Chicago churches urge calm resistance ahead of expected federal intervention

Mahjong nights draw young crowds to San Francisco bars and restaurants

Maryland leaders tell Trump they don't need the National Guard to curb gun violence

Joseph McNeil, who helped sparked a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83

10 Alaskans born in American Samoa face voting charges in a case highlighting citizenship issues

Trump's promised immigration crackdown in Chicago could last about six weeks, suburban official says

Artificial intelligence helps break barriers for Hispanic homeownership

Chicago prepares for an influx of National Guard troops and immigration agents

A walk through a Smithsonian museum reveals American genius and cruelty as Trump presses for change

A Broadway show asks a white actor to replace an Asian one. The backlash was swift

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is working to woo Black voters away from Adams and Cuomo

New Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade

New trial for 3 Memphis ex-officers convicted in connection with the beating death of Tyre Nichols

Pro-DEI organizers fired up to maintain Target boycott as promises go unfulfilled

Trump’s push to oust Fed’s Lisa Cook unites anti-DEI effort, bid to control independent institutions

US Open honors Althea Gibson for breaking the color barrier in tennis 75 years ago

UK's hard-right Reform party says it will mass deport migrants if it wins power

Thoughts about the afterlife sparked R.F. Kuang's newest novel, 'Katabasis'

Daniel Dae Kim is still waiting for his rom-com moment. In the meantime, there's 'Butterfly'

Green spaces are key to combating record heat in marginalized communities

Immigrants from Central Asia find hostility and violence in Russia

Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress

Mississippi Supreme Court map violates Voting Rights Act, judge rules

US appeals court puts the brakes on contested land transfer for Arizona copper mine

Black mayors of cities Trump decries as 'lawless' tout significant declines in violent crimes

From apps to matchmaking: the diverse ways American Muslims navigate finding marriage partners

Judge orders ICE to improve conditions after NYC immigration detainees complain of mistreatment

Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia's children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting them

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

Death of NYPD officer spotlights rise of Bangladeshi immigrants within ranks

Former Georgia deputy indicted on charges he used excessive force and covered it up in reports

Trump plans to sign an order requiring colleges to prove they don't consider race in admissions

Things to know about the Voting Rights Act and the cases that could unravel it

The Voting Rights Act marks its 60th anniversary as its core provisions are being eroded

Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history

A Tunisian musician was detained in LA after living in US for a decade. His doctor wife speaks out

American Eagle's 'good jeans' ads with Sydney Sweeney spark a debate on race and beauty standards

A year after anti-immigrant riots in Britain, many worry it could happen again

Court restricts who can bring voting rights challenges in a case involving voters with disabilities

Bubba Wallace wins Brickyard 400 to become Indy's first Black winner

Trump's demand for Washington NFL team name change ignores years of psychological data, experts say

The reverse migration: African Americans relocating to Kenya cite heritage and restoration

Trump's favorability has fallen among AAPI adults since last year, AAPI Data/AP-NORC poll finds

Gen Xers mourn drowning death of The Cosby Show's Theo actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner

How a federal monument's new welcome center in Maine honors Native Americans

Florida's Supreme Court has upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over the elimination of a majority-Black district that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Protests and events against President Donald Trump's controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid and other safety nets for poor people are planned at more than 1,600 locations around the country.

The National Urban League has declared a “state of emergency” over civil rights policies in response to the Trump administration.

Native American radio stations could face shutdowns if Congress cuts over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

The Trump administration said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

Immigration authorities are pressuring landlords to share tenant information, including leases and IDs.

Percival Everett's Pulitzer-winning novel, “James,” is a nominee for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

A European Union-backed court has upheld convictions against former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter Pjetër Shala for murder, torture and arbitrary detention.

The reality show franchise “Love Island” highlights challenges emblematic of modern dating, especially for Black women and contestants with darker skin tones.

Many Native Americans are marking ceremonies like graduations with bald eagle feathers, a form of reverence for the bird they have always held sacred as a messenger to the Creator.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in Southern California.

Federal immigration authorities say they have arrested about 200 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally during raids on two California farm sites.

A confrontation erupted between protesters and federal agents outside a Southern California farm while a raid took place Thursday.

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Human Services over its newly updated affirmative action hiring policy.

The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university.

Broken glasses, watches, combs and crumpled, faded identification documents.

A federal judge in New Hampshire has issued a ruling pausing President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the United States.

The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has renewed his call for fighters to disarm.

For one weekend, Belly Laughs is mounting an unprecedented gathering of 30 AAPI stand-up comics — from headliners to newer scene-stealers — in downtown Los Angeles.

Lawyers representing the family of a Black teenager killed by police in an Alabama suburb said the state’s refusal to release body-camera video during an investigation is fueling mistrust.

Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington.

“Love Island USA” says contestant Cierra Ortega has left the show “due to a personal situation” during Sunday’s episode, just a week before the finale will air.

A federal appeals court has upheld its decision against two Native American tribes challenging North Dakota's redistricting map.

The arrest of eight Vermont dairy farmers in April sent shock waves throughout New England's agriculture industry, and fears haven't eased since then.

Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran.

Annexed militarized zones will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally.

The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations to their duty to address climate change.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed three anti-DEI bills and another targeting transgender rights.

A federal judge has ruled that an executive order by President Donald Trump suspending asylum access at the southern border is unlawful.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been convicted of prostitution-related offenses under the federal Mann Act, an anti-sex trafficking law with a century-old history.

A federal lawsuit accuses President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during an ongoing immigration crackdown that has put the region “under siege.”.

Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

For immigrants who are detained in the Los Angeles region, their first stop is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in the basement of the federal building downtown.

A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her Cowboy Carter tour has caused a wave of criticism for the Houston-born pop star.

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks.

Supreme Court justices lambasted each other's arguments in a ruling over an effort by the president to deny birthright citizenship to children born to immigrants.

People across the country are still learning about Zohran Mamdani, who stunned the political world and is poised to become the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor after sweeping past Andrew Cuomo.

Zohran Mamdani had been a state lawmaker unknown even to most New Yorkers before announcing his run for mayor.

The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.

Officials in South Dakota are pushing hard to build President Donald Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes in the Black Hills near Mount Rushmore.

A U.S. Marine Corps veteran says he was shocked to see a video on social media of his father being beaten by masked U.S. Border Patrol officers as he was pinned to the ground during a weekend immigration arrest.

For her latest book, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robin Givhan takes a deep dive into the fame and legacy surrounding fashion disruptor Virgil Abloh.

Twenty-five years ago, a little girl with a bob haircut appeared on our TVs, speaking a mix of English and Spanish, with a spunky, can-do spirit.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.

With the Trump administration aggressively trying to increase the number of immigration arrests, raids are now being conducted at all hours and more Americans are witnessing people being hauled off.

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, before it became a federal holiday.

Farmers, cattle ranchers and hotel and restaurant managers breathed a sigh of relief last week when President Donald Trump ordered a pause to immigration raids that were disrupting those industries and scaring foreign-born workers off the job.

Celebrations are being held around the country to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas.

Redemption Holding Company has just acquired the Utah-based Holladay Bank & Trust, becoming the first bank to be owned by a Black-led investment group in the Western U.S. This comes two years after their initial announcement, in which the purchase was delayed due to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

A groundbreaking is scheduled in Virginia for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches.

Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.

After Latin pop and R&B singer Nezza's viral controversial performance at Dodger Stadium, Dodgers fans have grown frustrated over the team’s lack of vocal support for local immigrant communities impacted by the rise of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests and raids.

Elon Musk’s X has sued to try to stop New York from requiring reports on how social media platforms define and handle problematic posts.

Mother Emanuel AME church made an ecumenical gesture for the commemoration of a racist shooting that killed nine of its Black members 10 years ago on Tuesday.