The next Met Gala fashion exhibit will be devoted to a designer famed for both his singular talent and the scandal that lost him one of the top…
Read more The Met’s next fashion exhibit spotlights John Galliano, and will confront his troubled pastArtist Betye Saar, whose work reflects Black identity, culture and spirituality, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles at 99. Saar’s death was confirmed Monday by relatives. She would…
Read more Artist Betye Saar, whose work reflected Black identity, dies at 99Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., right, arrive for a visit to a Jollibee fast food restaurant, in Vancouver, Thursday, July 2,…
Read more Carney and Marcos deepen Canada-Philippines ties as Ottawa looks beyond US tradeWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court just wrapped up a term that yielded significant rulings in cases involving race and discrimination that could have lasting effects on U.S. politics…
Read more The Supreme Court tackled race, history and the law in fraught and reflective major rulingsLOS ANGELES — As Deon Cole returns to host the NAACP Image Awards, the comedian-actor is focused on celebrating Black achievement and responding to a recent onstage disruption…
Read more Deon Cole returns to host NAACP Image Awards, says BAFTA disruption will be addressedLOS ANGELES — If politicians write memoirs to generate online buzz and headlines, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting plenty of both — favorable and not. Just a…
Read more Gov. Gavin Newsom takes heat from Republicans and LGBTQ+ lawmakers during book tourCHICAGO — From jokes about his well-known stubbornness to tears grieving the loss of a parent, the adult children of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. gave an…
Read more The children of late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson honor his legacy a day after his deathBRUSSELS — Belgium summoned the U.S. ambassador on Tuesday over a social media post where he accused the country of antisemitic prosecution of Jewish Belgians, the kingdom’s foreign…
Read more Belgium summons U.S. ambassador over tweet accusing kingdom of antisemitismAs hundreds of federal and local agents scoured the Arizona desert and chased down potential leads in the nearly two weeks since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her affluent…
Read more Hundreds of agents search for Nancy Guthrie as her case spotlights other families left behindLOS ANGELES — California’s top prosecutor announced a civil rights investigation Thursday into how delayed evacuations impacted a historically Black community ravaged by one of last year’s deadly…
Read more California announces investigation into delayed evacuation orders during LA-area wildfireCivil rights photographer and artist Gordon Parks’ legacy continues to expand today, even as the 20th anniversary of his death arrives on March 7. However, the Gordon Parks…
Read more How artist Gordon Parks’ foundation keeps his legacy growing, even as it searches for new fundingDAKAR, Senegal — The American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed is on the final leg of a 28-day tour of Africa aimed at showcasing the continent’s cultural diversity, which…
Read more IShowSpeed wraps up Africa tour highlighting the continent’s cultural diversityBOHEMIA, N.Y. — A New York school district is “erasing its Native American heritage” and violating civil rights law by changing its team name from the “Thunderbirds” to…
Read more School violated civil rights law in ‘Thunderbirds’ to ‘T-Birds’ name change, US saysATLANTA — Every morning this week, Newberry Electric Cooperative CEO Keith Avery walks into his office and turns on The Weather Channel. Then he starts making calls, lining…
Read more Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heatMINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Justice said Sunday it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official…
Read more DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastorMINNEAPOLIS — The mayor of Minneapolis said Sunday that sending active duty soldiers into Minnesota to help with an immigration crackdown is a ridiculous and unconstitutional idea as…
Read more Mayor: Sending soldiers to Minneapolis for crackdown would be unconstitutionalJACKSON, Miss. — Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue in 1967. This weekend, at 75, she watched it burn again. “It…
Read more Mississippi synagogue congregant shares story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombingMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has…
Read more Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up bus seat at start of civil rights movement, dies at 86LAS VEGAS — The jury trial for Nathan Chasing Horse, the former “Dances with Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls, is expected to begin…
Read more ‘Dances with Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse standing trial in Las VegasA day after the ICE officer shot Renee Good in the head as she tried to drive away on a snowy Minneapolis street, tensions remained high, with dozens…
Read more Walz: Minn. must play role in shooting investigation
