racial justice

J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd while ex-officer Tou Thao agreed to waive a jury trial

Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine and are reflected in life-and-death outcomes for babies.

Travis McMichael and Gregory McMichael were sentenced Monday to life in prison. William “Roddie” Bryan was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Travis McMichael, the man who shot and killed Ahmaud Arbery, was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison on federal hate crime charges. His father, Gregory McMichael was also sentenced to life in prison plus seven years and William “Roddie” Bryan was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

A judge has sentenced former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a federal civil rights charge for his role in the killing of George Floyd.

A preliminary autopsy report shows that Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times and that 26 bullets were recovered from his body. Walker was a 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in the Ohio city of Akron. The county medical examiner released her report Friday. She tallied 41 entry wounds and five wounds from...

Two years after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring new use-of-force rules for federal law enforcement. “I don’t know any good cop that likes a bad cop. But many people … such accountability is all too rare.”

“Crazy Rich Asians” star Henry Golding received the leading man honor at Gold House’s first annual Gold Gala on May 21 and took the opportunity to address bigotry in the entertainment industry.

California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people who were in the U.S. in the 19th century, narrowly rejecting a proposal to include all Black people

The NBC Chicago original documentary examines the 1955 lynching of a Black teenager from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi and the impact of his murder on the Civil Rights Movement

We’ve all said it at least once, “I hate politics,” and honestly, we get it. When it feels like Congress endlessly debates and makes no progress on the same issues, it’s natural to want to disengage with politics. But do you care about climate change? How about racial justice? Maybe you’re really passionate about education or women’s rights. These issues don’t...

He is used to overcoming obstacles in the NFL, but now, Dr. Omar Easy is tackling tough conversations about race in schools as the new superintendent of schools in Wayland, Massachusetts. He has only been on the job for seven months, but Easy has made equity and inclusion a big part of his mission. The former fullback was raised in…

Bill Owens, the first Black state senator in Massachusetts, who fought for racial justice and economic equality and was one of the first to call for reparations for the descendants of Black slaves, has died, his family said in a statement. Owens died in his sleep Saturday with family by his side after a period of declining health and three…

The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, will soon celebrate its 113th birthday, which its leaders say comes as it undergoes a restructuring to reflect a membership and leadership that is trending younger

Lerone Martin has studied pretty much all there is to study, and read almost all there is to read, about the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin said the U.S. is still dealing with issues today that King spoke about more than 50 years ago. “He was always committed to making sure we end the plagues that he called the...

Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.

Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery have been sentenced to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man

A New Hampshire woman violated the state’s civil rights law by calling a Black child by a racial slur and threatening to kneel on his neck, a court ruled Wednesday. Kristina Graper, 51, of Dover, was accused of threatening the 9-year-old in May after he accidentally broke her son’s toy at a local park. She was prosecuted by the...

Some local politicians said they would cut funds allocated toward policing to boost social services. But a year later, those budgets have been restored or are even bigger

The case of three white men charged with murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is now with the jury