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Inside one of the only federal women’s prisons in the United States, inmates say they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by correctional officers and even the warden, and were often threatened or punished when they tried to speak up (…

The virtual resources for Black History Month include links to online resources from the Public Broadcasting Service, National Archives and Records Administration, National Museum of African American History and Culture, the History Network, and the National Park Service that showcase the rich…

Each February, Black History Month serves as both a celebration of the rich cultural heritage, triumphs and adversities that are an indelible part of our country's history, and a powerful reminder that Black history is American…

Edgar Cahn, a lawyer who helped establish the program that would become known as the Legal Services Corp., has died at age 86. The D.C. Bar posted a tribute.

Cahn and his late wife, Jean…

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer joined President Joe Biden at the White House Thursday to formally announce his retirement, kicking off a rush to confirm a new member of the court to replace the oldest serving justice (view full…

For just the third time in seven years, Oklahoma has executed a death row inmate (view full article).

Donald Anthony Grant was pronounced dead by lethal…

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring at the end of the current term after serving more than two decades on the nation's highest court, according to people familiar with his thinking (…

President Biden two historic federal judgeship nominations in Georgia, Victoria Marie Calvert and Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, . If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Calvert would become the second black female judge to serve that court,…

Shane Lee Brown is suing the police departments in Las Vegas and Henderson, Nev., and several officers after they jailed him for six days, instead of a white man with a similar name who is taller, nearly twice as old and a convicted felon (…

Less than two years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in McGirt v. Oklahoma held that a large portion of eastern Oklahoma, which was reserved for the Creek Nation in the 19th century, remains a…