The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a Whites-only lunch counter.

Timothy and Quanzell Scholtz spoke about their family member Edward Sholtz, who died Jan. 5 at Wynn Hospital in Utica. The 22-year-old inmate from Syracuse was transferred there on Dec. 17 after he ...

The executive order was in part a response to pro-Palestinian protests at colleges and universities after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack in Israel.

Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of ...

The road to Garvey’s presidential pardon is a story of tireless activism by human rights leaders, Garvey’s descendants and members of Congress.

A pro-Palestinian group at the University of Michigan has been suspended for two years and will lose its funding in ...

The hostage handovers appeared to go relatively smoothly, unlike the previous one, which descended into chaos.

Chump change Fortune favors the bold, so while it is important to point out the wasteful practice of manufacturing pennies at a cost of three cents each, it is literally small change (“Time to start ...