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Washington — Apple Inc., one of the world’s most valuable and influential companies, illegally engaged in anti-competitive behavior in an effort to build a “moat around its smartphone monopoly” and maximize its profits, the Justice Department alleged in a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit filed Thursday. In the suit filed in federal district court in New Jersey, […]
Washington CNN — The US Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday. It’s the latest – but largest – in a recent string of Big Tech companies to face monopoly accusations from the US government, which is cracking down on the massive industry whose power […]
NEW YORK — The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the remarkable contributions of Judge Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005), a civil rights pioneer and judiciary trailblazer, as the 47th honoree in the Black Heritage stamp series. A dedication ceremony for the stamp was held today at the Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center in New York. News […]
OMAHA — A North Omaha landmark, built more than a century ago, is part of a national wave of religious buildings that will share $4 million awarded last week under a program to protect the legacy of America’s Black churches. The former Calvin Memorial Presbyterian Church, 3105 N. 24th St., is to benefit from a […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes Ronald Reagan praised the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as “vital.” Bill Clinton deemed it a “triumph.” George W. Bush said the law “broke the segregationist lock on the ballot box.” When the U.S. Senate reauthorized the law most recently, in 2006, it passed by a vote of 98 to 0. […]
As another election season approaches, American politics feels more polarized than ever, with racial tensions flaring in an uncertain economy. And a recent study parsing newly available data shows how a landmark Civil Rights-era law may have inadvertently fanned those flames. “Almost 60 years after the Voting Rights Act, we see that areas where the […]
Celebration: Battersea Society, Kemi Akinola, family of Evelyn Dove, writers and Marsha de Cordova gather at 25a Barnard Road Born in 1902, Evelyn studied music and singing at the Royal Academy of Music before embarking on a successful international jazz and cabaret career and becoming the first woman of African heritage to be […]
Oct 02, 2023 10:15 AM ET Legal Newswire POWERED BY LAW.COM Attorney Zulu Ali, founder and principal of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP (https://zulualilaw.com/), the largest Black-owned law firm in California’s Inland Empire, wins a landmark decision establishing the standard to present claims under the . . .
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Attorney Zulu Ali, founder and principal of the Law Offices of Zulu Ali & Associates, LLP (https://zulualilaw.com/), the largest Black-owned law firm in California’s Inland Empire, wins a landmark decision establishing the standard to present claims under the United Nations Convention Against Torture; which he argued before the […]
French riot police officers walk next to a vehicle upside down during the fifth day of protests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Paris, France, July 2, 2023. Photo by Juan Medina/REUTERS PARIS (AP) — France’s highest administrative authority held a […]