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One of the first Black students to attend an all-white school in the Deep South is preserving the Lower 9th Ward elementary school she helped integrate in 1960 as a civil rights center.
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As Kamala Harris nears the Democratic party’s nomination, the mood around her candidacy seems less breathless than in 2008. Code Switch digs into what a Black president would mean this time.
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Proposition 3 would enshrine same sex marriage rights in the California Constitution.
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Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who called 911 for helpSonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff’s deputy seconds before he shot the Black woman three times in her home. An Illinois grand jury indicted former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, who is white, last week.
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The FDA's proposed rule would take a large step in shedding light on the potential harm that formaldehyde can cause to the many Black women who typically use hair straightening products.
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Michail Chkhikvishvili, an alleged leader of an extremist group called the Maniac Murder Cult, outlined a detailed plan to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and also target racial minorities.
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On July 18, 1984, a gunman killed 21 people and wounded 19 others at a McDonald’s in San Ysidro.
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The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died Tuesday at the age of 81.
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The decision overturns years of legal protections for unhoused residents, giving California cities broad power to fine or arrest people for sleeping in public.
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The former NFL player says the “traumatizing experience” took place when the plane landed on Saturday. He says six FBI and other law enforcement agents boarded the plane and placed him in handcuffs.
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