Category: State/National News
A National Crisis: Surging Hate Crimes and White Supremacists
By Charlene Crowell (TriceEdneyWire.com) – A Saturday morning shooting rampage in El Paso, Texas on August 3 took the lives of 22...
Supreme Court Sends Mixed Civil Rights Signals As America Celebrates July 4th
By Hamil R. Harris (TriceEdneyWire.com) – On the eve of America’s celebration of its 243rd Independence Day, the U.S. Supreme Court...
Traffic-ticket debt can cost low-income drivers their license
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Like a lot of drivers, Ashley Gantt got pulled over. She ended up with two traffic tickets. At...
Teachers’ Union Tells Regents to “Correct” State Test Procedure
By Patti Singer – pattisinger@minorityreporter.net – The union representing teachers in New York called on the state Board of...
New York Attorney General Letitia James Sues Treasury, IRS
New York’s attorney general is suing the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its subsidiary the Internal Revenue Service, claiming...
Cutting-Edge Program Aimed to Stem Prescription Drug Abuse in New York Now in Limbo
African-Americans among those who may feel the most immediate consequences By Hazel Trice Edney – Six years ago, public health...
Sweeping Gun Bills Pass State Legislature
New York lawmakers approved six new gun bills including efforts to ban bump stocks, extend the waiting period for gun buyers who fail...
Early Voting Now NYS Law, Counties Grappling With How to pay for it
Thursday, a week after the Legislature passed historic voting reform, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation into law making New York the...
Attorney General Letitia James Gets a Win in Census Case
NEW YORK – A lawsuit, filed in April by the New York State Attorney General’s Office to block the Trump Administration from requiring...
White Churches Have a Moral Responsibility to Stand Up
News Analysis by Jesse Jackson – In 2019, we will commemorate 400 years since the first 20 slaves were transported by ship from...
