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AG Kwame Raoul, 18 States Sue Trump Administration Over Alleged Data Access Violations

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration over a policy they say illegally...

Trump Administration Sues Chicago Over Sanctuary Laws, Escalating Immigration Battle

Photo Credit: Getty Images The Trump administration has sued Chicago and Illinois, arguing that their sanctuary laws block federal immigration enforcement.  The lawsuit, which also targets...

James Bridgeforth: The Death of Equality: Trump’s War on DEI and the Fight to Save America

An anti-Trump rally in California (Photo Credit: Fabrice Florin/Flickr). By James S. Bridgeforth, Ph.D. It is nothing short of astonishing that the President of the United...

What Do We Do Now? 10 Action Steps for the Next 4 Years

By Keith Boykin This article was originally published on Word In Black. “Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the...

Ben Jealous: Trump’s America Last Agenda is a Knife in the Back of Working People

By Ben Jealous Donald Trump’s playbook has always been to campaign like a populist and govern like an oligarch. But it is still shocking just...

‘Keeping the Main Thing, the Main Thing’: Our Mission in a Democracy Under Siege

Mr. John Sengstacke, part owner and general manager of the Chicago Defender, one of the leading Negro newspapers (Photo Credit: Library of Congress). We African...

These Executive Orders Can Hit Black Students the Hardest

Photo Credit: WhiteHouse.gov By Aziah Siid This article was originally published on Word In Black. When President Donald Trump signed a barrage of controversial executive orders rolling back...

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze: Key Programs Saved—for Now

The Trump administration has announced a halt on federal grants and loans starting today (Jan. 28) at 4 p.m. CT. But minutes before the freeze...

Trump Administration Officials Oversee Immigration Raids in Chicago Amid Legal Challenges

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and "border czar" Tom Homan with ATF and Customs and Border Protection agents (Photo Credit: @DEACHICAGODiv/X).  This weekend, immigration...

Keisha Lance Bottoms Considers Entering Race to Become Georgia’s Next Governor

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is considering a possible bid to become Georgia’s next Governor. Bottoms, a graduate of Douglas High School, FAMU,...
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