In a move that has alarmed civil rights advocates and raised significant concerns about equal protection under the law, New York voters have approved Proposition 1, which introduces controversial ...

President-elect Trump wants to make New York City’s crumbling Penn Station and subways “beautiful” again, but pols and ...

A judge has ruled that New York City can’t use a two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering ...

Lower-than-expected support for proposition comes as multiple California cities looked set to oust progressive district ...

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) will hold its first public hearing on Tuesday, Nov.

Prisoners in California will still be forced to fight wildfires and make furniture for minimal pay, as voters appear to have rejected Proposition 6.

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies is just days away from its first public hearing, to be held in Buffalo.

The first misstep of dissociating the connection between human rights and environmental sustainability was taken in 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was signed, establishing ...

He helped sway Ronald Reagan to sign a bill offering cash and an apology to Japanese Americans who had been imprisoned during ...

Voters appear to be rejecting Proposition 6 in California, a measure to end involuntary servitude as a punishment for crime.

Those who draw a line from today to that infamous historical moment when democracy slid into authoritarianism are missing a ...