Attorneys in transgender medical case turn over document but maintain objections
A sign outside the Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama seen on January 24, 2023. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) Attorneys in an ongoing lawsuit…
‘Lost cause’ of our nation’s brutal racism permeates society, distorting history along the way
Fire fighters use fire hoses to subdue the protestors during the Birmingham Campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, May 1963. The movement, which called for the integration of African Americans in schools,…
VP Kamala Harris lauds Florida Black voting rights group on Juneteenth
Vice President Kamala Harris sits for a roundtable discussion on reproductive rights in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Feb. 22, 2024. (Photo: Anna Liz Nichols) Quality Journalism for Critical Times As…
Alaska faces consequences as federal education funding equity dispute continues
An empty classroom at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Juneau, Alaska, on July 20, 2022. (Photo by Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon) A dispute between Alaska’s education officials and their federal…
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
TULSA, OK – JUNE 19: A man displays a shirt celebrating the freedom of enslaved Black people during the Juneteenth celebration in the Greenwood District on June 19, 2020 in…
On this day in 1865
JUNE 19, 1865 Credit: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Although the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued two years earlier, it wasn’t until this date — two…
Mixed results after 3 months of CT’s updated bottle redemption program
A Connecticut law doubled container redemption values as 2024 began, but early data on the returns don’t yet show a clear impact on the state. Under the updated “bottle bill”…
The forgotten pioneers: Walker Browning and Billings’ Black community
Wayman Chapel, an AME church, located at 402 S. 25th Street in Billings, Montana. Behind it, sits the parsonage for the congregation (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan).…
Lifeguard shortage leaves some Vermont pools and beaches unprepared for this week’s heat
Beachgoers gather at North Beach in Burlington on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger At North Beach in Burlington, Alec Kaeding is putting lifeguard towers in storage and…
Boeing CEO apologizes to families for aircraft safety failings
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun returns to his seat after speaking directly to family members of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 crashes during…