New Analysis (TriceEdneyWire.com) — In recent years, many people of different races and ethnicities have fought against rollbacks to hard-won racial progress. From health disparities exposed in the COVID-19 pandemic, to voting rights, criminal justice, fair housing, and more, much…
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Supreme Court can protect Black lives by ending qualified immunity
by David Johns, Executive Director of National Black Justice Coalition •
Last year, we witnessed another crushing blow in the fight to end police violence against Black people. Only one of the three officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor was charged in the case. However, they were not charged…
Cost of a vote
by Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-Ala.) •
Fifty-one years ago, on March 24, 1966, the United States Supreme Court struck down the last poll taxes in this country. It was a victory for the American people and for the case’s lead plaintiff, Annie A. Harper, an elderly…