When the Supreme Court ended affirmative action, it left the college essay as one of few places where race can play a role in admissions...

For Palestinian Americans, there’s a sense of helplessness and hopelessness as many struggle to hear from their families in Gaza. Those...

Hip-hop was born in the Bronx, rising from the ashes of a borough ablaze with poverty, urban decay and gang violence. Fifty years later,...

Thousands of prisoners throughout the US get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for by the federal Pell Grant program....

As politicians and activists push for limits on discussions of race, gender and sexuality, some students say the measures targeting...

Black Americans are more likely than white Americans to develop Alzheimer’s disease. An AP project found that from birth to death, Black...

In a nation plagued by high blood pressure, Black people are more likely to suffer from it. A yearlong AP project found that from birth...

Black children are more likely to have asthma than kids of any other race. An AP project found that from birth to death, Black Americans...

Black women are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. An AP project found that from...

Bobby Gonzalez was released on parole from Valley State Prison in September of 2019, after serving 16 years of a 25-to-life sentence....

At the onset of the pandemic, many prisons across the US suspended in-person visitation, disrupting rehabilitative programs. While things...

Police video of the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in Memphis, Tennessee, is a reminder of failures of police reform efforts....

Amid a national surge in traffic fatalities, Black communities have been especially hard hit. Those sobering statistics could give new...

The Buffalo store where 10 Black people were killed in a racist shooting rampage was the only supermarket for miles. Residents are...

Women of color in states with already restrictive abortion laws often have limited access to health care. If abortions are outlawed, the...

Junior ROTC instructor Cardelle Anthony Hopkins said little was done after he discovered social media posts that included racist comments...

Ji-Young is making history as the first Asian American muppet in the “Sesame Street” canon. The Korean American has two passions: rocking...

While memorials of 9/11′s 20th anniversary slip into the past, hundreds of Muslim men mark their own difficult anniversary. In the weeks...

Twenty years after 9/11 unleashed bias against Sikh Americans, the community still faces discrimination. Raghuvinder Singh lost his...

The Associated Press spoke with current and former enlistees and officers across the military. They described a deep-rooted culture of...