Republicans in the state Assembly are seeking amendments to the statute governing the use of solitary confinement in state prisons, where conditions continue fuel a staffing crisis.

The proposed byelaws will impose additional requirements for the segregation and presentation for collection of commercial kerbside waste ...

Veasey wants the team to remove the 'One Riot, One Ranger' statue at Globe Life Field because of segregation-era ties; the ...

In 2026, we mark 100 years since the Supreme Court upheld zoning laws, shaping urban development and segregation. Key cases include Euclid, which enabled exclusionary single-family zoning, and ...

In February, the Department of Justice joined a lawsuit against Los Angeles Unified School District brought by conservative activists, seeking to use the 14th Amendment to repeal a desegregation ...

Bonus depreciation lets businesses immediately deduct the full cost of qualifying assets, such as property with a tax life of 20 years or less, when placed in service. The OBBBA permanently restored ...

In 1892, Homer Plessy, who was one-eighth Black, purchased a first-class ticket and sat in the White-designated railroad car. Plessy was arrested for violating Louisiana’s Separate Car Act and argued ...

Mrs. Loving’s anger over being banished from Virginia for marrying a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning state miscegenation laws.

A group of Middletown parents are asking New Jersey's top education official to overturn a decision to close schools in their community.

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He worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for integration in Birmingham, Ala., and later marched with Civil Rights leaders for voting rights in Selma. Ellwanger received death threats from the Ku ...

Front, left to right: Leroy Carter, Isaac Woodard, and Donald Jones, NAACP assistant field secretary. Willie Mabry, Sgt. Woodard's cousin, in the background. Likely taken while Woodard was on his ...