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Granite Staters are under no legal obligation to retreat before they use deadly force, according to a new state Supreme Court ruling.  The Court unanimously ruled to overturn Joshua D. Shea’s 2021 conviction for criminal threatening with a deadly weapon, finding that the trial judge erred by instructing the jury to consider whether Shea had […]

The FBI attempted to join the chorus of individuals and groups remembering the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a post on X/Twitter on Jan. 15. However, the organization’s post would soon be served with a fact checker’s version of a clap-back. Using the social media platform’s community notes feature, users […]

For Andre Walker, being a mentor at Big Brothers Big Sisters is more than just spending time with a young person. It’s about representation. He wants to be an example of a successful “everyday Black man” to his mentee — or “Little Brother.” “I’ve noticed that a lot of our [Black] youth, they tend to […]

In a world that often claims to advocate for justice and fairness, society exhibits a disheartening trend: victim-blaming. This trend is especially glaring when the victims are Black women who’ve encountered harmful relationships or experienced abuse. These women find themselves in the crosshairs of personal trauma and under the unforgiving gaze of public judgment. Instead […]

On January 21, 1948, Senator James Eastland of Mississippi led a successful campaign to block an anti-lynching bill, which would have held members of lynch mobs and local law enforcement officers accountable for their role in racial terror lynchings. Before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Senator Eastland—an ardent segregationist and supporter of white supremacy—proclaimed that “time […]

Harvard University on Friday urged a judge in Boston to dismiss lawsuits by families accusing it of mishandling the bodies of loved ones that were donated to its medical school and whose organs and parts were then sold on the black market by the former manager of its morgue. Martin Murphy, a lawyer for the […]

Canada is weighing a number of measures to prevent Mexican nationals from flying into the country to request asylum, a top official said on Sunday, after Quebec’s premier said earlier this week the lack of visa requirements for Mexican travelers meant more refugees were arriving by plane. Speaking to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Public Safety […]

On this day January 20… On January 20, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. Revels was elected in Mississippi to fill the vacancy left after the state’s secession from the Union prior to the Civil War. After the Confederacy’s 1865 […]

Florida Democratic Congressman Maxwell Frost recently stirred controversy by advocating for the removal of the Statue of Liberty in a speech addressing illegal immigration and asylum. Frost justified his call to tear down the New York landmark as a symbol of protest against HR 2, a comprehensive border security bill which he considers “bigoted legislation.” […]