Organizers say they plan weekly protests outside the Schwartz federal courthouse.
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Joe Armstrong, owner of WJBE 99.7 FM, says the FCC is threatening to revoke his broadcast license over his conviction for a tax crime — one that occurred years before he took ownership of the station. -
While their two-bedroom apartment in City Heights is a tight squeeze, the Giday family treasures the bonds they’ve formed living together. -
The National Park Service and the city are teaming up to restore the AG Gaston Motel built by Black entrepreneur AG Gaston. It served as a secure space for civil rights leaders to strategize in 1963. -
Slavery is often associated with the South. But in her new book “California: A Slave State,” historian Jean Pfaelzer looks at 250 years of slavery. -
The strike by Teamsters local 542 members is now a month old. It involves drivers of ACCESS paratransit and minibuses. -
This year’s Pride is taking place in a contentious political climate. In San Diego County, controversy erupted leading up to Pride month about raising Pride flags and in parts of the country efforts to ban books continue. -
Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s. -
It's nearly been two years since Virginia Democrats lost the governor's office and the House to the GOP. Before attempting a comeback this fall, they must first survive Tuesday's expensive primaries. -
John Blake's story is about growing up as a Black kid in West Baltimore in the 1980s, learning painful secrets about his white mother and, as he recalls, a ghost. -
The Justice Department, city and police will begin negotiations to set the terms of a consent decree, which will bring federal oversight to police
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