• WATCH: Answering your questions on critical race theory

    WATCH: Answering your questions on critical race theory

    Jun 28, 2021 06:20 PM EDT

    ... honestly. If we don't reckon with it, we'll keep reproducing it in the next generation and we won't really get to, ‘and justice for all.’ So I think it's important for parents to tell the truth in an age-appropriate way,” Carter said. In order to ...

  • Controversy over 'In the Heights' raises awareness of colorism and racial inequity

    Controversy over 'In the Heights' raises awareness of colorism and racial inequity

    Jun 18, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

    ... for the racial justice efforts that intensified after the police killing of George Floyd last year. Avoiding the conversation will hinder the battle for racial justice because the two are “fully and inextricably linked,” said Ellis P. Monk, Jr., a sociology professor at Harvard University who has been researching colorism ...

  • WATCH: President Biden responds to the Derek Chauvin verdict

    WATCH: President Biden responds to the Derek Chauvin verdict

    Apr 20, 2021 09:23 PM EDT

    ... racism was keeping the country from fulfilling its founding promise of “liberty and justice for all.” “It is not just a Black America problem or a people of color problem. it is a problem for every American,” she said. “It is holding our nation back from reaching our full potential.”

  • WATCH: Justice Department announces new charges against bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

    WATCH: Justice Department announces new charges against bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

    Dec 21, 2020 04:54 PM EDT

    ... since Masud is not yet in U.S. custody, but it is nonetheless one of the more consequential counterterrorism prosecutions brought by the Trump administration Justice Department. "At long last, this man responsible for killing Americans and many others will be subject to justice for his crimes," Barr said. A ...

  • Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

    Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83

    Nov 24, 2020 09:17 PM EDT

    ... in Alabama. He spent most of his career as a civil rights attorney before retirement.Thompson said in 2018 that Boynton’s life “is a teaching lesson for all of us about how we can make a difference.” “All he wanted was a cheeseburger, and he changed the course of ...

  • Isolation and frustration are keeping some voters from election excitement

    Isolation and frustration are keeping some voters from election excitement

    Aug 31, 2020 09:33 PM EDT

    ... during the same months in 2020. However, a Democratic political firm released an analysis this month that found that registrations rebounded in June amid protests for racial justice in reaction to a number of killings of Black Americans by police officers. Mercado of the New Florida Majority said “the stakes ...

  • WATCH: U.S. accuses Chinese hackers of targeting COVID-19 vaccine research

    WATCH: U.S. accuses Chinese hackers of targeting COVID-19 vaccine research

    Jul 21, 2020 03:25 PM EDT

    ... exchange for those criminals being ‘on call’ to work for the benefit of the state, here to feed the Chinese Communist party’s insatiable hunger for American and other non-Chinese companies’ hard-earned intellectual property, including COVID-19 research,” Assistant Attorney John Demers, the Justice Department's top national ...

  • Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma

    Once again, Congress unable to act during national trauma

    Jun 27, 2020 02:48 PM EDT

    “The incentive structure is misaligned for compromise. That’s the reality of it. Members are more likely to be rewarded electorally for representing their base primary voters than for reaching out to voters in the middle,” said Michael Steel, who was a top aide to former House Speaker John ...

  • WATCH: Buffalo Police hold news conference after officers suspended for use of force

    WATCH: Buffalo Police hold news conference after officers suspended for use of force

    Jun 05, 2020 09:08 PM EDT

    ... retiree who lives by himself in the area, say friends who describe him as a veteran peace activist driven by his faith and a desire for social justice. He is involved with the Western New York Peace Center and Latin American Solidarity Committee, said Vicki Ross, the center's executive ...

  • Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case

    Georgia AG requests federal probe in handling of Arbery case

    May 11, 2020 01:20 AM EDT

    ... state of Georgia deserve answers, and we will work with others in law enforcement at the state and federal level to find those answers.” Attorneys for Arbery's mother and father applauded Carr for reaching out to federal officials. “We have requested the involvement of the DOJ since we first ...