The chance of a partial U.S. government shutdown rose Jan. 25 as outrage grew over the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. Here's what we know. https://bit.ly/45tmxgj

TikTok’s U.S. operations have changed significantly. The app is no longer solely owned by ByteDance and is now operated by a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. Here's what we know. https://bit.ly/49WL2nA

Alex Pretti was gunned down by ICE agents while trying to protect a woman an agent had pushed to the ground and started pepper-spraying for no discernible reason. https://bit.ly/3LUZYKS

Revolutionary freedom fighter Angela Davis has had plenty to say -- and write -- about Black feminism and prison abolitionism. https://bit.ly/3O6EdZ2

In a recent House Financial Services Committee hearing, Rep. Al Green exposed HUD Secretary Scott Turner for upholding white supremacy. https://bit.ly/4qNM3pg

The National Park Service began removing a slavery memorial at the President’s House in Philadelphia in compliance with Trump's executive order. https://bit.ly/4k98t1G

While Kobe Bryant’s net worth grew immensely during his lifetime, one of his biggest financial successes came, sadly, after he passed away. https://bit.ly/3LUR4wW

A Year Into Trump’s Attacks On Equity, Diversity And Inclusion, Where Do We Go From Here? ---- The answer is not a single protest or a single election. It is a commitment to building leverage because what we are up against is not just a president or a party; it is a project. https://bit.ly/3YR1vo4

The answer is not a single protest or a single election. It is a commitment to building leverage because what we are up against is not just a president or a party; it is a project. More on #NewsOne.com —> https://bit.ly/3YR1vo4

The Baton Rouge police have a troubling history with Raheem Howard, after an officer fired at him in 2018 and falsely claimed Howard shot first. More on #NewsOne.com —> https://bit.ly/49VyLj0

Video posted to Facebook shows multiple ICE agents tackling a man and dragging him to the ground, beating and subsequently shooting him. More on #NewsOne.com —> https://bit.ly/45szOFS

When asked about ICE racially profiling off-duty police officers, JD Vance claimed those detained had "punched a federal law enforcement officer." More on #NewsOne.com —> https://bit.ly/49F236R

#ICYMI -- ‘Sinners’: Black Horror Scholars Discuss The Blockbuster Film https://bit.ly/4d1cpxU

Minnesota’s “Day of Truth & Freedom” protests are in response to the increasingly authoritarian tactics ICE has employed in the state. https://bit.ly/4sUblmO

For Black people, award shows are like elections; we hope for the best but prepare for the worst, and the upcoming Oscars ceremony is no exception. https://bit.ly/3NzMFzX

The White House posted an image of Nekima Levy Armstrong in which they made it appear she was crying when she was arrested on Thursday. https://bit.ly/3LGZPKZ

Once again, our right to fair representation and exercise of political power hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court considers the future of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. https://bit.ly/4jWsxEh

Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and social justice activist and organizer, was arrested along with two others for Sunday's protest. https://bit.ly/4t3HCYX

On Thursday, a Minnesota magistrate declined to sign a Department of Justice complaint charging journalist Don Lemon with reporting on a protest at a St. Paul church on Sunday. https://bit.ly/4qz1Sjh

This is a strange about-face for the Trump administration, which spent most of its first year in power targeting DEI programs in education. More on #NewsOne.com--> https://bit.ly/4rc9KY8

The Trump administration has a disturbing obsession with making what they probably think are cute and clever names for ICE operations. More on #NewsOne.com --> https://bit.ly/4r63L6O

With New York now the latest blue state to enter the nationwide redistricting battle, Democrats could potentially net another House seat. https://bit.ly/4r9I7ih

This is just another moment in the history of the theft of Black ingenuity, generating actual value that someone else is positioned to collect on. https://bit.ly/4jTxFc4

ICE agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos to lure his family members out of their home in a Minneapolis suburb on Tuesday. https://bit.ly/4qAvHjq

According to an ICE memo obtained by the Associated Press, federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant. https://bit.ly/4pMc9r7

Should President Donald Trump succeed in his attempted firing of Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, it would undermine the Fed’s independence. https://bit.ly/4qwdH9T

The map will be submitted to the Grand Assembly, where the Democratic majority are divided on pursuing a mid-decade redistricting effort. https://bit.ly/49RhrM4

Urban One is proud to announce “REPRESENT,” a multimedia campaign that celebrates Black History and imagines what the next 100 years will look like. https://bit.ly/3LX3aFO

As is usually the case, the story the Department of Homeland Security is telling about the shooting involves "criminal illegal aliens" and vehicles used as weapons. More on #NewsOne.com --> https://bit.ly/4qwDgrj

Two months after a federal judge ruled Lindsey Halligan had been serving in her role illegally, she officially left her Justice Department role on Tuesday. More on #NewsOne.com --> https://bit.ly/49Pp4Tg

Law enforcement leaders say ICE has violated the civil rights of U.S. citizens, citing incidents in which they have pulled guns on off-duty police officers of color, demanding proof of citizenship. https://bit.ly/3ZqxprG

It’s a question that immediately raises a deeper historical one. Not just whether white participation ever existed, but what it actually meant, and what people imagine it would mean now. https://bit.ly/49S2RnD

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The answer is not a single protest or a single election. It is a commitment to building leverage because what we are up against is not just a president or a party; it is a project. https://bit.ly/3YR1vo4

Hezekiah Watkins was only 13 years old when he was arrested with several other Freedom Riders at a Greyhound Bus Station for “breach of peace.” https://bit.ly/4bKEWsP

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her received DOJ subpoenas. https://bit.ly/4b6qUBB

ICE agents forced their way into the home of ChongLy "Scott" Thao with guns and no warrant, and took him outside in his underwear in the cold. https://bit.ly/4bIlehe

A federal judge previously blocked a similar Department of Homeland Security policy requiring a week’s notice for officials to visit ICE facilities. More on #NewsOne.com —> https://bit.ly/4a9K3k7

Protestors showed up at the church of a pastor who is also an ICE field director. Things didn't go well, and Don Lemon got blamed for it all. More on #NewsOne.com —> https://bit.ly/4r2zqWO

This administration is not just targeting immigrants. It is dismantling the infrastructure that has allowed Black institutions to survive and thrive by attacking from multiple directions at once. https://bit.ly/49Utybw

For Black people, milk has always been bound up with power, race, whose bodies are valued, and whose children are expected to thrive. https://bit.ly/49ykQR6

Jake Lang held a failed white nationalist rally in Minneapolis and got attacked by citizens and counter protesters. https://bit.ly/4jLRDFE

2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado presented President Donald Trump with her Nobel medal. https://bit.ly/49JzOT9

In this week’s episode, Lee Merritt, Esq., explains the legality of ICE shooting Renee Good and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. https://bit.ly/4jRVu4c

When Claudette Colvin left this world on January 13th, with her went a library, a recipe box, and a curriculum we still don't understand how to follow. https://bit.ly/4qwrlKo

Dr. King’s dream was not an invitation to complacency; it was a call to arms of the spirit. A call to organize, to resist, to transform. https://bit.ly/3ZjG4Mz

Few ever grapple with the true crux of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work and the clarion call he and others had for jobs and justice. https://bit.ly/3NSU0KV

Thinking about the greats we lost in 2026 is heavy, no doubt. But one way to ease that weight is by highlighting the incredible lives they lived and the doors they opened for generations to come. https://bit.ly/4pq5qTz

Virginia’s redistricting effort is somewhat of a Hail Mary, considering it has to pass twice through the Grand Assembly and be put to a public vote. More on #NewsOne.com —> https://bit.ly/4pG1wpP

Shawn and Destiny Jackson of Minneapolis say they and their children were on their way home when ICE agents tear-gassed their car. More on #NewsOne.com --> https://bit.ly/45VADHi