Cheyanne M. Daniels

Rev. Al Sharpton is condemning a jury’s decision to acquit a white Marine veteran in the chokehold death of a homeless Black man on a subway train in New York City last May. Sharpton accused …

Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran at the center of the New York City subway chokehold trial , has been found not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) led a coalition of fellow legislators and advocates on Tuesday in calling on President Biden to certify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) before his term ends in January. Citi…

President Biden is facing growing criticism from civil rights and criminal justice reform activists after pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, while many Black Americans continue serving time in federa…

President Biden pardoned 39 people and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others on Thursday, a sweeping move that comes after pressure from criminal justice advocates over the surprise pardon of his son Hunter Biden.

President Biden pardoned 39 people and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others on Thursday, a sweeping move that comes after pressure from criminal justice advocates over the surprise pardon …

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed “idiots” who claimed without evidence that the shooter at a Wisconsin private school a day earlier was transgender.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have sent a letter to acting Attorney General Brent Cohen demanding victims and families of police violence be granted access to the Depa…

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) have sent a letter to acting Assistant Attorney General Brent Cohen demanding victims and families of police violence be granted access to the Department of Justice's Crime Victims Fund.

American Airlines has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by three Black men who were removed from a flight last January. In a statement, American Airlines declined to provide specific details …