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Dupré “DoItAll” Kelly is living by his rap name and still doing it all. The community activist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and one-third of the ‘90s hip-hop group Lords of the Underground, hopes to add one more title to his name: City Councilman. Kelly is running for the Newark West Ward councilman…
This article was updated on March 24, 2022. In anticipation of the potential historic appointment of the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation has its eye on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice this week. As the three days of public questioning came…
With Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson set to start in a matter of days, it’s clear she could become one of the most important women ever in U.S. political history. As the first Black female ever nominated for the Supreme Court, as well as…
After months of speculation over who would replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, President Biden announced Friday that he’s chosen Ketanji Brown Jackson, an attorney serving as a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as his nominee. If the nomination…
Holding true to his campaign promise, President Joe Biden has committed to nominating a Black woman to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. If he does, and that Judge is confirmed, she will become the first Black woman ever to hold a seat on the Supreme Court of the…
Following its recent agreement to hear testimony in a case that could abolish abortion rights protected in the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take on another case that could undo decades of legal precedent. The topic under fire in this latest case?…
Even though the Florida Department of Education has already banned the classroom teaching of Critical Race Theory, lawmakers in the state are attempting to go even further, passing a law to protect whites’ “feelings” during education dealing with Black history. Amy Simonson of CNN reported that a bill backed by…
As the battle to protect voting rights continues in the nation’s capital — sadly with little success — veteran politician and minority leader of the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, has come under fire for a statement he made that implied Black Americans were not “full” Americans. Bruce Schreiner of The…
In another giant leap forward for LGBTQ+ rights and equality in the military, the federal government has announced that military veterans can now officially identify as trans in their official medical records. Brody Levesque of the Los Angeles Blade reported that Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough has confirmed that veterans…
On what would have been the late civil rights icon’s 93rd birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.’s 13-year-old granddaughter Yolanda Renee King proudly stood in his place, speaking out to a crowd of supporters and actively calling for all of us to continue the work her grandfather started. Maya Eaglin of…
