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The FBI’s search of Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas’ office has become a flashpoint in the state’s escalating political battles over redistricting, voting power and federal authority. Lucas led the state's campaign to approve redistricting.

FBI Search of Black Virginia Senator’s Office Sparks Fury

by Clayton Gutzmore May 8, 2026May 8, 2026

Supporters of Sen. Louise Lucas say the FBI raid of her office reflects a deeper national fight over who holds political power — and who gets targeted for using it.

Intended to provide Black voters an equal opportunity at political power, the Voting Rights Act is an important lever to prevent discrimination at the ballot box. But legal experts warn a Supreme Court decision hollowing out the law could reshape representation for a generation.

Politics

SCOTUS Voting Rights Decision is ‘About as Bad as It Gets’

by Joseph Williams April 29, 2026April 30, 2026

Politics

ICE Detentions Surge, Leaving 11,000 U.S. Citizen Children Without Parents

by The Washington Informer March 23, 2026March 25, 2026

Illinois Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton celebrates her primary win on March 17, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Stratton is hoping to replace Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) who is retiring at the end of his term. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion

Illinois Voters Just Sent a Message About Black Women’s Power

by Glynda C. Carr March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

Opinion

We’d Best Prepare Now for the Coming Black ICE Storm

by Houston Defender March 16, 2026March 17, 2026

Opinion

As the Old Guard of Civil Rights Finish Their March, Ours Must Continue

by The Afro March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

USAF military ground personnel prepare a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) for a US Air Force (USAF) B-1 Lancer bomber jet on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in south-west England on March 12, 2026. Fairford is one of two bases, along with the Diego Garcia facility in the Indian Ocean, that the UK has given the US permission to use for "specific defensive operations into Iran" to destroy Iranian missiles at source, the British defence minister said in a statement. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion

War With Iran Could Cost U.S. Families Thousands

by Eric Morrissette March 12, 2026March 13, 2026

Opinion

Is the US Military Too Big and Proud to Fail?

by The Afro March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

Motorists drive along an expressway as plumes of smoke rise after a strike in Tehran on March 5, 2026. Israel pounded Tehran with fresh strikes and Iran targeted Kurdish guerilla groups in Iraq on March 5 as a spiralling war in the Middle East engulfed the entire region. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion

We Bombed Iran. Black Folks Are Asking: Who Is ‘We’?

by Julienne Louis-Anderson March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

A vendor sells merchandise to people paying their respects to the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson outside of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition national headquarters on February 27, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Jackson, who is who is lying in repose inside of the headquarters, died on February 17. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion

Jesse Jackson and the Political Imagination We Inherit

by Constance Harper March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

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