International Probe of Police Violence Urgently Needed  (Geneva) – United Nations member countries at the UN Human Rights Council should take decisive action to carry out the UN High Commissioner…

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the wealthy world. Maternal health in BIPOC groups is even worse, with Black people bearing a disproportionate share of maternal…

Training applies only in situations where subject doesn’t have a gun, but that is the case in 40 percent of all police shootings An increasing number of American police chiefs…

Bobby Crook remembers the day in 1966 that everything changed in his neighborhood of Linnentown in Athens, Georgia. He was 11 years old and had just come home from school.…

GENEVA —  In a landmark report launched after the murder of George Floyd, the United Nations human rights chief is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end discrimination, violence and…

It is generally hard to know when a social revolution has achieved its goals. In the case of the American gay rights revolution, however, it appears that this is an…

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…