NAACP

"The NAACP is glad to see Steve Bannon out of the White House," said Derrick Johnson, interim president and CEO of the NAACP. "Ousting one key staffer, however, can't erase the words used by President Trump this week in defense of domestic terrorists, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

NAACP: Trump needs to fire officials ‘who share Steve Bannon’s poisonous beliefs’

Daniel Chaitin · August 19, 2017 12:24 am

The NAACP report either selectively cites or simply ignores the wide body of charter school research in order to support their preferred stories. (Flickr)

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The NAACP’s campaign to smear charter schools

Marcus Winters · August 4, 2017 5:18 pm

Advocating new curbs on charter schools contrasts uneasily with data showing that charter schools have improved public education, especially for the most vulnerable. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Contra NAACP, charter schools are giving hope to African-Americans who had none

Ramona Edelin · August 1, 2017 12:00 pm

In 2016, 19 major companies like American Airlines, Facebook, Google, Starbucks, and Uber signed the "Fair Chances Business Pledge" - a pledge to give Americans with criminal records an opportunity to find employment. More initiatives like this from the private sector mean that the 1 in 3 Americans with a criminal record stand a better chance of finding employment and turning their lives around instead of turning into yet another recidivism statistic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

It takes two: how effective partnerships can change the face of America’s justice system

Steven Hawkins · July 28, 2017 4:01 am

Trump also declined to speak at last year's NAACP convention because it coincided with the the Republican National Convention. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump declines invitation to speak at NAACP convention

Kelly Cohen · July 19, 2017 8:47 pm

Brooks announced on Twitter that he was "disappointed" to be leaving the NAACP. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

NAACP is parting ways with its president, Cornell Brooks

Daniel Chaitin · May 20, 2017 1:02 am

Senate Finance Committee's top Democrat said the hold would remain until the documents were provided to the Finance and Intelligence panels. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Wyden to halt nominee until Treasury releases information on Trump and Russia

Joseph Lawler · May 10, 2017 9:59 pm

The state joined Louisiana as the only other state with a "Blue Lives Matter" law. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Attacking police, first responders now a hate crime in Kentucky

Kelly Cohen · March 22, 2017 9:06 pm

Rachel Dolezal changed her name and has a book coming out in March. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)

Rachel Dolezal legally changes name to African phrase

Anna Giaritelli · March 2, 2017 12:02 am

Alluding to the current state of America under a new Trump administration, Jealous says that he began to ask himself if there was more he could do after ending a five-year stint as head of the NAACP in 2013. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Former NAACP head Ben Jealous eyeing a run for Maryland governor

Daniel Chaitin · February 28, 2017 7:51 pm

The Senate Monday night confirmed Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary despite complaints by Democrats that Mnuchin failed to protect thousands of homeowners from unnecessary foreclosures when he headed OneWest Bank. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steven Mnuchin confirmed as Trump’s treasury secretary

Joseph Lawler · February 14, 2017 12:28 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham argued that Democratic attacks against Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination are just attacks against conservatism. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Graham: Attack against Sessions is an ‘attack on conservatism’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 7, 2017 9:43 pm