Civil Rights & Social Justice
A local chapter of the NAACP is investigating if racism was involved when two white boys at the camp in Martha's Vineyard placed tent straps around the neck of a Black boy, leaving the 8-year-old camper with "an abrasion."
Recognition of the need for pay equity must consider the economic conditions within which Black women exist, addressing persisting disparities in pay and devaluation of jobs commonly held by Black women.
News of Rai and Shaun King's new home opens up a larger conversation about progressive political spaces and the lack of equity in earning power for all of those who "do the work."
A video shows Travis Moya, a handcuffed Black man, suffering gruesome injuries after having a police dog sicced on him during a mental health crisis in Alpharetta, Georgia. His lawyers said they plan to sue.
A police sergeant in Atlanta shown on video kicking an apparently handcuffed woman in the face while his partner stands by idly has been suspended without pay, but only after the graphic footage was made public.
Brenda Mallory, the first Black chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, says new guidance for the Justice40 Initiative gives federal agencies a framework for ensuring historically underinvested communities receive at least 40% of the benefits from climate change and clean energy projects.
The family of Ta'Neasha Chappell, a Louisville woman who recently died under questionable circumstances in Indiana police custody, has retained the services of the attorneys who represented the family of Breonna Taylor.
Black seniors face disgraceful and long-standing disparities that have hindered them from living fulfilling lives. Failing to meet their needs would be a travesty.
It's been six years since Sandra Bland was found dead in a Texas jail cell under questionable circumstances. Her legacy lives on in multiple ways as her family keeps demanding justice for her death.
A group of police officers in Palo Alto, California sued the city, claiming a Black Lives Matter mural featuring an image of Assata Shakur amounts to discrimination and harassment.
Lee Maout's sentencing is the result of a plea deal his attorney's sorted out with the DOJ which guaranteed a five-year sentence instead of the maximum of 10 years if he confessed to the crime.
Ma'Khia's family expressed apprehension around the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation probe after it was announced findings have been turned over to the local prosecutor.