Prosecutors in Louisiana are excluding potential Black jurors three times as often as jurors of another race by using peremptory challenges

Despite a long-standing idea that a college education protects minorities against hardships that plague their communities, a new study discovered that Black and Hispanic students…

Dutch newspaper NRC is under scrutiny after publishing a review of Ta-Nehisi Coates' newest book with the headline, "Nigger Are You Crazy?

Gov. Jerry Brown (Calif.) has signed a bill that will help change the way police killings are viewed in the court of law. According to…

On Thursday afternoon, talented singer/songwriter Janelle Monae, her artist Jidenna, and her Wondaland collective, continued to stand with the “Black Lives Matter” movement this week during a march in…

Armed members of the New Black Panther Party marched outside of the Waller County Jail to protest the arrest and death of Sandra Bland

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush abruptly ended a town hall meeting after a Black Lives Matter protester raised a question

As a community grapples with the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown and yet another Black male shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri,…

The case of an Alabama officer heard spewing racial slurs and threatening to kill a Black man and hide the evidence was recovered this week

Despite desegregation laws, White parents usually fight accepting poorer Black students from failing districts.

Sandra Bland's family announced the filing of a lawsuit against officials in Houston involved in her arrest and death.

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In this week's news of cringe-worthy cultural appropriation: Allure magazine ran the article "You (Yes, You) Can Have An Afro" in its August issue