The NAACP is asking the federal courts to force the Department of Justice to make its plans to deploy "election monitors" for the 2026 midterm elections public. The civil rights organization filed for "emergency judicial intervention" in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Florida officials are investigating vandalism after a Confederate monument in a cemetery was found with its head missing.

Authorities have made a second arrest in the case of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother who was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, last month. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney expects more warrants and arrests. This is a developing story. Read more for details at link in bio.

The Emancipator’s Senior Correspondent Chandelis Duster sat down with National Council of Negro Women President and CEO Rev. Shavon Arline-Bradley to discuss the organization’s legacy in helping Black women protect their rights. Read more at the link in bio.

Black women have long been one of the nation’s most pivotal voting blocs due to higher turnout, partisan loyalty, and dogged grassroots effort.

“Here I was, a free Black woman from the Deep South with degrees and a national voice, standing before the grave of a man who led a bloody campaign to preserve the dehumanization and enslavement of my ancestors.” Read more from my reporter’s notebook below:

“Here I was, a free Black woman from the Deep South with degrees and a national voice, standing before the grave of a man who led a bloody campaign to preserve the dehumanization and enslavement of my ancestors.” Read more from my reporter’s notebook below:

An appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's latest attempt to implement restrictions on mail-in voting efforts that could disenfranchise millions of voters— many of them people of color— ahead of the 2026 midterm election.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told me there are "multiple patients" and that firefighters were working to extinguish the fire. There are over 60 MDFR units responding. My reporting below: