The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has dismissed Biden-era police investigations and proposed police consent decrees in Louisville…
Category: Civil Rights
Reporting on civil rights enforcement, federal policy rollbacks and the court cases shaping voting, housing and equal protection in the United States.
Black News May 22, 2026The Stories They Won’t Tell: Underreported Hate Crimes Against Black America — May 2026
Hate crimes against Black Americans are believed to be undercounted by as much as 10-to-1 — meaning tens of thousands of racially motivated incidents may go…
Black News May 21, 2026Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act: A Direct Attack on Black Electoral Power
The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is investigating police misconduct and civil rights violations, but the pace and effectiveness of these investigations…
Black News May 20, 2026Black America Under Siege: Jan. 6 Fund, SPLC Hearing, Find A Black Doctor Lawsuit, and Mississippi Fights Back — May 20, 2026
This briefing covers a new $1.7 billion Justice Department fund for Jan. 6 defendants that civil rights leaders call an insult to reparations advocates, a…
Black News May 19, 2026Rising Hate Crimes and Voting Rights Erosion: A Double Threat to Black America
KEMETIC MINDS Investigative Intelligence Report — May 19, 2026 Key Takeaways The recent surge in hate crimes against Black and Muslim communities signals…
Black News May 18, 2026Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act, Exposing Black Communities to Further Disenfranchisement
The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has been inconsistent in its enforcement of police accountability, dismissing some investigations while…
Civil Rights May 17, 2026‘All Roads Lead to the South’: Thousands March on Montgomery as Supreme Court Ruling Ignites New Voting Rights Battle
The 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march was met with the brutal violence of “Bloody Sunday” on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. While the 2026 march was peaceful, the…
Civil Rights May 17, 2026‘We’re Not Going Back’: Black Voters March in Montgomery as Project 2025 and Gerrymandering Threaten to Erase Political Gains
The immediate trigger for the rally was the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais, which struck down a majority-Black congressional district…