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The Fifteen Percent Pledge has a $1 million problem

The Fifteen Percent Pledge, an organization founded to uplift Black brands, owes two white men more than $1 million. According to a complaint submitted in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the organization and its founder, designer Aurora James, are facing a lawsuit from The Gathery over

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use voter citizenship database

The Supreme Court has cleared the Trump administration to resume using an expanded federal database to help states check voter rolls for people who may not be eligible to vote because they are not U.S. citizens. In a 6-3 emergency ruling Friday, the justices paused a lower-court order that had

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School desegregation cases face new changes under Trump administration

The Trump administration is closing long-running school desegregation cases. Civil rights advocates say the changes could affect how racial discrimination is addressed in schools. For decades, federal civil rights enforcement in American education recognized that discrimination could occur even when a school policy did not explicitly mention race. Under the

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Cardi B says her children inspired her to rethink her financial legacy

Cardi B has thought further ahead than most 33-year-olds, and what she found waiting there unsettled her. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, the rapper described the calculation that pushed her toward building businesses outside of music. Royalties, she realized, would leave her children in a position she did not want for

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Why HBCU ‘money games’ remain a complicated choice for athletic programs

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. This weekend, Howard Bison will face Rutgers Scarlet Knights. As a proud Bison, I hope my alma mater wins, but it’s unlikely. And while the outcome isn’t guaranteed, the money

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Texas court leaves Crystal Mason’s acquittal intact in disputed voting case

Crystal Mason’s nearly decade-long legal battle over a provisional ballot has ended after Texas’ highest criminal court left her acquittal in place, closing a case that began with the 2016 presidential election. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Thursday that it had improperly agreed to review the state’s challenge

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Chadwick Boseman estate dispute reveals family’s unanswered questions after his death

Newly revealed legal correspondence shows that Chadwick Boseman’s family raised questions about the actor’s medical treatment and an alleged opioid level in his system after his death in 2020. The letters, obtained by TMZ, were exchanged between attorneys representing Boseman’s parents and brothers and his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward Boseman.