Erin Donaghue

Louisiana’s quiet force for change in the fight for fair election maps Dr. Alice Washington on Her Unwavering Commitment to Fair Representation for Black Louisianians By Erin Donaghue When Dr. Alice Washington cast her ballot in Louisiana’s District

New documentary shows how missing and murdered Black women and girls aren’t allocated the same law enforcement resources and media coverage as their white peers. By Erin Donaghue When Brittany Clardy went missing from her home in Minnesota in 2013,…

The number of hate crimes reported in 2020 was the highest recorded in over a decade, according to FBI data released Monday. The total number of incidents, 7,759, represented a 6% increase from 2019 and the highest number of hate crime incidents…

New data released Monday by the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety finds that deadly unintentional shootings by children rose 31% between March and December of 2020 from the same period the previous year. The data, which were shared in advance…

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department to determine whether police in the city have a pattern or practice of violating residents' Constitutional rights. The probe will assess…

When the Zoom meeting started on a mid-March evening from the Chicago suburb of Wheaton, Illinois, the six Black people and five White people came ready to begin an honest and difficult conversation. "I want to be an anti-racist," one White…

Lawyers for Rodney Reed, a Black man who maintains he was wrongfully convicted in the 1996 murder of a White woman, are attempting to prove his innocence in a Texas court Monday. Reed had been sentenced to die in the murder of 19-year-old Stacey…

Families of police killing victims had a common message as they spoke Monday on a panel marking the first anniversary of George Floyd's death — when it comes to meaningful change, actions speak louder than words. They called on federal legislators to…

A man who died after being pinned to the floor by law enforcement at a Tennessee jail last year repeatedly told officers he couldn't breathe, according to video obtained by CBS Nashville station WTVF. But officers continued to restrain the man after…

A judge in the Derek Chauvin case has found "aggravating factors" exist that would allow for a longer sentence than Minnesota sentencing guidelines suggest. The fired officer will face sentencing next month for his murder and manslaughter convictions…

Three Georgia men pleaded not guilty to federal hate crimes charges Tuesday in the February 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was pursued and gunned down as he jogged through a Brunswick neighborhood, reports CBS station WTOC. Travis…

A federal grand jury in Minnesota has indicted Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, and three other ex-officers on civil rights charges. The federal indictment accuses Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng,…

Women reported nearly 65% of anti-Asian hate incidents nationally between March 2020 and March 2021, according to data released Thursday by a national advocacy coalition. Stop AAPI Hate reported a total of 6, 603 hate incidents, a broad term that can…

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will face sentencing in about eight weeks for his convictions in the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin faces decades in prison, but he could serve far less than the maximum sentence for each charge under…

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday on all counts in the death of George Floyd, whose killing sparked worldwide protests and a reckoning on race in the U.S. After about a day of deliberations, the jury found Chauvin…

The jury in the case of Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, has been given detailed instructions to guide them as they deliberate Chauvin's fate. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder,…

Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death. The trial is nearing its end after more than 13 days of sometimes tense and emotional testimony at the heavily secured…

Follow the latest trial updates here. Earlier coverage is below. George Floyd died from a low level of oxygen that damaged his brain and caused his heart to stop, a medical expert testified Thursday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the fired…

Follow the latest trial updates here. Earlier coverage is below. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo took the stand Monday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the fired police officer charged in George Floyd's death. He testified Chauvin's actions…

A high-ranking Minneapolis police lieutenant described officers' use of force against George Floyd as "uncalled for" as he testified Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis police officer charged in Floyd's death. Chauvin, who was…