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More than half of the books banned in schools last year featured people of color or LGBTQ characters, according to a new report from PEN...

Hosted by Sean Tory, this episode of the Know Your Rights Podcast features a discussion with visual artists Brandan "BMike" Odums and...

The Great River Road, an 11-mile stretch in Louisiana with deep ties to Afro-Creole culture and centuries-old sugar cane plantations, was...

The relocation of African American tenant farmers’ remains from the former Oak Hill plantation in Danville, Virginia, has stirred a mix...

Robert Johnson spent his first day as a free man after nearly 30 years behind bars for a crime he says he didn't commit. On Thursday, a...

Following an investigation into officers’ racist text messages—exchanges that included slurs and dehumanizing images of Black people—the...

After two years of legal proceedings, a settlement has been reached in the case involving Marissa Barnwell, a 15-year-old student at...

The Trump administration has reinstated applications for the USDA’s 1890 National Scholars Program after backlash over its sudden...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser confirmed plans to remove Black Lives Matter Plaza and paint over its ground mural, replacing it with a new...

Arthur Johnson, a longtime resident of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward, has seen firsthand the importance of trees in mitigating pollution...

Thirty corrections officers from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in California have been indicted on child abuse charges for allegedly...

Ben Shapiro has launched a petition urging former President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis officer convicted of...

This Know Your Rights Camp Podcast episode features a discussion on the importance of understanding and exercising legal rights,...

Federal health workers are alarmed after a website called "DEI Watch List" published their names, photos, and personal information,...

Kids across the country are increasingly fearful following Donald Trump’s election and recent immigration policies. “They come up and...

The Phoenix Police Department's newly implemented use of force policy is being presented as a significant shift, but from an abolitionist...

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, following intense fighting between rebels and the Congolese...

LaDonna Crutchfield, a 37-year-old Detroit woman, filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a mistaken identity arrest due to faulty facial...

This Know Your Rights Camp podcast episode, hosted by Amir Whitaker, delivers a powerful discussion on the rollback of federal civil...

Sangamon County has reached a $10 million settlement with the family of Sonya Massey, a Springfield woman shot and killed by a deputy...