Justice & Poverty

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On a break from the front lines, nurse practitioner Gabe Westhemier tucked ...

Background checks required to buy firearms have spiked to record numbers in the past month, fueled ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For the tens of thousands of kids locked up in juvenile detention centers ...

Many of those renters are without jobs - nearly 3.3 million people in the U.S. filed ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Census Day — the date used to reference where a person lives ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Immigration attorneys have sported swim goggles and masks borrowed from friends to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure was mounting on the Trump administration Wednesday to release people from immigration ...

DUFUR, Ore. (AP) — The social distancing rules repeated like a mantra in America's urban centers, ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The governor and attorney general of Texas are moving to ban most ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Prosecutors and public defenders are working to release an unknown number of nonviolent ...

The U.S. and global economies have come to a shuddering stop, unleashing a wave of layoffs ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrities, politicians and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many nursing homes risk running out of protective masks and gowns by next ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A recent surge in white nationalism in the U.S. has led ...

In one of the most expensive cities in the world, where monthly rents in wealthy neighborhoods ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Multnomah County – the home of Portland, Oregon – announced ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inmates at all 122 federal correctional facilities across the country will no longer ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to continue making asylum-seekers ...

Colleges and schools will have to implement stricter regulations when it comes to handling cases of ...

The US Border Patrol is launching a plan to collect DNA samples from immigrants who are ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Federal judges on Wednesday sharply questioned attorneys on both sides of an Ohio ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to force Los Angeles officials to ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rare Tiehm's buckwheat stands less than a foot tall (30 centimeters) ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women filled the streets of the world's largest cities Sunday to protest ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego's fellow City Council members unanimously agreed Wednesday to back ...

New Trump administration rules taking effect April 1 put hundreds of thousands of people at risk ...

For these "squeegee kids," every idling windshield is an opportunity - to make a little cash, ...

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't the only world leader making it virtually impossible ...

Who decides what books should and should not be allowed in prisons? ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The Hope Medical Group for Women in northern Louisiana fields phone calls ...

When Bahija Karim arrived in Idaho as an Afghan refugee in 2005, she knew little about ...

A federal study by the Minority Business Development Agency found that government bodies rarely invest in ...

“I care about who wins the next election because I know how damaging presidential power can ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Most Americans say they are likely to participate in the 2020 census, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and ...

With new rules taking effect Monday that disqualify more people from green cards if they use ...

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that roughly 3 ...

Workplace fatalities have been up for the last several years in the last decade, according to ...

California will be designating 286 empty state buildings to be used as housing for the state’s ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of Southern California will phase in free tuition for undergraduate ...