One may say it’s a bit easier to be a rapper-turned-actor— just look at talented multi-hyphenates like Queen Latifah, 50 Cent, Eve and Common as...

When a ‘no-knock’ policy collides with the ‘castle doctrine,’ the results can be tragic and infuriating, which is why legal experts say the two do...

Democratic nominee Joe Biden has advertised no public events on a day when Trump will make appearances in two states key to his reelection fortunes.

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Democrats, however, are taking the threat seriously and have begun preliminary talks about how to respond to a constitutional crisis.

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In this edition: How Republicans lowered the debate stakes for Joe Biden, new panic and accusations about absentee voting, and how the death of a...

Demonstrators in the streets of our nation are crying out for truth and justice. At an already contentious time in a deeply divided country, state-sanctioned...

As businesses across the United States continue to grapple with the impact of COVID-19, Black and Brown communities are being impacted at drastically disproportionate rates....