It's virtually the only area of law enforcement where racial discrimination is officially permitted by policy. And it's both wrong and illegal. Reece Jones of the Texas Observer has a helpful article urging the…
Healthcare systems are failing people of color in every state, with health outcomes and access to quality care among people of color worse than for white people, according to a…
This story was first published on February 11, 2021. Conservation has a long history in the U.S., looking back to the creation of the national parks, and to all of…
The co-founders of the American Descendants of Slavery, a slavery reparations advocacy movement, filed a defamation lawsuit against Harvard University last month over a since-retracted research article that was published…
Mecklenburg County is celebrating women across the county and across the country for Women's Equality Day. For the first time in three years, the Women's Advisory Board is hosting a…
When Mayor Michelle Wu convenes her cabinet for its biweekly meeting, the faces in the room look much like those on the city’s streets: a mixture of whites, Blacks, Latinos…
When it comes to diversity, Ken Colao leads by example. More than a third of the 90 staffers — 38% — at his construction management company, CNY Group, is Black,…
KINGSLAND, Ga. – The NAACP Camden County Branch is accusing the Camden County Sheriff’s Office and the Kingsland Police Department of racially profiling and unlawfully arresting a young Black man during…
Following hours of angry and tense protests, UC Berkeley officials abruptly announced Wednesday afternoon that they would pause work on transforming historic People’s Park into housing “due to the destruction…
Money has yet to be collected from marijuana tax; architect of program says other funding sources should be considered Money has yet to be collected from marijuana tax; architect of…