Race & Ethnicity

He died in St. Kitts of aspiration pneumonia. He was known for his advocacy against South African apartheid and for Haitian democracy.

The River Wards neighborhood may have a “reputation” for this kind of ideology, one resident said, but the area is evolving.

The city's agreement with the group of 20 activists and residents also includes a half-million award to the Bread & Roses Community Fund.

The 31-year-old Paterson violence intervention advocate was experiencing a mental health episode during a fatal encounter with police on March 3.

With guns drawn, police are seen negotiating with Seabrooks. At times the 31-year-old Black man can be heard both complying and threatening to harm himself and officers.

Indigenous leaders and activists have mixed feelings about land acknowledgments.

Launched two years ago, the Philadelphia Accelerator Fund is designed to help Black and brown developers access capital for affordable housing projects.

The trail describes the history of the free Black community that formed in the Iron Hill area near Newark in the 1830s.

Community members in Paterson have called for police to suspend the involved officers without pay, effective immediately.

Administrators hope to strike a balance between siloing the curriculum and infusing Asian American Pacific Islander studies across the curriculum as a whole.

The mothers of Trayvon Martin and Leslie Prater spoke about grief, police brutality, and how to make change during a forum at the University of Delaware.

Advocates say home appraisal bias can be traced to the industry’s lack of diversity. They say having an alternative to apprenticeship hours could help.

The report said Louisville Police “discriminate against Black people in its enforcement activities,” uses excessive force and conducts searches based on invalid warrants.

Midwifery was relatively common in the U.S. before the early 1900s, but as surgical care and obstetrics rose in prominence, white male doctors began demonizing the profession.

A Philadelphia law intended to reduce the number of traffic stops for minor vehicle violations appears to be working, according to a new analysis of Philadelphia Police Dept.