Tag: Kristen Clarke
DOJ: Buffett company discriminated against Black homebuyers
By Ken Sweet, Associated Press
A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in...
Justice Department Announces New Initiative to Combat Redlining
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire
The Justice Department announced the launch of the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative today. Redlining is an illegal practice...
U.S. Attorney General Sues Georgia, Says Election Laws Specifically Targeted Black People
By Stacy M. Brown
Declaring that Georgia’s new election laws are intended to deny voting rights specifically to African Americans, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland...
Biden Administration to Appoint Kristen Clarke to Key Civil Rights Post
Clarke’s appointment adds even more diversity to an incoming administration that has kept its campaign promise to ensure that top staff and cabinet members reflect all of America. “Our first-rate nominees to lead the Justice Department are eminently qualified, embody character and judgment that is beyond reproach, and have devoted their careers to serving the American people with honor and integrity,” Biden said in a statement.
Georgia Man Ahmaud Arbery, Shot and Killed — Jogging While Black
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior Correspondent, NNPA Newswire
Add jogging while Black to the ever-growing list of reasons African Americans continue to be shot down...