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“The first couple weeks, I sucked at life. I sucked at everything.”
Since vaccines don’t guarantee vaccination, one New Jersey city is on a quest to overcome residents’ longstanding distrust.
Covid-19 data often lumps Pacific Islanders in with Asian Americans. But in the states where they’re separated out, their death rates are often the highest.
Goodson’s family say he was holding a sandwich when police shot him. Police say the shooting was “justified.”
Obama’s critique of defunding aligns with his longtime messaging on policing.
Founder Patrisse Cullors on the Senate runoffs, the impact of the protests, and what the movement wants from the Biden administration.
Language diversity within the AAPI community means misinformation is difficult to track.
Novelist Tommy Orange on whether racial justice protests and Covid-19 disparities bring a new perspective to the holiday.
Democrats are paying attention after a surprising number of Latino voters in swing states supported Trump.
These local ballot measure wins are just a first step in a “multi-year” fight to rethinking policing, activists say.
Indigenous voters are often forgotten about. But they may have been key in turning swing states for Democrats.
The legacy of the the late civil rights icon and voting rights advocate lives on through the presidential election.
Mississippi’s old flag had the Confederate emblem. Its new one could salute the past while addressing historical wrongs.
Proposition 16 could restore affirmative action in the state.
The state will maintain its ban on using the controversial practice in hiring and admissions decisions.
The state’s new flag features a large magnolia and pays homage to Mississippi’s Native American history.
Activists from Portland to Philadelphia plan to keep fighting for change for as long as it takes.
Black and Latino voters are less likely to vote by mail. That doesn’t mean they won’t vote.
Yes, the movement calls for a complete end to policing. No, it’s not a political fad.
48 percent of polled Vietnamese American voters say they prefer Trump to Biden.
For many Black Americans, the best way to fight a pandemic and systemic racism is to vote.
Asian American businesses are besieged by racism that leaves them open to attacks and by economic stereotypes that render them forgotten.
Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in front of his mother while reportedly experiencing a mental health crisis.
Stinnette died from his wounds and Williams is recovering in an Illinois hospital. The FBI is investigating.
A theory about juvenile criminals has been debunked for years, but it keeps coming up in presidential debates.
Derek Chauvin still faces a second-degree murder charge.
Here’s what Trump has — and hasn’t — done for Black communities in the past four years.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron didn’t pursue murder charges for the cops who killed Breonna Taylor. Here’s how that happened.
Black and brown Trump supporters gathered to hear Trump speak just days after he was hospitalized for Covid-19.
Stay woke: How a Black activist watchword got co-opted in the culture war.
The 20 hours of audio have been made public after a juror requested that AG Daniel Cameron share “the whole truth.”
The forgotten “wade-ins” that transformed the US.
The first presidential debate of the 2020 general election, which featured a segment on “race and violence in our cities,” centered Donald Trump’s racism.
Biden cited a horrific statistic to make his case against Trump. The worst part is it’s true.
Trump has attacked diversity training, critical race theory, the 1619 project, and anything that reckons with America’s racist past.
People took to the streets Wednesday night to call out systemic injustice.
The coronavirus has laid bare the flaws in our economy. Can we remake it to be more inclusive of all Americans?
Why 30 Black- and brown-led organizations are coming together to demand bold democracy reform.
In addition to the substantial payout, the agreement also includes policing reforms.
Counterprotester clashes are detracting from one of the largest social justice movements in history.