The US Marshals Service is teaming up with a Native American tribe based in Northern California for a new push aimed at addressing cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people,…
American classrooms have been thrust into the debate about race and our country’s history. WBUR is a nonprofit news organization. Our coverage relies on your financial support. If you value…
A local woman who over-came her own struggles while pursuing a passion of winemaking is now creating space to help others do the same. Donna Stoney is living her dream…
A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation. More…
MIAMI — If you bought melons sold at Kroger, Schnucks, Walmart, Sam’s Club or other chains, they might’ve been harvested or packed by H-2A visa workers provided by Los Villatoros…
At the close of the United Way of Bartholomew County’s Racial Wealth Gap Simulation, organizers asked participants for a one-word reaction to the Black History Month interactive experience. The responses…
A bill that would replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day failed to move forward in the Montana Senate. After the bill brought by Missoula Democratic Sen. Shane Morigeau was…
A national movement seeks to end what activists say is a slavery loophole in the federal and several states’ constitutions. Nevada could soon join four other states that recently used…
A "first-in-the-nation" project tracking racial disparities across eight Colorado district attorneys' offices is revealing inequities when it comes to how Black and Hispanic people are prosecuted. Driving the news: Researchers from…
Critics say using pandemic relief to pay slavery reparations is a misuse of the taxpayer funds A growing list of municipalities across the U.S. are looking to set up reparations…