Nation Oct 28 Racial justice activism has transformed politics, but landmark reforms remain elusive By Matt Brown, Associated Press
Science Apr 09 More than 200 chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions under new EPA rule The rule will apply to 218 facilities spread across Texas and Louisiana, the Ohio River Valley, West Virginia and the upper South, the agency said. It updates several regulations on chemical plant emissions that have not been tightened in nearly… By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Politics Mar 11 How Black women coined political message ‘Say Her Name’ before Biden’s State of the Union When GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia wore a T-shirt that read "Say Her Name," she borrowed the phrase from Black racial justice activists who have been calling attention to the extrajudicial deaths of Black women at the hands… By Graham Lee Brewer, Associated Press
Nation Feb 27 San Francisco plans to apologize to Black residents for racist laws. Reparations advocates want more An apology would be the first reparations recommendation to be realized of more than 100 proposals suggested by a city reparations committee. By Janie Har, Associated Press
Nation Jun 07 White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor arrested on manslaughter charges in Florida Susan Louise Lorincz, 58, who is white, was arrested on charges of manslaughter with a firearm, culpable negligence, battery and two counts of assault in the death of Ajike Owens, a Black mother of four. By Curt Anderson, Freida Frisaro, Associated Press
May 19 Court says FBI broke rules when scouring foreign intelligence for information on Jan. 6, racial protests By Eric Tucker, Associated Press FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they searched a vast repository of foreign intelligence for information related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and racial justice protests in 2020. Continue reading
Jan 16 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at National Action Network By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press President Joe Biden remembered Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader with a speech at an MLK breakfast hosted in Washington by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network. Continue reading
Jan 04 Los Angeles to pay $20 million for land previously seized from Black family in 1912 By Associated Press The land in the city of Manhattan Beach was purchased in 1912 by Willa and Charles Bruce, who built a resort for African Americans. The Bruces suffered racist harassment, and in the 1920s the city took the property through eminent… Continue reading
Dec 12 Richmond removes final public Confederate statue By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press The city removed its other Confederate monuments amid the racial justice protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in 2020. Continue reading
Jun 29 1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest By Jay Reeves, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press A team searching a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping. And relatives of the victim say they now want the woman… Continue reading