Alabama town stops prosecutions for late garbage bills after SPLC advocacy

Michigan judge loses docket after she's recorded insulting gay people and Black people

A suburban Detroit judge is no longer handling cases after a court official turned over recordings of her making anti-gay insults and referring to Black people as lazy.

Kroger intentionally price gouged customers for milk and eggs, executive admits in court

The grocery chain specifically charged more for milk and eggs that what was needed to cover inflation.

Second ex-US police officer pleads guilty in death of Tyre Nichols

Emmitt Martin is one of five fired officers charged over the fatal beating in 2023 that renewed calls for police reform.

Myth of 'superhuman strength' in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police

Researchers say the term “superhuman strength” is a relic of the post-Civil War Reconstruction era that was applied to Black men, often to justify racist violence.

Never mind Hitler: "Late Fascism" is here, and it doesn't need Hugo Boss uniforms

Fascism has been lurking under the surface of liberal democracy all along — we just didn't want to see it

When foster care kids are sex trafficked, some states fail to figure it out

A federal audit shows some states don’t conduct federally required screenings.

UnitedHealth faces class action lawsuit over algorithmic care denials in Medicare Advantage plans

A class action lawsuit was filed against UnitedHealth and a subsidiary alleging they use an algorithm to deny care to seriously ill patients

Jann Wenner Removed from Rock & Roll HOF Board After Remarks on Black, Female Artists

Rolling Stone's founder is out from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's board of directors.

Jann Wenner, Founder of Rolling Stone, Admits He Has No Respect for Black or Female Performers, Lets Subjects Edit Their Interviews

The real Jann Wenner speaks today in the New York Times. He says basically he has no interest in or respect for Black or female performers. He's publishing a book in two weeks called "The Masters," which is just with old white men like Bruce...

Four Harvard Students Held at Gunpoint by Campus Police in ‘Swatting’ Attack | News | The Harvard Crimson

At least five armed Harvard University Police Department officers raided an undergraduate suite in Leverett House in response to a false 911 call about an armed individual in the suite early Monday morning.

Uganda’s new anti-homosexuality law bans identification as LGBTQ

Law could be the first to criminalise identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ): Rights Watch

Messenger: Daughter wants justice for dad’s arrest at BJC while he was a kidney patient

Officers suspected man of stealing cars. He was just looking for his after a 4-day hospital stay.