In a time when policing is highly scrutinized, the Toronto Police Service says it’s giving the community a “behind-the-scenes view” of its activities with a podcast. The series “24 Shades of Blue” is controversial because the department spent more than 300,000 Canadian dollars ($200,000) to produce it with a third party, according to a CBC…

Last fall, President Biden issued pardons to thousands of people convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law and Congress passed legislation that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. The majority of Americans support Biden’s efforts and, in fact, nearly 9 in 10 Americans believe cannabis should be legalized for medicinal or recreational…

In January 2023, a couple of days after Tyre Nichols was severely beaten by police officers and died, the Florida Department of Education banned a new Advanced Placement course on Black studies. In a letter notifying the College Board of Florida’s decision, officials said, “the content of this course … significantly lacks educational value.” Florida…

How problematic is racism in America? Depends on who you ask. According to a Pew Research study, “Americans tend to view racism by individuals as a bigger problem for Black people in the United States than racism in the nation’s laws. Black Americans themselves, however, are more likely to say racism in U.S. laws is the…

Last month the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case from a Colorado web designer who doesn’t want to work on same-sex weddings. Using a photo shoot scene from the 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a hypothetical, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested the designer’s argument could be used to endorse racial discrimination.…

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a $250 million lawsuit against Donald Trump and his children. It accuses them of inflating the value of the family’s real estate assets by billions of dollars to fraudulently obtain loans, insurance coverage and tax benefits. When Donald Trump responded by filing his own lawsuit against the attorney…

Control of Congress is still up for grabs as several key races in the 2022 midterm elections remain undecided. While the much-touted red wave expected by some analysts did not happen, President Joe Biden admitted that voters sent a clear message that “they are still frustrated” with key issues like the economy. What happens next?…

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving and the team said they will each donate $500,000 to the Anti-Defamation League after Irving tweeted a link to a movie that features antisemitic tropes. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said on Twitter that the organization could not “in good conscience accept” Irving’s donation. “I am aware of the negative…

A new record has been set at the southern border, as the Department of Homeland Security revealed Border Patrol agents encountered more than 2.3 million immigrants in the 2022 fiscal year. It’s a 37% increase compared to last year and more than five times the number of encounters from 2020. Customs and Border Protection said…

The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments in two affirmative action cases at the end of October to decide whether or not race should play a role in college admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. These cases could go against past rulings that allows colleges to consider…