Social Justice

A nonprofit is purchasing the decaying Walnut Street house where Martin Luther King Jr. lived when he was denied service at a Maple Shade bar in 1950.

The Lovings had committed what Virginia called unlawful cohabitation. Their marriage was deemed illegal because Mildred was Black and Native American; and Richard was white.

Faced with a #MeToo reckoning, the FBI says it is getting serious about sexual harassment in its ranks.

The video played a major role in igniting a global protest movement against police violence, and was used as evidence in the trial of Floyd's killer.

Ghee will also lead the Fair Housing Commission, the city agency tasked with addressing unfair rental practices in housing.

`We Got Time’ by Matana Roberts is an elegy to both Taylor and the year of the pandemic.

Patrik Jordan Mathews briefly lived in the Newark area when he was caught on tape constructing rifle parts and talking about committing violent crimes, authorities say.

The policy shift abandons a practice decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.

A federal judge has ordered the PPD to test what happens when officers change how they handle quality of life offenses like littering, panhandling, and carrying open liquor co

Recent revelations of the office’s desecration of the MOVE bombing victims’ remains are the latest chapter in a long history, starting from the moment the fire went out.

Though discussion about increasing diversity in all aspects of American life goes on and some changes have been adopted, advocates so far see little systemic progress.

The number of white supremacist groups rose 55% during the Trump presidency. How do people get pulled into extremist hate groups? And how can family and friends get them out?

Attorneys released new video footage of the I-676 incident showing protesters cornered by police at a fenced embankment.

Historian Mia Bay on the rise of segregation in travel and how Black Americans fought against Jim Crow laws and for the freedom of mobility.

The Worcester Township property will join more than 680 other places in the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom database.