Civil Rights & Social Justice
Under the new law, Illinois law enforcement agencies must review and share an officer’s full job history, including any misconduct, when they apply for a new role.
It began with a traffic stop and ended with six days of unrest, 34 lives lost, and a city in flames. On Aug. 11, the 60th anniversary of the Watts Riots, Sons and Brothers honored the day by reimagining the events through social media, connecting a historic uprising to a new generation.
After sunset, Black people had to be out of these hostile sundown towns. It was a matter of life and death in some instances.
NewsOne sat down with BLIS Collective co-founder Trevor Smith to discuss how his powerful action hub is advancing the fight for reparations in New York City.
She made it her mission to accurately document the terrorism of lynching in America.
Xavier Davis is suing Jefferson Lines after a white bus driver made Black men sit in the back of the bus headed to Minnesota.
California’s Prop 36 — also known as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act” — disproportionately harms Black people.
Why Is The Lead Pipe Replacement In Flint Still Unfinished Nearly 11 Years After Water Crisis Began?
About a decade after Flint’s water crisis caused national outrage, the replacement of lead water pipes still isn’t finished.
This year’s Juneteenth is more than a celebration—it’s a call to come together in joy, unity, and purposeful action like never before.
Philadelphia justice reform group JustUs Ideas will kick off its inaugural JustUs Ideas Week on June 9 at the Community College of Philadelphia.
America has made significant progress since the era of segregation, but the Trump administration may be putting that progress at risk.
A historical marker in Dallas that tells the story of Allen Brooks, a Black man who was lynched by a white mob in 1910, was vandalized.
