Civil Rights & Social Justice
Five officers were fired on Monday in the wake of William Harvey's death after he was found unconscious with injuries to his neck caused by a pair of Harvey’s shoelaces on April 2.
In her third round of giving, Scott donated $2.7 billion to 286 “high-impact” organizations, many of which are in historically underrepresented communities.
The family of Johnny Bolton, a Georgia man killed during a no-knock raid in December, is seeking answers while likening his death to the state-sanctioned death of Breonna Taylor.
North Carolina state's autopsy report for Andrew Brown Jr.'s police killing in Elizabeth City not only contradicts a "false" narrative by law enforcement but also supports claims from his family that he was "executed," lawyers say.
A secret panel made up of seven investigators will determine if officers are targeting Black motorists in the state.
In bodycam footage released by the Springfield Police Department and obtained by WICS and WRSP last month, Dartavius Barnes can be heard pleading for officers to return his daughter's ashes once they discover the urn in his car.
Prominent Black civil rights leaders, politicians, and activists unloaded on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after the West Virginia politician doubled down on his decision to vote against the For the People Act.
As UNC continues to process the national blowback for denying tenure to award-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Black professor and highly sought chemist declined a position with the university.
The Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation is investing in Tulsa making it an innovative, collaborative, and thriving city, by prioritizing BIPOC entrepreneurs, women business owners, and small businesses.
Activists and some of Floyd's supporters feel reopening the street is premature because ongoing talks involving city officials have not yet come to a resolution on how to move forward.