In May, a Macon, Georgia, principal brought some good news to the governing board of the charter school she runs. "ACE has been named No. 1 middle and high school…

Every year about 600,000 thousand people are reported missing in the United States per the National Missing and Unidentified Persons database. In 2022, about 34,000 people reported as actively missing…

Seventeen people - five children - have been killed in an air strike in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, officials say. Twenty-five homes were destroyed in Saturday's strike in the densely populated…

Russian occupiers have unleashed a reign of terror in the city of Enerhodar, detailed here by one survivor of the secret police Olena Yahupova was first taken by the Russian…

Ugandan forces launch 'hot pursuit' as they blame the ISIL-linked ADF for the deadly attack near DRC border. Ugandan authorities recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who…

Jose Mejia Martinez, 34, jailed on a shoplifting charge, died after multiple correction officers failed to seek medical help for three hours, a federal lawsuit charges.  A Rikers Island detainee…

Johannesburg was built on gold. It’s now such a mess that homeless people direct the traffic. Solomon Owa’s fingers work quickly as he speaks over the hum of his sewing…

Is it chemicals? Diet? Stress?\ Part of the discrimination issue of The Highlight. This story was produced in partnership with Capital B. Comedian Dulcé Sloan took to Twitter recently with…

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, or Emancipation Day, is an important holiday in the United States that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. On June 19,…

When the California congresswoman Barbara Lee first introduced a bill proposing a national commission on racial healing, the US had erupted in grief and rage over the murder of George Floyd. Since…