USDA, Black Farmers Reach Settlement
A protester at a 2009 NBFA rally in Jackson, Mississippi. (Source: NBFA) The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Justice Department announced on Thursday that USDA will pay $1.25 billion to settle...
View ArticleWashington Report: Updates from Capitol Hill
Congress May Miss Black Farmers Settlement Deadline National Black Farmers Association President John Boyd, Jr., fears that Capitol Hill lawmakers won’t meet the March 31 deadline to appropriate funds...
View ArticleIn the News: Venus Pulls Out of Open; Beyonce’s Baby Bump Sets Twitter Record...
Venus Williams' Sjogren's Syndrome diagnosis leads to her U.S. Open exit (Image: File) Venus Williams Pulls Out of Open Two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams announced her withdrawal from the...
View ArticleIn the News: BofA Settles Claims for $335 Million; Actor Graham Brown Dies...
(Image: Thinkstock) Bank of America Settles Discriminatory Claims for $335 Million The Justice Department announced Wednesday a $335 million settlement with Bank of America Corp. The agreement...
View ArticleJustice Department Discovers Pattern of Excessive Force by Cleveland Police
Video above: (Source: CBS News) Today, Attorney General Eric Holder made an announcement that the Justice Department’s civil rights investigation into the Cleveland Division of Police has found a...
View ArticleJustice Department to Reportedly Clear Darren Wilson of Civil Rights Charges
Image: CNN After an FBI investigation found no evidence to support civil rights charges, Justice Department lawyers are planning to clear officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting unarmed teen Michael...
View ArticleJustice Department Preparing to Sue Ferguson Police
photo credit: AP According to CNN, the United States Justice Department is preparing to file a lawsuit against the Ferguson, Missouri police department for a pattern of racial discrimination if the...
View ArticleJustice Department Files No Federal Charges Against George Zimmerman in Death...
(Image: File) The Justice Department announced Tuesday that no federal charges will be brought against George Zimmerman for the 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman,...
View ArticleWalter Scott Case: White Officer Michael Slager Charged with Murder in South...
(Image: www.nbcnews.com) On Tuesday, April 7, white police officer Michael T. Slager was charged with the murder of Walter L. Scott after a video of the shooting incident was leaked to the public. The...
View ArticleU.S. Government OKs Charter Purchase of Time Warner Cable
The U.S. government gave Charter Communications Inc. the green light to purchase not only Time Warner Cable, but also Bright House networks, reports Reuters. [Related: New Labels Shed Light on Obscure...
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase To Settle Mortgage Discrimination Suit for $55M
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a lawsuit filed by U.S. Justice Department, accusing the bank of discriminating against minority borrowers by allowing mortgage brokers...
View ArticleDOJ Calls For Police Reform in Chicago and Baltimore
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police Department engages in discriminatory and unconstitutional practices in a pattern of the...
View ArticleTrump Administration to Investigate Anti-white Bias in Affirmative Action...
The Trump administration plans to use resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division to investigate anti-white bias in affirmative action admissions policies of colleges and universities,...
View ArticleFeds Reopen the Emmett Till Murder Case Citing ‘New Information’
The U.S. Department of Justice is reopening the murder case of Emmett Till 63 years after the 14-year-old African American teen was brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman in...
View ArticleFeds Sue Yale University Claiming Discrimination Against White and Asian...
The Justice Department is suing Yale University after prosecutors alleged that the school was illegally discriminating against white and Asian applicants. The suit, which was filed in federal court in...
View ArticleBiden Administration To Dramatically Change The Civil Rights Division of the...
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department will undergo a significant change under President-elect Joe Biden. Once Biden takes office next year, his administration will bring the civil...
View ArticleBREAKING: Justice Department Set to Review Memphis Police Department...
The Justice Department has a magnifying glass up to the Memphis Police Department. ABC News reported the department will be reviewing MPD, following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. A new set of eyes...
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