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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

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

Every eldest daughter knows the job description, even though nobody ever handed it to her: keep the peace, watch over your siblings, keep it together. For Adia, the breakout star of Bassam Tariq’s “Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother,” that unspoken role wasn’t something she had to research. She’s lived

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

Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon will avoid a trial over her May protest at Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office after reaching an agreement that allows her to resolve the criminal case without pleading guilty or admitting wrongdoing. Nixon, the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, was arrested after staging a

The Mississippi DA is criticizing Ben Crump over claims about evidence recovered from Nolan Xavier Wells’ cellphone. She says that the information she released about the investigation was “true and accurate” and accuses Crump’s team of creating a “misleading public narrative.” The dispute comes days after a Mississippi grand jury

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

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

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.

A California discrimination trial against Tesla has taken another explosive turn after the company’s legal team argued in court that the N-word can be acceptable in certain circumstances, a defense that’s drawing renewed attention to allegations of systemic racism at the automaker’s Fremont factory. During opening statements, Tesla attorney Tyree