U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) initiative, known as the 287(g) program after meeting with members of the South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association ...

Axios Visuals Black and Latino Americans are reporting record levels of alienation and pessimism about the nation's direction, as President Trump tightens his focus on immigration enforcement and ...

“I started writing the [new] book while I was finishing up my book on Fannie Lou Hamer,” says Keisha N. Blain, referring to 2021’s “Until I Am Free” (Beacon). “I had spent several years thinking a lot ...

Fannie Mae appointed three new leadership roles as the previous CEO departed from the company. Image courtesy of Fannie Mae Fannie Mae has appointed Peter Akwaboah to the position of Acting CEO, ...

Fannie Mae has appointed Peter Akwaboah as acting CEO, following the departure of Priscilla Almodovar. This leadership change aims to strengthen the company's operational focus and long-term ...

On Oct. 6, 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She died March 14, 1977, at age 59, after aggressively fighting breast cancer. Starkly different from 2025, where advanced ...

Fannie Lou Hamer’s Presidential Medal of Freedom will go on display in the next few months at the Two Mississippi Museums. Hamer’s family donated the medal to the Mississippi Department of Archives ...

The family of Fannie Lou Hamer has donated the civil rights leader’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History to ensure her legacy of activism is shared with ...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear new arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, which holds significant implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The justices will decide whether ...

Family of Fannie Lou Hamer Donates Civil Rights Leader’s Presidential Medal of Freedom to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History The family of Fannie Lou Hamer has donated the civil rights ...