Standardized exams keep Black social workers out, activists say. These Marylanders want to change that.

When Emanuel Wilkerson sat for the exam to become a licensed master social worker, he had nine job offers lined up. All he had to do...

Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis

Listen to this article As Charles Richardson gradually lost his eyesight to complications from diabetes, certain childhood memories haunted him even more. The Catholic priest appeared...

Annapolis needs permanent memorial garden to honor women; seeing systemic racism firsthand; support for End-of-Life Option Act | READER COMMENTARY

A way to honor even more pioneering women It is Women’s History Month and Patsy Baker Blackshear (“Recognizing and celebrating African American Female Pioneers,” March 19)...

AG reinstates Chaudry to hate crimes commission following suspension for anti-Israel posts

Listen to this article Zainab Chaudry joins other demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The Maryland Attorney General this week reinstated...

Community health workers can experience the same challenges as those they serve, Baltimore study shows

For more than 80 years, Bi-Rite, a family-owned grocery store on Belair Road, gave residents of Northeast Baltimore a place to buy affordable produce, send money...

Former Grambling great Doug Williams pays respect to Bill Russell for tackling ‘racial injustice’

Louisiana Supreme Court: People sent to jail by racist jury rule not owed new trials

Probe continues into whether Trooper of the Year engaged in racial profiling

The Maine State Police continue to investigate allegations that the 2019 Trooper of the Year engaged in racial profiling in response to a complaint filed by...

Racial impact statements are a sensible way to understand, act on inequalities

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Documentary captures how one Maine town grappled with its racism and changed

Until a few years ago, residents of the southern Maine town of Wells had commonly used a mascot depicting an offensive stereotype of Indigenous people for...

Reactions to the Louisiana Supreme Court ruling on Jim Crow Jury verdicts: ‘a grave misstep’

A look at Critical Race Theory vs. Cultural Proficiency

Bossier City Police find no wrongdoing from surveillance footage in Airline Walmart incident

Who is the CAO? Are the roads getting fixed? Catch up on this week’s city council meeting.

LIVE BLOG: Investigation and Blue Line school zone tickets topics at Shreveport City Council

Violent Crime Task Force offers glimpse of future showdowns over criminal justice reform

The newly seated Violent Crime Task Force met for the first time Tuesday. Its members convened for an introductory organizational session that lasted less than 30...

Candidates for Louisiana governor take few risks in first TV debate, minus Landry

NEW ORLEANS – The five candidates for Louisiana governor took part Thursday night in the first televised debate ahead of the Oct. 14 primary, minus the...

Our Rich History: History is all around us; presenting local history on a national level

By David ChildsNorthern Kentucky University In expressing his stance against slavery, Kentuckian Abraham Lincoln stated, “the world has never had a good definition of the word...