The nearly 14 million people of color who live in rural America face unique challenges that run the gamut — from navigating racism in real estate,...
For the last nine years, Juanita Davis has worked to give hope to people diagnosed with HIV and to get Black people in Jackson talking about...
JACKSON, Miss.—In early October, Mississippi Democratic candidate for governor Brandon Presley crisscrossed Jackson, shaking hands and taking selfies as he courted residents in the nearly 83%-Black...
Mississippi voters will elect leaders for all eight statewide offices in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Those offices include governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general,...
JACKSON, Miss.—Worshippers at Beth Israel Congregation, Mississippi’s largest Jewish synagogue, are looking to move forward after someone emailed a bomb threat to the temple on Sunday,...
NEW YORK (AP) — For the last few years of its life, HBO’s “Real Sports” taped its episodes on the same Manhattan block where CBS’ “60...
article Leslie Redmond, president of the Minneapolis NAACP (FOX 9) MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Since the death of George Floyd just over a month ago, conversations...
Alzheimer’s researchers find association between racism and memory loss Researchers at two universities have discovered an associated connection between racism and memory loss. SAN DIEGO, Calif....
(FOX 9) – The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday declaring racism a public health crisis. “Due to racism, Black, Indigenous and people...
article Racism and the economy was the topic of conversation among some prominent Minnesota officials and some Federal Reserve Presidents Tuesday. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – “Racism...
article Coney Durr #16 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers walks off the field following his team’s win against the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Field on November...
The Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and others in the Flint water scandal, saying a judge sitting as a one-person grand...
Forty years after a predominantly Black community in Warren County, North Carolina, rallied against hosting a hazardous waste landfill, President Joe Biden’s top environment official visited...
A judge dismissed criminal charges against former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water crisis, months after the state Supreme Court said indictments returned by...
Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November’s midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning, a potential warning sign for...
President Joe Biden made a historical pilgrimage Sunday to “America’s freedom church” to mark Martin Luther King’s birthday, saying democracy was at a perilous moment and...
As a fourth grader, Walter Milton Jr. was so excited to learn about Black history that he donned his only suit and sat at the front...
A former Northwestern football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the school’s leadership, seeking damages stemming from a hazing scandal that...
Northwestern has been added to a long list of American universities to face a scandal in athletics and may eventually join the trend of making large...