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…

In October 2020, after a summer of racial justice protests, Mayor Ted Wheeler agreed to create a truth and reconciliation commission to address the Portland Police Bureau’s historic mistreatment of…

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden took executive action Tuesday that seeks to increase the number of background checks conducted during gun sales as the White House reverts to unilateral ways to tackle gun control amid bleak prospects in Congress.…