The federal court ruled the officers are not entitled to official immunity. After three years of litigation, a federal jury awarded a Houston man more than $1 million in a…

California has agreed to pay reparations to those who were forcibly sterilized under old laws aimed at people deemed unfit to have children. The legislation, years in the making, will…

BERLIN — The UN human rights chief on Monday urged countries to “fully fund comprehensive processes” and take “a wide range of reparations measures” to address the legacies of slavery,…

Unfortunately, this committee will not be bipartisan because Republicans dispute the need for it What happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6? The American people want to know, so…

“We should certainly pursue bigger truths and more robust histories, better accounts of the reproduction of injustice, and better remedies for it.” In several recent posts for OpenGlobalRights, César Rodríguez-Garavito has suggested…

Most of its proposed budget would go to operations IOWA CITY — The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, created by the Iowa City Council in the wake of George Floyd’s murder…

In the 1950s and 60s the creation of the Civic Auditorium and I-10 freeway displaced hundreds of low-income families and now, City Council has decided, is time to make amends.…

At Reverse The Trend, we are committed to providing avenues for youth activists to express themselves about the existential threats facing humanity and the planet. This youth-oriented conference will provide an…

A year to the day after the death of former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, family, friends, colleagues and more reflected on the legacy of the civil rights icon whose fight…

Could the traveling pastor with a history of humanitarian work also have masterminded an intricate murder plot to seize power in Haiti? Christian Emmanuel Sanon, the latest American citizen to…