A Sikh man incarcerated in Arizona was forced to shave his beard against his religion. Advocacy groups want to ensure that doesn’t happen to anyone else

In his more than 60 years, Surjit Singh never once cut, trimmed or shaved his hair or his beard. As a Sikh, Singh believes his hair -- also known as…

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A 1921 race massacre, a 2016 police shooting: How ‘transgenerational trauma’ can shape Black Americans’ reality

Editor's note: The following first-person accounts of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre contain graphic depictions and antiquated racial terminology. We have chosen not to edit these survivor accounts to leave their…

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Senate passes resolution: Tulsa Race Massacre ‘worst race massacre in the history’ of US

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — The U.S. Senate passed a resolutionrecognizing the importance of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's 100-year anniversary.  It acknowledges the massacre as the "worst race massacre in the history of the…

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