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Biden will cancel $10,000 of student debt for many borrowers

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he is canceling $10,000 in student debt for individuals earning less than $125,000 annually and extending a pause on loan repayments for all borrowers through the end of the year.

Los Angeles Times

LOCALIZE IT: Biden announces student debt cancellation

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Groups sue Missouri over new limits on voter registration, absentee ballots

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two voting-rights groups have sued the state of Missouri in an attempt to block parts of a new law that restrict voter registration efforts and absentee voter outreach.

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Court opens door to voiding N. Carolina Voter ID amendment

North Carolina’s Supreme Court opened the door Friday to nullifying a voter ID mandate approved by citizens in 2018

The Independent UK

Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ dies at 89

Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television, has died.

Los Angeles Times

Lawyer: Former president of North Carolina NAACP found dead

A lawyer says a civil rights advocate and former president of the North Carolina branch of the NAACP has been found dead

The Independent UK

Attorney: DOJ should investigate Jayland Walker's death

An attorney for Jayland Walker's family has joined the NAACP in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate his death

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Midterm elections are a fight against ‘extremist, so-called leaders,’ Vice President Kamala Harris tells NAACP members

Speaking to hundreds of civil rights activists gathered in Atlantic City, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday framed the November midterm elections as an existential fight for liberty and progress, saying “extremist so-called leaders (are) attempting to undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedoms.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at NAACP convention in Atlantic City

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Jersey Shore on Monday, speaking at the NAACP’s national convention in Atlantic City.

Tribune News Service

Medical examiner says Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times

The 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in Akron, Ohio, was shot dozens of times, with 26 bullets recovered from his body, according to a preliminary autopsy report.

WEKU

US police shot Jayland Walker more than 40 times

Police in Akron, Ohio shot the unarmed Black man 46 times, causing ‘devastating injuries’, medical examiner says.

Al Jazeera

NAACP calls on Garland to probe killing of Jayland Walker

The NAACP is making a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Jayland Walker, the Black man who was killed last month by officers in Ohio in a hail of police gunfire

The Independent UK

Q&A: Rep. Clyburn talks about his future in party leadership, what Biden has done for Black voters

WASHINGTON — Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat and the highest-ranking African American in the House, spoke recently with the Los Angeles Times about Democrats' plan before the midterm elections, the Jan. 6 hearings, his future in the party's leadership and when he'll know when it's time…

Los Angeles Times

Fred Gray, the 'chief counsel for the protest movement,' to get Medal of Freedom for his civil rights work

Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the victims of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, in which the U.S. Public Health Service refused for decades to provide readily available treatment to Black men who had the disease.

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Police killing of Jayland Walker in US: What we know so far

Officials released police body camera footage of Walker, who is Black, being fatally shot by police in Akron, Ohio.

The Conversation

Donating to help women get abortions is a First Amendment right – protected by Supreme Court precedents

Several Texas abortion funds – which are charities that help people who can’t afford to get an abortion pay for their travel, lodging and medical bills – paused disbursements on June 24, 2022, after the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have no constitutional right to the procedure.

The Independent UK

Court doors closed to NAACP suit over Black juror denials

A federal appeals court says the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi prosecutor accused of routinely rejecting Black jurors in criminal cases

USA Today Sports Media Group

Washington Commanders fine Jack Del Rio $100k for insurrection comments

The Washington Commanders fined Jack Del Rio $100,000 for his insurrection comments.

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NAACP President Calls for Jack Del Rio to Resign or Be Fired

The Commanders have not responded to the ongoing situation involving their defensive coordinator.

Reason

Data Scraping Is Not a Crime

South Carolina's NAACP and ACLU are challenging the state's ban on automated data collection.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The nation’s largest predominantly Black golf club has a new home at this Ohio golf course

This marks a major milestone for the 72-year-old golf club.

Salon

AOC: "Student debt plan could be better"

"Just enough to anger the people against it *and* the people who need forgiveness the most," says AOC

The Guardian - US

Seen and Unseen review: George Floyd, Black Twitter and the fight for racial justice

Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster’s brilliant book considers the history of communications technology in a racist society

WEKU

Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.

The Independent UK

After Buffalo, civil rights leaders pitch anti-hate plans

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization said it will propose a sweeping plan meant to protect Black Americans from white supremacist violence in response to a hate-fueled massacre that killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last weekend

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