Two states are asking the justices to retain a rule from America's racist past for the sake of convenience.

In a rebuttal to Mitch McConnell—and possibly Joe Biden—Ta-Nehisi Coates helped House Democrats start a conversation on slavery, racism, and reparations.

It’s not just that schools are fighting low funding and mass shootings. They’re also some of the last genuine public squares in this country.

With Bernie Sanders making inroads, Clinton is deploying both subtle and overt messages to hold her “firewall” down South.

Jon Carroll published a viral report accusing an Alabama police department of planting drugs on black men. But where's the evidence?

Victims of police violence are tried in the court of public opinion along with the cops who killed them. Tamir Rice's mother isn't taking that lying down.

A new video shows a Chicago police officer murdering a black teen last year. Why did it take so long for us to get here?

July 6, 1963

Why did the jury vote to acquit the police officers who beat Rodney King?