CNN: “Joshua Hartfield, the last of six White former Mississippi law enforcement officers sentenced in the torture of two Black men in January 2023, received a 10-year prison term in federal court Thursday afternoon. The hearing capped an emotional three days during which vivid accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a…

WaPo: “Two former law enforcement officers in Mississippi will spend years in federal prison after being sentenced Tuesday for their roles in a racist attack last year by six White officers on two Black men who were tortured and subjected to a mock execution. Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward, 31, who shot one…

KY Lantern: “New Orleans in the 1970s was awash with racism, but it mostly targeted African Americans. Once someone fell on the “white” side of the black-white divide, neither nationality nor religion mattered much to those who reared me. To the extent Jewish people appeared in our lore, the narratives were favorable. A Jewish politician represented…

Rolling Stone: “WHEN A BUNCH of all-stars get together to record a song for a cause, the result can often be cringey. But “Tennessee Rise,” featuring the pulpit-ready voices of Brittany Howard, Allison Russell, Katie Pruitt, Amanda Shires, Fancy Hagood, Emmylou Harris, and more, hits all the marks. The heavenly choir anthem was recorded to encourage Tennesseans to register…

News & Observer: “A North Carolina man who spent half his life in prison was freed Wednesday after being wrongfully convicted of a murder he didn’t commit — and that new evidence showed may not have happened. Quincy Marquies Amerson spent 23 years in the Harnett Correctional Institution after being convicted of fatally striking a…

Political Wire: “Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler and her husband, Christian Ziegler, “are suing Sarasota police and prosecutors to stop the release of records related to his rape probe,” the Daily Beast reports.”

Charlotte Observer: “A white N.C. hospital executive was discriminated against following implementation of a diversity and inclusion plan, a federal appeals court ruled. Fourth Circuit appeals court judges upheld a Charlotte jury’s decision that David Duvall was wrongly fired from Novant Health in 2018 to make room for Black and female employees. As a result,…

Rolling Stone: “Georgia’s prosecution of the case against former President Donald Trump and his allies has been stalled over ethical questions regarding Georgia Prosecutor Fani Willis’ relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.  On Friday, a judge ruled that Willis can remain in charge of the case — if Wade agrees to step down. He did so a few hours…

Political Wire: “The Republican nominee for superintendent overseeing North Carolina’s public schools and its $11 billion budget has a history marked by extreme and controversial comments, including sharing baseless conspiracy theories and frequent calls for the execution of prominent Democrats,” CNN reports. “Michele Morrow, a conservative activist who last week upset the incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction…

WaPo: “U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Thursday shot down one of Donald Trump’s bids to toss out the charges against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents, rejecting his claims that the Espionage Act was unfairly vague when used against a former president.”