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Iranpress: Infographic: Black Americans in US prisons

Infographic: Black Americans in US prisons

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 18:32

The US is a world leader with 1.2 million people in state prisons across the country. Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly 5 times the rate of white Americans.

Iranpress: US vice president commemorates Bloody Sunday anniversary in Selma

US vice president commemorates Bloody Sunday anniversary in Selma

Monday, 07 March 2022 12:51

US vice president visited Selma, Alabama on Sunday to commemorate a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote, making her trip as congressional efforts to restore the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act have faltered.

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Arbery

World Newspapers: Arbery's killers guilty of hate crime

Wednesday, 23 February 2022 21:01

Today, a jury found Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan guilty on federal hate crimes charges for the murder of Ahmaud Marquez Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia, United States on February 23, 2020. 224

Iranpress: Killings of black women in US receive little attention: The Guardian

Killings of black women in US receive little attention: The Guardian

Saturday, 29 January 2022 18:28

The number of black women killed in gun violence in the United States has been rising sharply, but no one seems to care, The Guardian said in a recent report.

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Arbery

World Newspapers: Arbery's murderers receive life in prison

Saturday, 08 January 2022 20:56

Three men, convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery nearly two years ago in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and protests, were sentenced on Friday to life in prison, two of them without the possibility of parole. 224

Iranpress: 3 men to be sentenced to life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery murder

3 men to be sentenced to life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery murder

Friday, 07 January 2022 20:13

The three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their coastal Georgia neighborhood in 2020, are due to be sentenced to life in prison on Friday.

Iranpress: US racism in numbers

US racism in numbers

Sunday, 12 December 2021 12:15

Tehran (IP) - Here are the statistics showing the scale of racism in the US. Throughout its history, the hallmarks of American democracy – opportunity, freedom, and prosperity – have been largely reserved for white people through the intentional exclusion and oppression of people of color. 214

Iranpress: Doemonstrators across US call on Congress to bolster voting rights

Doemonstrators across US call on Congress to bolster voting rights

Sunday, 29 August 2021 04:14

Thousands of voting rights advocates rallied across the United States Saturday to call for sweeping federal laws that would wipe out voting restrictions advancing in some Republican-controlled states that could make it harder to cast a ballot.

Iranpress: US life expectancy plunges in the largest decline since WWII

US life expectancy plunges in the largest decline since WWII

Thursday, 22 July 2021 03:01

US life expectancy fell by a year and a half in 2020, the largest one-year decline since World War II, public health officials said Wednesday.

Iranpress: Families call for UN to launch inquiry into police killings of Black Americans

Families call for UN to launch inquiry into police killings of Black Americans

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 05:26

The families of 165 victims of police brutality in the US are calling on the United Nations to set up an independent inquiry into the ongoing scourge of police killings of Black men and women.

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