Why would someone confess to a crime they did not commit? We look at six cases of coerced confessions in the US. Why would someone…
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In one of the United States’s deadliest cities, a group is attempting to curb gun crime by working with community. Thanks to a group that’s…
Earlier this week, the New York City Commission on Human Rights instituted a law that bans discrimination by employers, schools and other public places, based…
Relatives of Laquan McDonald, killed in 2014, call ruling step backwards for black community’s fight for justice. Reverend Marvin Hunter: ‘To say that these men…
The video showed a 23-year-old mother from Brooklyn being arrested while clinging to her baby. The New York Police Department (NYPD) has dropped charges against…
To tackle problem of homelessness in school system, additional fund of $40m is being provided. New York is trying to tackle the problem of homelessness…
Civil rights groups say 340,000 voters in Georgia are ‘wrongfully purged’ – most of them minorities. Civil rights groups fear millions of Americans are being…
A black church in Birmingham was bombed 55 years ago, killing four children and triggering violence around the US. An exhibition in the United States…
Civil rights and education advocacy groups call for removal of officers from schools despite risk of shootings. A study by civil rights and education advocacy…
In 1991, Anita Hill accused Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her and was vilified for her testimony. How might Christine Blasey Ford fare against Brett…
The Congressional Black Caucus is holding its annual conference in Washington, DC, as it faces questions about its role from grassroots candidates who claim it…
US president’s comments on Omarosa Manigault Newman come in response to the former aide’s tell-all book. US President Donald Trump has called a former White…
The tactic, which sees trucks filled with valuable goods and left unattended, has been criticized for both creating the crimes it catches and for its…
Other rare historic African-American artefacts up for auction include Jackson 5’s original recording contract, and several chapters of original typed manuscript for Malcolm X’s biography.…
Fifty years after the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, the world reflects on his life and legacy. This week, the world…
Al Jazeera met a couple who witnessed the violence in Washington, DC, after Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in 1968. Racial segregation in public…
Linda Brown was nine when she was denied entry to a white school, becoming the focus of a landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v Board…
Her mom always smiled – except when the family made its annual summer drive to visit the grandparents in Magnolia, Arkansas. “The smiles were gone…
*Damn, damn, damn! Some folks aren’t believing what their eyes are seeing. We’re talking about footage of a cell phone exploding in the face of…