As the nation begins to grapple with and mourn what reportedly are more than 60 deaths from a late Wednesday night mid-air collision over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, some are also grappling with the response from President Donald Trump.

Jewish Voice for Peace says the order follows the Heritage Foundation’s broader plan to dismantle US civil society.

Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of enslaved people who became wealthy because of the institution of slavery. His Indian Removal Act forced more than 50,000 Native Americans off their ancestral homes, opening up the land for white settlement.

While conservative activists praise these efforts as a return to meritocracy, left-leaning activists believe these actions threaten racial progress .

In a rare happening, the King holiday falls on the same day as the presidential inauguration. Activists vow to continue the fight for civil rights.

A day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Biden recognized how the black leaders he spoke to helped vault him to the Oval Office. "I owe you big,” he said.

President Trump signed dozens of executive orders including to eliminate federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training and lay off DEI staff.

As Detroit civil rights leaders in the 1960s deliberated how to harness white support for the movement, they struck upon an innovation that would strengthen the fight for civil rights across the U ...

Explore the vital role Black churches play in the fight for civil rights and social justice, fostering resilience, collective identity, and community activism.

For the third time in U.S. history, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day will both be held on the same day.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of a movement that transformed a country in which 10% of its people were living as second-class citizens into a country that better reflects the

The White House is making clear that even though the Trump budget office has rescinded its highly confusing and controversial memo declaring a massive and widespread freeze on possibly trillions of federal funding dollars,