Civil Rights

When Black Hair Violates The Dress Code

6:05pm July 17, 2017

by Kayla Lattimore

For wearing their hair in braids, two teenagers were threatened with suspension at their charter school. Similar incidents show that strict dress codes can punish students for their racial identity.

Sheila Michaels, Who Helped Bring Honorific 'Ms.' To The Masses, Dies At 78

6:14pm July 07, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Michaels did not coin "Ms.," but she played a key role in its adoption. She was inspired by a letter to her roommate Mary Hamilton — who, separately, won a battle for the right to be called "Miss."

Members of the South Asian community and others attend a peace vigil for Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the 32-year-old Indian engineer killed at a bar Olathe, Kansas, in Bellevue, Washington on March 5, 2017.

Indian Americans Reckon With Reality Of Hate Crimes

6:02pm May 15, 2017

by Arun Venugopal

Unaccustomed to being targets, they are organizing and marshalling resources after one fateful killing.

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Maria Hamilton holds a photo of her son Dontre Hamilton, who was fatally shot by a Milwaukee police officer in April 2014.

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Milwaukee Reaches Tentative Settlement Agreement Over Fatal 2014 Police Shooting

5:34pm May 10, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

If the $2.3 million deal is approved, the city of Milwaukee will pay the family of a black man with schizophrenia who was shot dead by a police officer three years ago.

In California, failure to pay traffic fines can lead to suspension or loss of license, and even jail time for some.

How A Traffic Fine Can Lead To Jail Time In California

8:10pm May 04, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Traffic fines in California have an outsize effect on low-income drivers and minorities.

Martin Luther King, Jr. listening to a transistor radio in the front line of the third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to campaign for proper registration of black voters, March 23, 1965. Ralph Abernathy (second from left), Ralph Bunche (third fr

Black-Jewish Relations Intensified And Tested By Current Political Climate

9:40pm April 23, 2017

by Akinyi Ochieng

Activist ties that go back to the Civil Rights Movement are being strained by divergent viewpoints on the movement for black lives and Israel's position on Palestine.

UCLA students hold crosses, while taking part in a 2006 rally on campus to express their concerns about the lack of racial diversity in the student body.

A Theory To Better Understand Diversity, And Who Really Benefits

12:39pm April 19, 2017

by David Shih

The business model for diversity teaches students about cultural preferences and how to avoid offense, but it is ill-equipped to unpack social group power dynamics.

Veteran Mississippi journalist Bill Minor (seated) points out a ceiling inscription to state Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, at the lectern) in Mississippi Senate chambers in 2015. Minor, who died on Tuesday, was being honored in the 2015 ceremony with a

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Mississippi Journalist Who Chronicled Civil Rights Era Dies At 94

10:46pm March 28, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Wilson "Bill" Minor spent nearly 70 years documenting Mississippi's tumultuous political and social transformations. He was writing up until the last few months of his life.

Arkansas state Sen. Bart Hester, defends his bill preventing local governments from passing their own anti-discrimination laws. On Thursday, a Fayetteville law was struck down by the state Supreme Court.

Arkansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Anti-Discrimination Law

3:11pm February 23, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

The court ruled that a Fayetteville, Ark., law protecting LGBT people violated a state law barring cities from protecting people from discrimination who are not already covered at the state level.

A visitor stands next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Friends of Friendship Park on Feb. 4 in San Ysidro, Calif.

The Environmental Consequences Of A Wall On The U.S.-Mexico Border

11:01am February 17, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Discussions of a border wall happen at the intersection of environmental and civil rights.