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Minorities’ share of AT&T management jobs nearly doubled in the five years after the 1973 consent decree — and the unions representing the company’s own workers sued to try to block the settlement in the first place. Part 7 of a 12-part series, covering 1973 to 1979.
0 new documented incidents of white-nationalist activity, mapped and linked to the reporting.
September 24, 2026 – Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has reintroduced the Youth Voting Rights Act of 2026, comprehensive legislation to enforce the Twenty-Sixth Amendment and expand youth access to voting.
Sam Harris, a 56-year-old from Suffolk, will vote for the first time this November.
0 new documented incidents of white-nationalist activity, mapped and linked to the reporting.
The federal government filed its lawsuit against AT&T and its consent decree resolving that lawsuit on the same day — January 18, 1973 — because the settlement had already been negotiated before the case was ever formally filed. Part 6 of a 12-part series, covering 1970 to 1973.
A grand jury declined to indict anyone in Nolan Wells’ death. His family is seeking answers about his injuries, further forensic work, and an independent federal review.
Twelve days after his acquittal, Lil Durk posted a photo of Malcolm X with an inspirational quote beside it. There is no record of Malcolm X saying those words. The archives that would settle it are free, public, and searchable.