U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi introduced legislation last week that would create a planning commission to examine the possibility of ...

Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No ...

Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

February is Black History Month, a time to earn more about the history of African Americans. It was founded by the ...

The Racial Justice Act allowed people to challenge their death sentences if they could demonstrate race played a role in ...

A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...

Richard Kopf, who served for 30 years as a U.S. District judge in Nebraska and helped the state become the first paperless federal court in the country, died Friday. The district court clerk’s ...

A Maryland federal judge became the second court official in the nation to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to end automatic birthright citizenship.The decision comes as ...

Trump’s inauguration week order was already on temporary hold nationally because of a separate suit brought by four states in ...

The ongoing legal challenges to President Trump's order highlight the complexities of constitutional interpretation ...

We kick off our Black History Month series by highlighting and honoring Alice Scott, the first woman and African American to ...