Social Justice

A former Louisville police detective who helped write the warrant that led to the deadly police raid at Breonna Taylor's apartment has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy.

In the opening moments of the Jan. 6 Committee hearings, Chairman Bennie Thompson drew a line across history, connecting the Lost Cause to the Big Lie.

Between 2018 and 2020, TD bank denied a higher percentage of Black applicants seeking residential mortgage loans than white applicants.

The Nebraska case shows how police may rely on digital communications to investigate abortions in states where they're illegal.

The Sesame Street-themed park has announced the implementation of diversity and inclusion training for its employees.

“It became extremely apparent that the survivors were really suffering,” said one of the fundraiser’s organizers.

NBA great Bill Russell died Sunday at the age of 88. He is remembered for being a leader on and off the court, fighting for social change. We revisit our 2001 interview.

As the city continues to deal with a frightful gun violence crisis, some city officials have floated the idea of revisiting stop-and-frisk.

The city of Philadelphia released the remains of two children killed in the 1985 MOVE bombing back to their family.

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell was a civil rights trailblazer, before, during and after his basketball career. In 2011, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The long-standing problem is rooted in racial discrimination. Homes in primarily Black neighborhoods are undervalued by an average of nearly $26,000.

The Pennridge school board is considering a policy that would limit the “nonschool materials” students can share in school and online.

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report.

A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers.

An Indiana doctor says she has faced harassment after the story of one of her patients — a 10-year-old Ohio girl who became pregnant as a result of rape — captured the nation.