Victor Malin Jr. shares his personal struggles with foster care, incarceration, and the foster care-to-prison pipeline in a ...

Former Memphis officers acquitted of state charges in Tyre Nichols' death, sparking outrage and calls for police reforms.

The Associated Press  Desmond Mills Jr., a former Memphis Police Department officer who has taken a plea deal, identifies ...

California lawmakers and experts discuss the impact of AI on healthcare, focusing on bias and equity for Black patients.

Eight states — New York, Maine, California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington — have passed laws since 2022 to protect doctors who mail abortion pills out of state, and ...

California lawmakers struggle to tackle high living costs, with little legislation proposed to ease the burden on ...

As a plume of white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Rev. Stephen Thorne, priest of the ...

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His Black Cowboy Museum in Rosenberg, Texas, is now one of the only institutions in the country solely dedicated to this forgotten history. Through memorabilia, photographs and personal storytelling, ...

Solving Sacramento Three Sisters Gardens founder and director Alfred Melbourne stands in one of the gardens locations at 5th and C ...

Federal court issues preliminary injunction against Border Patrol in California, prohibiting warrantless immigration stops.

Three local women are making a difference in the lives of Black youth in the child welfare system. They are providing support ...