Black residents in Chicago are getting their wallets flooded by water bills. Mostly Black neighborhoods in Chicago have water debt ten times higher than similar white areas in the city. The nonprofits reportedly looked at millions of water bill records between 2015 and 2020. The reports show that water has …

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before a procedural vote in the Senate on voting rights legislation on Wednesday, January 19, 2022.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call (AP) Mitch McConnell finally said the quiet part out loud: when it comes to voting rights, Black people …

President Joe Biden committed to Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2024 Presidential Election. “Yes and yes,” Biden responded during his first news conference of the year when a reporter asked if he  was satisfied with the job Harris has done on voting rights and if …

Photo: The CW If you’ve ever watched an HBCU football game, you already know the band is the best part. Sorry, football players, but marching bands are the real MVPs. To that end, the CW is taking a deep dive into the world of HBCU marching bands with its new …

Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty The buildup of Russian troops at the Ukraine border continues …

Sens Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), two of the only three Black people serving in the Senate, had a heated argument comparing voting restriction bills to Jim Crow laws. According to the New York Times, the senators took opposites sides in a debate on voting rights legislation, the …

We never forgot the officers who helped pin George Floyd to the ground as Derek Chauvin took his life. Former officers J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are accused of violating Floyd’s constitutional rights while acting under government authority, reported The Associated Press. On the state level, they’re charged …

Showtime Networks has released the trailer for the upcoming Bill Cosby documentary, We Need To Talk About Cosby, that will debut at the end of the month on Jan. 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. We Need To Talk About Cosby is a four-part docuseries directed by Emmy Award-winner W. Kamau …

Attendees hold up signs during the final day of the Georgetown to Austin March for Democracy on Friday, July 31, 2021, in Austin, TX. Photo: Sergio Flores For The Washington Post (Getty Images) In September 2021, Texas passed a set of voting rights limits restricting when counties can offer early …

“How to Build a Life” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life. There are a growing number of Marxists today. By which I mean followers of …