Justice & Poverty

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From Washington to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped ...

Asian American business leaders are launching a foundation to challenge discrimination through what they call the ...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people joined Daunte Wright's family and friends on a ...

St. Louis (AP) — The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The underwriter for a project to build two prisons in Alabama announced ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s charged with murder and manslaughter ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in Portland, Oregon, said Saturday they arrested four people after declaring ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor issued an order Monday to ban foster care and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning "1619 Project" will be released ...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A totem pole carved at the Lummi Nation from a 400-year-old red ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One of the worst droughts in memory in a massive agricultural region ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for his first federal ...

Athletes, coaches and advocates are calling on the NCAA to act in response to state laws ...

Police accused of wrongdoing can usually count on the blue wall of silence — protection from ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came ...

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — On the sloping side of a cemetery on the campus of Clemson ...

A pandemic, protests and politics have highlighted the nation's long-standing, deep-seated racial issues and how they ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators don't yet agree on how much time to give the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the ...

MAHWAH, NJ (March 30, 2021) Volvo Cars is opting in its 40,000+ employees around the globe, ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday signed into law legislation allowing ...

DETROIT (AP) — A billionaire businessman whose companies have invigorated Detroit's downtown announced a $500 million ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A diverse crowd gathered Saturday near the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A possible expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court's agenda, days ...

DENVER (AP) — Dawn Reinfeld moved to Colorado 30 years ago to attend college in the ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Millions of U.S. households are facing heavy past-due utility bills, which ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking on the floor of the Georgia state Senate last week, Michelle Au ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As America reels from its latest spate of deadly hate crimes and ...

The greener the neighborhood, the lower the stroke risk, a new study suggests ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — The highest ranking female firefighter in Asheville, North Carolina, says she was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emboldened by their majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are making a ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Thursday to ban transgender ...

Esther Montanez's housecleaning job at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston was a lifeline for her, ...

SEATTLE (AP) — When Seattle's largest health care system got a mandate from Washington state to ...

A sweeping bill that would extend federal civil rights protections to LGBTQ people is a top ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for longtime immigrants who have ...

Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls ...