civil rights

MLK Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin are household names, but what about their mothers? This hour, author Anna Malaika Tubbs explores how these three women shaped American history.

The scholarship program, sponsored by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, intends to support the next generation of civil rights advocates working in the South.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the first African American to lead one of the U.S. armed forces, says he was compelled to speak out after the police killing of George Floyd.

Branden Snyder, head of Detroit Action, says he hopes the president-elect shows he supports the Black community by prioritizing affordable housing, living wages and environmental justice.

At issue in the case is the rights of a city to enforce its anti-discrimination policies in contracting against the rights of religious groups.

If no clear winner emerges on election night, experts in global conflict warn conditions are ripe for potential violence in the U.S.

With the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, anti-abortion activists hope for a world where ending an unwanted pregnancy is not an option.

When a Latina woman went to a Bay Area hospital, a doctor was dismissive of her COVID symptoms. Is unconscious bias one reason people of color are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus?

The latest round of women's marches is against the filling of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat. It's also an opportunity for activists to take stock as the stakes of the election loom.

Though George Floyd's death renewed calls to remove Confederate monuments, some cities formally decided to protect them.