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.
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.
Civil Rights Sep 24, 2026AP invokes lynching history in Mississippi hanging death after Black
The Associated Press faced criticism Wednesday for invoking America’s history of lynchings in coverage of a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree, even after a Black man was charged with her murder and authorities said they had not established a motive.
Black News Sep 24, 2026On the ballot this November: Automatic restoration of voting rights
Sam Harris, a 56-year-old from Suffolk, will vote for the first time this November.
Black News Sep 23, 2026White Nationalist Activity Tracker — September 23, 2026
0 new documented incidents of white-nationalist activity, mapped and linked to the reporting.
AT&T and Black America Sep 23, 2026AT&T and Black America, Part 6: The Largest Employment-Discrimination Settlement in U.S. History
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.
Civil Rights Sep 23, 2026Voter Suppression, Not Fraud: What Democrats Are Actually Preparing For Six Weeks Out
Senate Democrats have run two closed-door tabletop exercises rehearsing responses to election-day disruption, and all 24 Democratic governors have issued a joint statement on Trump’s election claims. Here is what has actually been said, by whom, and what the law allows.
Civil Rights Sep 23, 2026A Gun at an Indiantown Bus Stop, No Charges, and the Florida Law That Names Bus Stops Directly
A father pulled a concealed firearm on two teenagers at an Indiantown school bus stop after his son reported being bullied. The sheriff says no law was broken. Florida’s weapons statute names school bus stops specifically — and its self-defense exception is why this case ended where it did.
Black News Sep 23, 2026Nolan Wells Update: No Indictment, Autopsy Questions, and What Happens Next
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.