"This all reminds me of what we went through during the Holocaust and how much we suffered," Sarina Blumenfeld told Reuters. When night falls, Sarina Blumenfeld gets flashbacks from what…
OLYMPIA — Following the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools on Saturday, Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today the five members of his office’s Truth & Reconciliation Tribal Advisory…
A recent United Nations report shows that Black people in the United States are three times more likely to be killed by police than if they were white, and 41/2times…
The widening racial and ethnic gaps in how accurately different populations are counted in the U.S. census threatens the equitable distribution of political representation and federal funding, warns a new report by…
Michigan State University College of Law Professor Justin Simard started the "Citing Slavery Project" in 2020 after researching sources for a project and stumbling upon citations of slave cases by modern judges. …
State Sen. Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills) and Rep. Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester Hills) introduced measures that would eliminate from the Michigan Constitution slavery as a punishment for crime. Senate Joint Resolution…
Civil rights groups will be closely watching the U.S. Supreme Court next Wednesday when the justices hear a challenge to South Carolina’s congressional redistricting map. In Alexander v. SC State Conference…
Talking about racial injustice and the deleterious impacts it has on countless lives has always been a challenge for society. Opening that door for a rich and informative exchange on…
A recent report from the Sentencing Project has revealed that significant strides have been made in reducing racial inequities in incarceration over the past two decades. However, the study also…
Mass incarceration and gender inequality dragged the U.S. ranking in global inclusiveness index. The U.S. continues to underperform on an annual list that ranks inclusivity as experienced by marginalized groups…