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Photo by Grace Beahm-Pool/Getty Images By Kevin L. Clark ·September 27, 2021 Updated

Earlier this month, Dylann Roof filed a request for a new appellate hearing, arguing that the judges’ decision interpreted too broadly the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Attorneys for the federal government have opposed his request, retorting that the South Carolina man was properly convicted and sentenced for the 2015 murder of nine members of a Black congregation.

In court documents

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Source: Twitter By Essence ·September 23, 2021 Updated

On Thursday, missing 25-year-old Jelani Day has been identified as the man pulled from the Illinois River earlier this month. According to NBC, his identity was determined using “forensic dental identification and DNA testing.” 

Day’s body was spotted on September 4th. He had been reported missing by family and professor. 

He was in the portion of the river near a suburb in the Southwest area of Chicago

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Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Donna M. Owens ·September 23, 2021 Updated

Members of Congress who’ve been working on federal police reform say talks have broken down. Lawmakers said the roadblock effectively ends bipartisan efforts to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021.

The legislation named to honor Floyd–whose police killing in May 2020 spurred mass global protests–is sweeping. Among its provisions are de-escalation training, banning police techniques i.e. chokeholds

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By Kevin L. Clark ·September 23, 2021 Updated

Claims of racism in white sororities and fraternities aren’t a new issue. Both have made headlines for their apparent racist antics, parties, and membership selection over the years. There have been instances where members were outed for wearing blackface, dressing as mammies or slaves, and were alleged to not give bids to women of color.

For Natalie Wilson, one of a few Black members to speak

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By Donna M. Owens ·September 22, 2021 Updated

The list of groundbreaking women whom EMILY’S List has endorsed or helped elect reads like a who’s who of political leaders, past and present: Vice President Kamala Harris. Former U.S. Senator, Carol Moseley Braun. Stacey Abrams. Women in Congress, from Rep. Maxine Waters to Reps. Lucy McBath, Jahana Hayes, and Lauren Underwood.  

Now, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics has made history by naming Laphonza Butler

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Photo by John Moore/Getty Images By Marlene L. Daut, Ph.D ·September 22, 2021 Updated

Haiti has suffered one blow after another this year. Before a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated the country’s southern peninsula in August—and a tropical storm caused severe flooding days later— media outlets reported on the July assassination of the nation’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Appeals for the United States to send aid to Haiti abounded. Such calls for assistance are not

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Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images By Kevin L. Clark ·September 22, 2021 Updated

Isa Abdul-Karim, 42, died at about 7:25 p.m. on Sunday in the North Infirmary Command after telling staff he wasn’t feeling well. Wheelchair-bound, the inmate was held in Rikers Island on a parole violation, and was being considered by officials for early release under The Less Is More Act.

While the New York City Department of Correction said it

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Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Donna M. Owens ·September 21, 2021 Updated

Last month, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) protested overnight on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with a major goal in mind: to raise awareness and take action to help millions of Americans at risk of eviction— an issue exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now the St. Louis Congresswoman has joined with Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to introduce the Keeping Renters Safe Act

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By Essence ·September 21, 2021 Updated

Sunny Hostin criticized U.S. policy on Haiti during a taping of The View on Tuesday. 

Disturbing images of Haitian asylum seekers being assaulted at the Texas border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on horseback have been circulating in the media and on social networking sites. Migrants are seeking safety after a recent season of unrest in the country prompted by a Presidential assassination, and a massive earthquake.

During a