We’re just weeks from schools opening, and they aren’t ready. Parents, children, teachers – everyone will be affected The public school district in Charlottesville, Virginia, has proposed a model for…
"What do you get when you take four kids from the hood and send them to a prestigious university on full scholarship, the Comeup Collective?" describes one of the podcast…
A New Hampshire radio station cut ties with a conservative host after she filmed herself verbally attacking landscapers who were speaking Spanish. Dianna Ploss, who hosted the Dianna Ploss Show…
Victims’ commissioner for England and Wales says pandemic presents a turning point for criminal justice system "More and more" victims are dropping out of court cases as delays mount amid…
Updated: 07-14-2020 4:45 AM EST The Palestinian Authority (PA) has arrested at least six Palestinians for speaking their mind on the matter of Israel's plan to apply its laws to…
Nearly 60 years ago, 16-year-old Rodney Hurst led a group of 33 Black teenagers in a peaceful sit-in to integrate a “whites only” lunch counter at a department store in…
Vanity Fair has commissioned a Black photographer to shoot its cover for the first time in its 37-year history, an overdue step for a magazine that has long weathered criticism for a…
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Amanda Zahui B. wanted to rush back to the U.S. after George Floyd’s death. But she realized there was work to be done back home.…
He was a passionate Jesse Jackson delegate at the 1984 Democratic National Convention and, later, a mentor to future politicians like Senator Cory Booker. The political science professor Lucius J.…
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — As the coronavirus ripped through the Navajo Nation, it spotlighted longstanding inequities on the reservation where thousands of tribal members travel long distances for medical care,…