The US will officially recognize Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in America, as a federal holiday after Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Thursday. At a jubilant White…
Activists in Albuquerque this week commemorated the 50th anniversary of one of the first modern Mexican American rebellions against police over discrimination and harassment. Why it matters: The "Albuquerque uprising" is part of…
Lawmakers in the nation’s capital have an opportunity to fix a longstanding problem with the landmark legislation to prevent domestic violence: its failure to protect Indigenous women. The 1994 Violence Against…
(AP) - U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other federal officials are expected Tuesday to announce steps the federal government plans to take to reconcile the troubled legacy of boarding…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teQqYF_yDUc Washington, D.C. attorney Richard Sobol stands up to a racist legal system to defend Gary Duncan, a Black teenager wrongfully accused of assaulting a boy in 1966 New Orleans.
Last week the Metropolitan Police was labelled "institutionally corrupt" in its handling of the killing of Daniel Morgan - Britain's most-investigated, unsolved murder. After five separate police inquiries, spanning more…
"98 percent of everything's going great -- people are having the right experiences," said Amazon HR leader Ofori Agboka. That sounds amazing. A lot of us would be thrilled to…
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Hong Kong police raid at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily “sends a further chilling message for media freedom”, the chief U.N. human rights spokesperson told Reuters on…
"Can you imagine what it's like going to bed not knowing if you're going to wake up and still have two daughters?" Jane Cannon spoke these "horribly prophetic" words in…
Throughout high school and college, Jennifer Rocha would plant strawberries with her parents from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. Then she'd sleep a few hours and get ready for school.…