Race and Ethnicity

Arrest made in beating death of pioneering Black Bronx rocker

Police in New York City have arrested a man in connection with the beating death of a pioneering rock musician in the Bronx. Sharief Bodden was charged Friday in the killing of Peter Forrest. The 64-year-old Bronx resident, under the stage name P.

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers avoided arrest at first. Now an ex-prosecutor faces trial for misconduct

UN announces new plan to counter the surge in antisemitism

Appeals court rules against Obama-era policy to shield immigrants who came to US as young children

Federal sentencings for 5 former officers delayed until after state trial in death of Tyre Nichols

US Justice Department, Illinois sheriff agree to policing upgrades after Sonya Massey shooting death

Florida hotel discriminated against Arab American group after Hamas attack, Justice Department says

Census officials defend the method that led to an increase in the count of multiracial people

A South Dakota tribe lifts its ban on Gov. Kristi Noem ahead of her hearing to join Trump’s cabinet

Deputies criticized for handcuffing 11-year-old Black girl on upstate New York sidewalk

Leaders from rival Kurdish groups look to mend ties during Syria upheaval

The Kellogg Foundation CEO shares her own life story to foster more racial healing

Massachusetts governor proposes that migrants in shelter be in country legally

New York City shutters sprawling migrant tent camp on remote former airfield

Movie Review: ‘One of Them Days’ will convince you Keke Palmer is a star

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Democratic attorneys general ask to defend health access for ‘Dreamers’ since Trump probably won’t

The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

AAPI adults prioritize immigration, but split on mass deportations: AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll

Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez dies at 76

Lawsuit by college professors and students challenges Alabama’s anti-DEI law

Florida bill would ban students in the US without legal permission from some public universities

Prosecutors tell family of Black motorist Ronald Greene they won’t bring charges after his 2019 death, ending FBI probe

New Orleans Police can begin the process of ending federal oversight

Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight

Multiracial boom in 2020 census was mostly an illusion, researchers say

Europe must combat antisemitism as thousands of Jews abandon the continent, top Jewish leader says

West Virginia’s conservative shift could sharpen under its new governor

The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their wake

States are preparing to help or thwart Trump’s second-term plans

Police arrest student suspected of hammer attack at a Tokyo university

University of Michigan to end partnership with a Chinese university over national security concerns

Federal probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre says ‘no avenue’ for criminal case in connection to attack

DC sues federal government over pollution in Anacostia River

South Carolina statue honoring Black hero Robert Smalls will stare down a segregationist

Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states offer a preview