Tag: Black women
Four Black women who have advanced human rights
The four introduced here are inspirational—for the changes they brought about, for their work ethic, and for their passion to improve the everyday lives of marginalized or oppressed groups.
How Sandra Bland’s Tragic Death Inspired America’s Newest Congressional Caucus
The Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls will push elected officials to prioritize the demographic’s needs.
10 Black Women Innovators and the Awesome Things They Brought Us
From a better hairbrush to modern 3D technology, ten things that might never have existed without the invention or innovation of black women.
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Noem revives ICE secrecy playbook after Renee Good killing, blocking congressional oversight
A new DHS order demands seven days’ notice for detention site visits, defying a recent court ruling as Minnesota Democrats are turned away from a Minneapolis facility.
EPA moves to value human lives at zero in air pollution rules while prioritizing...
Internal documents show the Trump administration’s EPA is abandoning decades of public health accounting in favor of business compliance costs.
Could Trump’s diversion of Venezuelan oil to US save the Iranian regime?
This substantial gain for the Islamic Republic, however, will only help it weather the current political crisis if it manages to survive until April or May.
We found more than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other...
DHS policy bars using chokeholds and carotid restraints just because someone is resisting arrest. Agents are doing it anyway.
The next frontier of climate accountability: Making Big Food pay its ecological bill
The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.