Race
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A jury initially indicted Marshae Jones on manslaughter charges after a shooting caused her to miscarry, sparking a national outcry.
It’s the first state to take this step.
Reproductive rights advocates say the story shows how pregnant women of color are criminalized.
Buttigieg’s response to a police shooting was met with protests.
The former vice president has a big lead with a crucial Democratic voting bloc. But in a field with plenty of options, that support is far from permanent.
On Wednesday, some candidates talked about race and racism. But they didn’t really go into specifics.
On the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, some say it’s time to fully restore the Voting Rights Act.
They would get paid time off and sexual harassment protections, to name a few.
Congress’s reparations hearing was historic. It also revealed long-standing tensions.
“Victims of that plunder are very much alive today,” the author and journalist told members of Congress on Wednesday.
Openly talking about reparations for the descendants of enslaved men and women is a notable shift for Democrats. But the conversation has often lacked substance.
At the Poor People’s Campaign forum, candidates opened up about how they plan to help low-income Americans.
“Access isn’t the same as acceptance,” says Harvard professor Anthony Abraham Jack.
Four presidential candidates shared their plans to close the racial wealth gap during the South Carolina event.
As a black woman, shopping for makeup can be fraught even when my shades are available.
The federal charges against Holden James Matthews come two months after the churches received more than $2 million in donations.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno and the ACLU of Northern California argue that local election officials violated the church’s right to free speech.
Thursday marked the final day of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo’s disciplinary hearing, nearly five years after Garner’s death.
From police shootings to voter suppression to arrests of asylum seekers, a new report finds US human rights are abysmal.
The bill allows victims of these calls to sue a 911 caller for as much as $250.
On June 4, the former campground employee was charged with “threatening exhibition of a weapon.”
The 2020 Democratic candidate is the first to release a comprehensive policing reform platform.
A new lawsuit is the latest in a series arguing that aggressive police raids are traumatizing children of color in the city.
Georgia elections officials wanted the suit to be dismissed, but a judge is allowing it to move forward.
A New York teacher’s mock “slave auction” is part of a larger problem.
The Black Census Project survey finds that black Americans’ high political engagement isn’t translating into serious outreach from politicians.
Five years after the rise of Black Lives Matter, activists are still protesting. But national attention to police misconduct has waned.
A BlackPAC survey finds that black voters want the country to get “back on track” — by addressing racism.
Chicago’s new mayor joins a small but growing group of black women holding elected positions.
At a time when black colleges are struggling and HBCU students are being hit by the debt crisis, Robert F. Smith’s donation is a big deal.
“Black girls are not getting the benefits of being viewed as innocent.”
“My sister died because a police officer saw her as a threatening black woman rather than human.”
Want to fix the criminal justice system? Start with overzealous prosecutors.
A new report finds that the historic school segregation ruling has been undermined in recent decades.
Critics say efforts to increase the number of armed school personnel ignore the concerns of students of color.
It took nearly four years for Bland’s cell phone video to reach the public. It’s part of a larger problem.
A political scientist on the rise of white identity politics in America.
The 2017 “Unite the Right” rally was organized by and intended for white supremacists and white nationalists.
The Florida House wants people with felony records to pay all court costs and fees before they can vote.
A teacher at an Arizona charter school had third graders yell at a black student during a lesson on school segregation. It’s part of a larger problem.