racial injustice

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s tight restrictions on who can carry a handgun, condemnation erupted from liberal leaders and activists. But some public defenders, often allies of progressive activists, have praised the court’s ruling, saying gun-permitting rules like New York’s have long been a license for racial discrimination.

As Providence, Rhode Island, gears up to provide reparations to Black residents for centuries of injustices, city officials are looking beyond just the city’s role in the slave trade.

Jimmy Jews transferred out of the San Bernardino Police Department into the Fire Department in 1971 on account of his request. But his wife Veatrice Jews says it actually wasn’t easy for him to get that job. In fact, his whole journey to becoming fire captain involved high hurdles and barriers due to racist discrimination.

Hired in to San Bernardino’s firefighting force in 1971, Jimmy Jews faced racist discrimination as the first Black man at the station. But instead of backing down, Jews worked to change the status quo and now leaves a legacy of open doors once closed to people of color. Tony Shin reports Feb. 22, 2022.

“Why?: A Conversation About Race” is an unvarnished look at social activism from the eyes of Black children as they struggle to understand demands for change.

Dr. Katya Corado and Dr. Lance Okeke are concerned about what they see as a hesitancy among members of the Latino and Black communities to participate in COVID-19-related studies. Fortunately, the infectious disease specialists are in a position to do something about it.

A quilt exhibit at Jackson State University honors dozens of lives lost in the U.S. to racial violence

Anti-Asian hate crimes increased more than 73 percent in 2020, according to newly corrected FBI data. It’s a disproportionate uptick compared to hate crimes in general, which rose 13 percent.

Jury selection has begun in Georgia, where hundreds of people were ordered to report for what could be a long, laborious effort to find jurors for the trial of three white men charged with fatally shooting Ahmaud Arbery

Many of the law enforcement changes enacted by states after George Floyd’s death have centered on policing tactics, not on racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

After the Valley View High School cheerleaders were targeted in a hurtful and racial attack last week, hundreds came out to show they have their backs. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on August 26, 2021.

Dozens of headstones from a historic African American cemetery in the nation’s capital that were used as erosion control along the Virginia shoreline of the Potomac River are being relocated to a memorial garden in Maryland.

Police officers in west Michigan handcuffed the group after a neighbor wrongly reported that the three Black people were breaking into a home.