News headlines during the pandemic have highlighted the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 across certain racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Available data from the Centers for Disease Control…

A month-long summit will shine a spotlight on modern-day slavery. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Human Trafficking and Migration Initiative’s Virtual Summit will kick off at 6 p.m. Oct. 3 with a live concert…

Many of the law enforcement changes enacted by states after George Floyd’s death have centered on policing tactics, not on racial disparities in the criminal justice system. PHILADELPHIA (AP) —…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it will launch a commission to tackle “racial equity issues” within the agency and its programs. The move comes as Biden administration…

Gabby Petito’s case highlights the power of media attention but for Indigenous communities it also emphasizes the lack of attention given to missing and murdered Native people The case of…

USDA seeks nominees for commission to advise agencyAgency’s No. 2 official is first Black woman in the post Some farmers and ranchers from marginalized communities previously lost out on Agriculture…

Thanks to a lack of planning and the absence of a rational and humane asylum policy, the United States now has 14,000 Haitians under a bridge, and a disastrously long…

n Tuesday, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki called a video of a police officer slamming a man's head into wall "deeply concerning," echoing the sentiment expressed by a Wilmington Police Department…

The California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans concluded its first meeting with several witness panels on Friday The California Task Force to Study and…

Denzel McCampbell, a voting rights advocate who is running to unseat Detroit Clerk Janice Winfrey, is calling for an investigation into city election officials’ decision to block a ballot proposal…