by African Elements | May 1, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, News Current Events and Research
TX House OKs Bill to Remove Officials Who Refuse to Prosecute Abortion Providers The bill aims to force left-leaning prosecutors to prosecute abortions — or risk being replaced by an Abbott appointee. On Thursday, the Texas House advanced a bill that would allow...
by News Headlines | May 1, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, News Current Events and Research
Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American foreign policy. It was a turnabout dictators and dissidents alike found hard to believe as he took...
by News Headlines | May 1, 2023 | Black History (Reconstruction to Present), Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, News Current Events and Research
Statue honoring Mamie Till-Mobley to be unveiled in Illinois A memorial honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, will be unveiled Saturday outside the suburban Chicago high school she attended as a young woman, long before she became a critical player in...
by News Headlines | May 1, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, News Current Events and Research
Systemic racism is contributing to rise in induced labor among Black and Latina mothers, new study says A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that Black and Latina mothers in the US may have been induced into labor based on the needs...
by News Headlines | May 1, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, News Current Events and Research
Ralph Yarl Deserves Justice Beyond What the Criminal Legal System Can Offer While the man who shot Yarl was not a cop, his whiteness allowed him to bear an invisible badge of the police force. Kansas City, Missouri, has been in a frenzy. While the city grapples with...
by News Headlines | May 1, 2023 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines, News Current Events and Research
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a speech during the Jerusalem Post conference at the Museum of Tolerance on April 27, 2023 in Jerusalem, Israel. Florida GOP Send ‘Egregious’ Voter Suppression Bill to DeSantis “We can’t disregard,...