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By Kevin L. Clark ·Updated March 25, 2022
The legacy of John Cheatham is being honored after more than a century since he last walked out of the Minneapolis firehouse that now bears his name.In a report by MPR News, Mayor Jacob Frey and current Fire Chief Bryan Tyner marked the redesignation Thursday, Mar. 24, changing the street a block from Cheatham old station from Dight Avenue to Cheatham Avenue in
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By Rayna Reid ·Updated March 25, 2022
Deshaun Watson evaded criminal charges for the second time after a second Texas grand jury “declined to indict Watson, but he still faces the 22 active civil suits that first brought attention to the allegations.”
In a statement, Tom Selleck, Brazoria County District Attorney (DA) said, “After a careful and thorough review of the facts and evidence documented in the reports prepared by the Brazoria County
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By Kevin L. Clark ·Updated March 25, 2022
The fight to legalize marijuana at the federal level has been taken — once again — to the House floor to vote on as soon as next week.
In a report from Marijuana Moment, the House Rules Committee announced Thursday, Mar. 24, that it will hold a hearing regarding the bill on Monday, Mar. 28, which will mark the final step before consideration on
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By Donna M. Owens ·Updated March 24, 2022
Jotaka Eaddy was miles from the nation’s capital—she was in sunny Hawaii, in fact—but the historic Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson were too important to miss.
So, the founder/convener of #WinWithBlackWomen flew back home to D.C. to take part in a phone bank and national call-in day on Wednesday. Along with the group she convenes, fellow co-hosts included the
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By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated March 24, 2022
Earlier this month, Congress passed a bill explicitly prohibiting federal law enforcement officers from having sex with people in their custody. The “consent loophole” as Mic reported, allowed law enforcement officers accused of sexual assault by people in their custody to avoid charges by claiming the interaction was consensual.
The legal loophole became widespread knowledge following a 2018 story of an 18-year-old New York woman accusing two
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By Donna M. Owens ·Updated March 24, 2022
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is optimistic that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will be elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court, despite the combative nature of questioning by some Republicans during her historic confirmation hearings. “She’s been a pillar of strength,” Klobuchar told ESSENCE in an interview outside the hearing room on Wednesday. “She has shown grace under pressure every step of the way [despite] being asked the most
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Black Congresswomen were among the observers on Day 3 of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the historic nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Supreme Court Justice. If confirmed, she would be the nation’s first Black woman jurist to serve on the highest court in the land.
ESSENCE spoke exclusively with several members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) attended
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By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated March 23, 2022
After three days of political theatre from the GOP opposition, >Senator Cruz (R-TX), it was evident that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson needed a break. Queue New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.
Senator Booker called out Republicans and their non-bipartisan support, pointing out that Jackson didn’t face this same kind of scrutiny when she was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
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By Rayna Reid ·Updated March 23, 2022
The tech giant Google is once again under fire for discriminating against employees, as one of their former employees filed a lawsuit last Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claiming the company “engages in a ‘pattern and practice’ of unfair treatment for its Black workers. The suit [also] claims the company steered them into lower-level and lower-paid jobs and subjected