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Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging unlawful actions by the U.S. Department of Housing and…

Eric Kelley was freed from prison after serving more than 20 years for the 1993 murder of a Paterson video store clerk when new DNA evidence…

The John Lewis Voter Empowerment Act would boost voting language access and impose preclearance on communities with a history of voter discrimination and intimidation. (Photo by…

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. at an encampment dubbed “Resurrection City,” at the close of the Poor People’s March at the National Mall in Washington…

By SOPHIA TAREEN CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led…

By DAVID RISING, Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Rights groups on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration’s decision to end protected status for Myanmar citizens due to…

Brandon Parnell, 39, and Latoya Gaines, 40, both of Birmingham, Alabama, traveled to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 15,…