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Why Massachusetts should adopt the UABCA
1+ day, 20+ min ago (1374+ words) Private Equity and the Law Firm: Structuring Compliant Acquisitions of Professional Services Businesses Why Massachusetts should adopt the UABCA John G. Loughnane and Edwin E. Smith//October 12, 2026// For more than a century, states have supplemented the federal bankruptcy system by recognizing assignments…...
Curtis Flowers Dies at 56 After Landmark Supreme Court Jury-Bias Case
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (348+ words) WINONA, Miss. — Curtis Flowers, the Black Mississippi man who spent more than 22 years imprisoned and faced six trials before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his death sentence in a landmark jury-discrimination case, has died at age 56. Flowers was found dead…...
Lincoln University Students Seek $548.7 Million Over Alleged HBCU Underfunding
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (222+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Seven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri have filed a federal lawsuit accusing the state of decades of discriminatory underfunding at the historically Black land-grant university and seeking nearly $549 million in relief. The complaint…...
I Was The Black Woman In A Mostly White Office. Now I Fear White Liberals More Than Overt Racists.
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (812+ words) True editorial freedom requires independent funding. In under a minute, you can start a monthly contribution that safeguards our work and keeps your reading experience clean. Thank you! The glass conference room looked out onto the parking lot, Lake Shore…...
Curtis Flowers, Wrongfully Tried 6 Times For The Same Murders, Dies At 56
2+ day, 12+ min ago (350+ words) Curtis Flowers, a Black Mississippi man whose six trials for the same four murders exposed racial bias in jury selection, has died at 56. Flowers’ case dates back to July 1996, when four people were killed inside Tardy Furniture, where he had…...
Black Panthers’ 60th anniversary: What most people don’t know about the women behind the movement
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (713+ words) For most of the last 60 years, the dominant media narrative about the Black Panther Party centered on young Black men in leather jackets, marching into the state capitol with rifles or getting into deadly gunfights with police. But as they…...
HBCUs are Underfunded A Legal Effort Starting In Missouri Seeks to Fix it
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (762+ words) An effort to address decades of underfunding at some historically Black colleges and universities kicked off Wednesday with a lawsuit against the state of Missouri. Students and graduates of Lincoln University in the state’s capital of Jefferson City allege the…...
Winona man whose case became a landmark decision on racial bias in juries passes away
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (160+ words) WINONA, Miss. (WCBI) – A man whose murder and death penalty were overturned in what became a landmark Supreme Court case for racial bias in jury selection has died. Mississippi Today is reporting that Curtis Flowers was found dead today. Flowers…...
This HBCU’s Students Are Suing Missouri For $549 Million: Here’s What Could Change If They Win
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (418+ words) Several students and alumni of one of the nation's oldest HBCUs are suing the government of Missouri for severely underfunding the university over a period of decades. The plaintiffs are seeking more than half a billion dollars from the state,…...
Lawsuit challenges termination of federal funding for UC system improvements
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (935+ words) The Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. The Shapiro Administration has announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) has joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Labor’s termination of federal funding awarded to states to strengthen unemployment compensation…...