The income and wealth gaps between people of color and white households are wide, but state-run retirement programs are attempting to help workers find parity. As many as 67% of…
American bison, also known as buffalo, have bounced back from their near extinction due to commercial hunting in the late 19th century The U.S. Interior Department on Friday said it…
The Equity Commission at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its first report detailing over 30 recommendations to bring equity to farming. The USDA Equity Commission was born out of…
This story is part of a series called “Future of Us,” exploring how a pandemic, a murder and a city on fire have changed us and our path forward. The…
Update: On 28 February, 2023, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its disappointing decision finding that, “… the States have not clearly and indisputably shown that the…
Since its debut in 1971, an anti-pollution ad showing a man in Native American attire shed a single tear at the sight of smokestacks and litter taking over a once…
The history of African-Americans in Columbus and central Ohio is a long and complex story. African-American people have been living in the land north and west of the Ohio River…
In Atlanta, the clash over plans to build a police training center on a large tract of land has brought at least one death, a state of emergency, and domestic…
City settles lawsuit after hundreds of protesters were arrested, detained and subjected to excessive force in the Bronx New York City has agreed to pay millions of dollars to hundreds…
At-large D.C. Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie is re-upping a years-old effort to establish a reparations fund for Black D.C. residents. The former Ward 5 councilmember reintroduced a bill on Monday that…