American classrooms have been thrust into the debate about race and our country’s history. WBUR is a nonprofit news organization. Our coverage relies on your financial support. If you value…

A local woman who over-came her own struggles while pursuing a passion of winemaking is now creating space to help others do the same. Donna Stoney is living her dream…

A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the Nuxalk Nation. More…

MIAMI — If you bought melons sold at Kroger, Schnucks, Walmart, Sam’s Club or other chains, they might’ve been harvested or packed by H-2A visa workers provided by Los Villatoros…

At the close of the United Way of Bartholomew County’s Racial Wealth Gap Simulation, organizers asked participants for a one-word reaction to the Black History Month interactive experience. The responses…

A bill that would replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day failed to move forward in the Montana Senate. After the bill brought by Missoula Democratic Sen. Shane Morigeau was…

A national movement seeks to end what activists say is a slavery loophole in the federal and several states’ constitutions. Nevada could soon join four other states that recently used…

A "first-in-the-nation" project tracking racial disparities across eight Colorado district attorneys' offices is revealing inequities when it comes to how Black and Hispanic people are prosecuted. Driving the news: Researchers from…

Critics say using pandemic relief to pay slavery reparations is a misuse of the taxpayer funds A growing list of municipalities across the U.S. are looking to set up reparations…

Legislation floating around the New York state Capitol would task a “community led coalition” to study the harms of slavery, and thereafter, to determine the reparations needed. Jabari Brisport, a…