racial injustice

Leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April could vote Saturday on a resolution that would put the city on track to making major changes to its policing practices

LeBron James is explaining why he deleted a tweet that referenced 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, who was shot and killed by a police officer on Tuesday, April 20

Purnell Steen, an accomplished jazz musician and civil rights activist, talks about the struggles Black musicians faced at the dawn of the civil rights era.

When massive demonstrations against racial injustice erupted across the nation last summer, protesters often swarmed onto roads or highways to draw attention to their cause

Elizabeth Williams, a former Philadelphia nurse and hospital superintendent, talks about fighting for acceptance as a Black medical professional in the medical system and how discrimination followed her career from hospital to hospital.

President Joe Biden mentioned “the sting of systemic racism” in his inauguration speech. Here’s what the term means.

Newly confirmed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will have to contend not only with a world of security threats and a massive military bureaucracy, but also with a challenge that hits closer to home: rooting out racism and extremism in the ranks

Prosecutors say suburban Denver police officers who detained four Black girls by gunpoint after wrongly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car this summer won’t be charged

The violent breaching of the halls of power on Capitol Hill by insurrectionists represents one of the plainest displays of a racial double standard in modern history

When the church doors open, only white people will be allowed inside. That’s the message the Asatru Folk Assembly in Murdock, Minnesota, is sending after being granted a conditional use permit to open a church there and practice its pre-Christian religion that originated in northern Europe, NBC News reports. Despite a council vote officially approving the permit this month,...

City officials in Murdock, Minnesota, say they did not believe they could win if challenged by the Asatru Folk Assembly, a designated hate group, in court. NBC affiliate KARE reports.

Voters in communities across the country have approved measures toughening civilian oversight of law enforcement agencies

“Sesame Street” has always pressed for inclusion

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden faced off on Tuesday for the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. Here are some of the key moments you may have missed.

Recent shootings of police officers and protests that have left scores of officers injured are stark reminders of the dangers facing law enforcement as the country grapples with police killings of African Americans.

A new report by a think tank examining executions in the United States says death penalty cases show a long history of racial disparity, from who is executed to where and for what crimes.

NFL teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums knelt, locked arms or raised fists in protest for pregame ceremonies on the first full Sunday of the football season.

Latino activists are joining the multiracial Black Lives Matter protests while trying to draw attention to their history of deadly police encounters

The death of George Floyd and widespread protests over racial injustice have prompted several states to move at a lightning pace to pass significant policing reform proposals that in some cases have languished for years, with other states on the verge of taking similar action

Attorneys for Oregon have argued for a restraining order against federal agents deployed to quell protests in Portland