Social Justice

The number of people currently enslaved in the world has grown by 10 million in the last five years, researchers from Geneva reported Monday.

Over the past decade, access to mental health staff for Black students decreased, while white students’ access increased.

Prosecutors said that former Officer Eric Ruch Jr. shot and killed Dennis Plowden Jr. less than six seconds after arriving on the scene, even as other officers held their fire

Companies in New Jersey are allowed to screen employees for marijuana, but they aren’t allowed to fire people just because they fail a simple drug test.

When Marilyn Loden first uttered the phrase "the glass ceiling" in the 1970s, it became an increasingly permanent fixture of the lexicon

“BanksyLand” has about 50 original pieces by the secretive and controversial street artist. Banksy has neither endorsed nor condemned the show.

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.