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COVID-19 has raised awareness of the need for paid family vacation and medical leave. Nobody wants to encourage key workers to work sick with COVID-19 or any other infectious disease.Even those who care for a loved one with COVID-19,…

As one who covered Vernon Jordan over and over again for several decades, I remember how he defied simple labels. You had to get to know him. There was a lot to know about him. His oversized personality, courtly manner, commanding…

Towards the end of Black History Month, I am reminded that my former hometown has been blessed with the many, many prominent and accomplished Black citizens who have made such a positive impact on our lives in Norwich.It is fair to say…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (FOX 5 DC) - - Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued a proclamation on Friday recognizing February 20, the anniversary of the death of Frederick Douglass, as "Civil Rights Heroes Day." It will take place on Saturday for the…

Americans across the country were appalled and outraged by the January 6 events - a coup and attempted insurrection - after Democrats' leading impeachment manager, Congressman Jaime Raskin, launched the second impeachment…

Democratic senior impeachment executive Rep. Jaime Raskin (D-MD) shared a very personal story on Jan. 6 about his experience as he completed his first part of the Senate's second impeachment trial of Donald Trump for inciting…

Rosa Parks, who fought for civil rights long before the Montgomery, Ala. Bus boycott in 1955, was born on February 4, 1913.Parks joined the local NAACP chapter in December 1943 and became secretary to which her husband Raymond was already a…

The National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers issued a statement Wednesday in support of New London Police Sgt. Ab. Cornelius Rodgers, who has filed a civil rights lawsuit with the New London Police Department for…

US Congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) calls Black Lives Matter a "radical Marxist group" and "domestic terrorists" and chooses it on the first day of Black History Month. On Monday, QAnon cult Rep. Greene announced…

Rev. James Lawson speaks to Dream Summer students. UCLA photo From Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN - Follow Black Lives Matter to Advocate Civil Rights, a 92-year-old Methodist pastor said during a recently streamed program from the local…