Civil rights icon Democratic Rep. John Lewis, 78, briefly hospitalized
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, the 78-year-old civil rights icon and veteran congressman from Georgia, was released from the hospital Sunday evening after his weekend admission for an undisclosed reason. Lewis' spokeswoman, Brenda Jones, said in an emailed statement that Lewis left the hospital a day ...
Black Panther Party co-founder Elbert 'Big Man' Howard dies at 80
Elbert "Big Man" Howard, a co-founder of the Black Panther Party who served as newspaper editor, information officer and logistics genius behind the group's popular social programs, has died at age 80. His wife, Carole Hyams, says Howard died Monday in Santa Rosa, California, after ...
On June 24, when Saudi women are allowed to drive for the first time, Amira Abdulgader wants to be sitting at the wheel, the one in control, giving a ride to her mother beside her. "Sitting behind the wheel (means) that you are the one ...
'I think we've reached a tipping point': Americans ripe for protests, and not just over Trump
She was the face of mass protest, but long ago lost her faith in protesting. Then, last year, thousands of women set out to march on Washington, and Jan Rose Kasmir knew she had to join them. "When Trump was elected president, I couldn't not participate. ...
The White House is expected to tell the Pentagon in coming days how to implement a ban on transgender people in the military, according to a memo that says the defense secretary may decide whether to remove service members based on their ability to ...
Dick Gregory, a comedian who lambasted racism and played a prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement after becoming one of the first black comics to perform for white audiences, died on Saturday at age 84, his son said. "It is with enormous sadness ...
Social injustices caused Charlottesville melee victim to weep, her boss says
Heather Heyer came to downtown Charlottesville with her friends to make a stand against white nationalists who converged on the Virginia college town to demand the city keep a statue honoring a Confederate war hero, her boss said on Sunday. The 32-year-old paralegal wanted to ...
Japan's conspiracy law takes effect amid lingering civil rights concerns
Framed by authorities as an essential tool to fight terrorism, critics call out vague wording and warn of potential danger to civil liberties
Women stage strikes in U.S. to demonstrate economic clout, protest Trump
Many American women stayed home from work, joined rallies or wore red Wednesday to demonstrate how vital they are to the U.S. economy, as International Women's Day was observed with a multitude of events around the world. The Day Without a Woman protest in the ...
Baltimore vows vast police reforms after report blasts rights abuses of blacks
Baltimore officials on Wednesday pledged to carry out sweeping police department reforms after a scathing U.S. Justice Department report found that officers in the majority-black city routinely violated the civil rights of black residents. Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's civil rights division, said ...
Longtime U.S. civil rights campaigner Julian Bond dead at 75
Julian Bond, a leading figure from the 1960s civil rights movement who served as chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after a long career in politics, died Saturday, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75. Bond died ...
Baltimore police-custody death under Justice Department probe
The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it has opened an investigation into the death of a black man who died of spinal injuries he suffered during an arrest that involved being transported in a police van. It's not uncommon for federal investigators to look into ...
