AMHERST, Mass. -- A Massachusetts town has created a fund to pay reparations to Black residents as communities and institutions across the country look to atone for slavery, discrimination and…
This past Tuesday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) addressed the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Mid Year Conference. She quickly mentioned the discovery late last month of 215…
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church Executive Council began its June meeting with discussions on how racism is being confronted within and beyond the church, including the creation of a new…
The bill allows Republicans to make up at least five members of the 13 member committee after GOP leadership scuttled a bipartisan deal earlier this year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that her chamber will establish a select committee to investigate the deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of supporters of…
Deb Haaland is pushing for a federal reckoning with what the U.S. did to Native Americans. But she cannot be alone in her mission. On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland revealed at…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Survivors and family members of victims of the five people who died in a mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper dedicated a memorial to them…
President Joe Biden on Friday commemorated Pride Month at the White House and designated the site of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting as a national memorial. Biden signed legislation honoring…
Supporters of a white nationalist hate group defaced brand-new memorials to George Floyd in New York and New Jersey this week, even as the nation awaits a sentence for Floyd’s…
Editor’s note: This article was initially published Oct. 8, 2020. His life began as the last embers of the civil rights movement were flickering out. Its horrific, videotaped end ignited…