GENEVA (Reuters) - The Hong Kong police raid at pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily “sends a further chilling message for media freedom”, the chief U.N. human rights spokesperson told Reuters on…
"Can you imagine what it's like going to bed not knowing if you're going to wake up and still have two daughters?" Jane Cannon spoke these "horribly prophetic" words in…
Throughout high school and college, Jennifer Rocha would plant strawberries with her parents from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m. Then she'd sleep a few hours and get ready for school.…
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sent to the electric chair for being Soviet spies, but their sons have spent decades trying to clear their mother’s name. Are they close to…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says there are no excuses for government not do whatever it can to improve the quality of life for Indigenous…
Every once in a while, after working long and sometimes grueling shifts, after getting yelled at and spat on and occasionally having plastic cups thrown at him, Officer Brian Vaughan…
After a year of back-and-forth over initiatives to defund the police, D.C. lawmakers are again considering how much of the city’s budget should go toward officers and how much should…
Detroit City Council is moving forward with an effort to support reparations for African Americans. President Pro Tem Mary Sheffield’s resolution, which passed Tuesday without objection, aims to lay out a foundation…
Many things led to the events of Sept. 29, 1969. Ignored requests, denial of rights and silenced voices were among the catalysts for the famous Asheville High School walkout when nearly 200…
Every Congressional session for nearly three decades, the late Democratic Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced HR 40, calling for a national commission to study the impact of slavery and…