Using art, advocacy, policy, and community empowerment to end legalized discrimination against the formerly incarcerated, and engage impacted communities in the policy change process. My name is Michael “Zaki” Smith…

DENVER (AP) — The parents of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after officers in suburban Denver stopped him on the street last year and put him in…

ATLANTA (AP) — Amid a renewed push to remove Confederate monumentsfollowing the death of George Floyd, a rural Georgia city is confronting the fate of a rare, 18th-century pavilion where slaves…

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — Officials in a city outside of Atlanta have approved a settlement agreement resulting in the resignation of a police chief who was criticized for saying on social…

GENEVA - Surging floodwaters in the southern regions of Somalia have driven more than 650,000 people to flee their homes this year. The U.N. refugee agency reports the flooding has…

Tunde Ajaja The Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has said there is no way Nigeria can develop without full participation of women. He…

GENEVA (BLOOMBERG) - A severe household water shortage that two out of five people in the world face is undermining efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Frequent and thorough hand…

GENEVA - The United Nations warns COVID-19 poses a critical threat to hundreds of millions of indigenous people worldwide.   To mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, U.N.…

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The Washington, D.C., police union said on Monday it asked a court to block the mandatory release of body camera footage and names of police…