Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...

Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

A maternal health forum, a mural unveiling in Adams Morgan, and more ways to plug in.

The recent power blackouts in Memphis and Gary, Ind., which left thousands of families in the dark, expose how decades of racist infrastructure have made Black and Brown communities especially vulnera...

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A third person detained at Delaney Hall in New Jersey died after having a seizure and was transported to a nearby hospital, according to the Department of Homeland Security.  The death of Jose Chajon-...

The now-viral video of Alisa N. Hackett, 18, being forcefully body-slammed and punched in the face by an Arkansas state trooper is the latest example of the disparate violence leveled at Black girls a...

Rep. LaMonica McIver, who is pregnant and potentially facing up to 17 years in prison stemming from her advocacy for people detained in a New Jersey Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention cente...

Alexandra Brodsky on online Platner apologia

The WGA filed suit to block Paramount Skydance's Warner Bros. Discovery deal, alleging it violates federal antitrust law and would cause specific harm to writers.

Far-right hoaxsters Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman violated federal and state civil...

A report attacking the National Museum of American History would prefer Americans feel a shallow patriotic crush than truly love this country.

Security footage shows Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old asylum seeker from Haiti, sitting on a bus stop bench for days in cold temperatures.

Ibrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.

For decades, Congress reauthorized the Voting Rights Act on a bipartisan basis. But influential conservative lawyers had other ideas.

For decades, Congress reauthorized the Voting Rights Act on a bipartisan basis. But influential conservative lawyers had other ideas.