging Fayette County’s 2021 electoral map as discriminatory.

Read a PDF of our statement here. Today, after succeeding in convincing county lawmakers to pass a new map that provides fair representation to Black voters, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) declared victory and voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit challenging the illegal and unconstitutional 2021 map of the Fayette County, Tennessee Board of County Commissioners. LDF […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University Bloomington is suspending or eliminating more than 100 academic programs across a wide range of disciplines ahead of the 2026-27 academic year. The programs are ...

That isn’t the disaster for birthright citizenship that some fear.

Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations and the use of seclusion to punish children.

Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.