Many young Gullah-Geechee adults are considering leaving places like St. Helena Island along South Carolina’s coast in search of brighter prospect. Learn about the challenges driving those decisions.

In a 6-1 vote Thursday, the Mississippi Supreme Court let stand a state Court of Appeals decision, ordering a new trial for Tameshia Shelton.

Tameshia Shelton, a Clay County mother of four, is serving life in prison on a murder conviction. But the latest reporting from Jerry Mitchell and Madeline Nguyen has opened the door for her to get a long-awaited retrial. The investigative reporters join Emily Wagster Pettus to discuss their findings and the recent ruling from the Mississippi Supreme Court.

This documentary is a powerful exploration into the life of Reginald Dwayne Betts, Yale Law School graduate and award-winning author, who transformed his time in prison into purpose.

Woman who’s eight months pregnant sent to Colombia by ICE, despite belated court order to keep her out of the air

The Civil Rights Act – the Movement itself – didn’t just make life better for Black people. It made life better for poor whites too, no matter what the anger mongers might say.

The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.

Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.

Guardian story helped to draw attention to planned hanging of Goli Kouhkan over death of abusive husband

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.

Aid delivery remains extremely difficult in violence-ridden areas, where clashes continue between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...

The Ira A. Lipman Fellowship, The Ira A. Lipman Center For Journalism and Civil and Human Rights, Lipman Center, Civil rights, human rights, Ira A. Lipman, Columbia Journalism Dean Jelani Cobb, Initia...

The Netherlands American Cemetery previously had two displays honoring Black American soldiers’ experiences in World War II.

A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics

"We are on the verge of becoming a country where the right to vote exists only on paper," writes Tom Lopach.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...

Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said.

Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivors

Letters, condemnations, and Israeli court cases have failed to change the world’s deadliest place for journalists. We’ve cast out for a new approach.

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

The biggest mistake that some universities have made is to presume that the White House is operating in good faith. It is not.

Jelani Cobb (The New Yorker) on the crisis at Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, and five years since the death of George Floyd.

Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.

Women’s stories of seeking abortions later in pregnancy highlight what’s missing from the current conversation about abortion policies in the US.

We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on ...

Roughly an hour away, another plantation is working to honor the history of those once enslaved.

The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored claims,...

"For his secular commitment to shared humanity and collective liberation."

Black women experienced the largest job loss in April, with their unemployment rate rising to 6.1%. The overall Black unemployment rate also increased.

Officials also asked attorneys who were removed in April if they would consider returning to handle civil rights work

The Supreme Court's ruling may influence how excessive force claims are evaluated in future U.S. cases.

For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.