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9th New Orleans Jail Escapee Antoine Massey Recaptured

by Daniel Johnson June 29, 2025 Massey was apprehended mere miles from the jail he escaped from, in New Orleans’ Hollygrove neighborhood, at a rental property. The capture of fugitive Antoine Massey by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office on June 27 brings the total number of at-large escapees from the

Black Workers Sue Walmart, Alleging Discriminatory Background Check Practices

by Daniel Johnson June 29, 2025 Mark Balentine, 52, filed the class action lawsuit against the retail giant. Mark Balentine, a 52-year-old former employee at a distribution center once run by Schneider Logistics, a third-party contractor for Walmart, filed a class action lawsuit against the retail giant the week of

Four HBCUs Unite To Launch The Nation’s First Digital HBCU Portal

by Daniel Johnson June 29, 2025 The goal of the eHBCU portal is to bring as much of the HBCU experience to the digital space as possible. Delaware State University, Southern University, Alabama State University, and Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design, all Historically Black Colleges or Universities, have

Son Of U.S. Soldier Left Without Citizenship, Deported To Jamaica

by Keka Araújo June 28, 2025 ICE and DHS declined to comment on these specific allegations. Jermaine Thomas, whose very citizenship was once the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case a decade ago, was forcibly removed from the United States last week and deported to Jamaica—a nation he had

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is ‘mad as a bag of cats’ over SCOTUS ruling says Republican senator: ‘That’s a good thing’

U.S. Senator John Kennedy, R-La., praised the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that blocks nationwide injunctions, potentially paving the way for President Donald Trump‘s plans to eliminate birthright citizenship and other executive policies. The 73-year-old lawmaker said he was “proud” of the 6-3 decision from the conservative majority of the court,