For more than 15 years, Oakland's police department has been under federal oversight following a police abuse and racial profiling scandal.

Experts who monitor domestic extremism in the United States are taking stock of where the far-right movement stands.

Sunday is the first anniversary of the deadly Unite the Right rally.

A Baptist church in West Philadelphia will premiere new music by four African-American composers working in the vein of Leonard Bernstein.

Guests: Perry Bacon Jr. American’s political affiliations are generally a good indicator of how people vote but ...

This weekend, Pittsburgh is slated to host the first festival of black craft beer brewers from around the country.

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The hosts of a popular New Jersey radio show suspended for calling the nation's first Sikh attorney general "turban man" are back on the air.

A new Pew study found that 8 in 10 black Americans value the platforms for magnifying issues that aren't usually discussed.

Terence Nance, a New York experimental filmmaker with a long history with the Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia, chose the festival to launch his new HBO series.

It comes after a hotel staff member wrote a three-letter slur against those of Japanese ancestry on a hotel guest’s room folio last week.

Police are investigating an apparent hate crime at a South Philly playground where neighbors organized to honor a historic African-American burial ground.

Floyd could have been this generation’s Ella or Mahalia. But she has taken the A Train on a track less traveled — and Douglass is her latest companion on that journey.

While conducting research for our book, “Halal Food: A History,” we found that more and more Muslims are looking at ethical and health considerations