An 18-year-old Muslim woman arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest in Miami says her hijab was forcibly removed from her head for a booking photograph and she was not…
Misogyny, hip-hop culture and the silencing of women of colour are delicately unpicked in a devastating documentary ‘If you are a rape survivor, you are a crime scene. Your life…
The 23-year-old died in Colorado after police put him in a chokehold and paramedics injected him with ketamine. Activists are calling on Colorado officials to reexamine the circumstances that led…
ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor on Wednesday announced that three men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in coastal Georgia. Speaking to reporters outside…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday launched a panel to re-examine the role of human rights in U.S. foreign policy, drawing criticism from lawmakers and…
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Thirteen civilians have been killed in ethnic violence in central Burkina Faso, the government said on Wednesday, echoing a rise in inter-communal conflicts in neighboring Mali linked…
One of the best-known indigenous defenders of the Amazon rainforest has died with coronavirus in Brazil, where the disease continues its rapid spread. Paulinho Paiakan, chief of the Kayapó people,…
Controversial French author Jean Raspail, cited by two high-level President Trump advisers as verification of their vociferous anti-immigrant stances, is dead at the age of 94. Raspail passed away Saturday…
A year ago Doug Melville, TBWA\North America Chief Diversity Officer, walked into PepsiCo’s office on a mission. Melville was armed with items like Aunt Jemima rag dolls and cups emblazoned…
Sixteen-year-old Cornelius Fredericks died last month after losing consciousness while being restrained by staffers at a Michigan facility for children and teens. His death has been ruled a homicide, and…