More than 2,000 state prison officers in New York were fired after failing to return to work following three weeks of unauthorized...

Chicago's City Council approved a $280,000 settlement for activist Miracle Boyd, who sued after a police officer struck her during a 2020...

A North Dakota jury has ruled that Greenpeace must pay $660 million to Energy Transfer, finding the environmental group liable for...

A Consumer Reports study found cancer-causing chemicals in ten synthetic hair products used for braids, extensions, and other hairstyles...

The Alabama House passed House Bill 202, known as the Back the Blue Legal Protection Act, which replaces the state's current law...

California lawmakers are considering Assembly Bill 247, which would raise the hourly wage of incarcerated firefighters to as much as $19....

In Lincoln Heights, Ohio, a historically Black community just north of Cincinnati, residents have taken their safety into their own hands...

In this powerful episode of the Know Your Rights Camp podcast, host Amir Whitaker sits down with attorney and former California...

Two families have been awarded $750,000 after a Virginia jury found that the owner of Lazy Cove Campground discriminated against them due...

The Trump administration has directed federal agencies to limit or avoid using certain words and phrases associated with diversity,...

A West Virginia couple, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, received maximum prison sentences—215 and 160 years respectively—after...

In a revealing moment that speaks volumes about shifting priorities in U.S. government institutions, the Pentagon has reinstated webpages...

The Trump administration has removed a clause in federal contracts that explicitly banned segregated facilities, including restaurants,...

A Black man in Phoenix, William Kitchen, is suing the Phoenix Police Department after officers arrested him simply for asking questions...

In Santa Fe, New Mexico, former police officer Brad Lunsford was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for fatally shooting Presley Eze...

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to diversity, equity, and...

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...