Police release video of Illinois woman fatally shot by deputy
Civil rights lawyer Jill Collen Jefferson convinced the Justice Department to investigate allegedly racist and abusive policing in Lexington, Miss.
After a voter said he found it “astonishing” that Haley hadn’t used the word “slavery” at any point in her answer, she asked, “What do you want me to say about slavery?”
A US prison inmate has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd.
Laquvia Jones lost both of her sons to shootings. Now she wonders why a city with a deep sense of community—and one of the wealthiest universities in the world—can’t figure out how to address gun violence.
The country singer has been defending “Try That in a Small Town” in his performances, saying it has nothing to do with race.
Critics say the intern selection process often favors wealthier students, just like the admission process at some elite colleges.
Sportswear maker had called the advocacy group’s three-stripe emblem too similar to its own
The sportswear company claims the BLM Global Network Foundation’s yellow-stripe design would be confused with its three-stripe logo
A sixth Memphis police officer “has been relieved of duty” during the investigation of Tyre Nichols’s death after a beating by police.
The lawyer representing Tyre Nichols' family has called on the US Congress to pass urgent police reform legislation in the wake of his death.
The Memphis police shut down the Scorpion unit, which the police chief had defended a day earlier
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy told reporters that while each of the five officers played a different role, "the actions of all of them resulted in the death of Tyre Nichols and they are all responsible."
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, a move that adds a few years to the time the former Minneapolis police officer is already serving for his murder conviction while transferring him to federal custody.
New report says Ivy League university profited from slavery during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries through its financial connection to donors
Police video has been released of a white officer fatally shooting a black man in the back of the head after a scuffle over a stun gun.
Black people are exhausted and battling trauma as they continue to demand that their full humanity be respected.