Tommy Lee Walker was executed in the electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and murder of 31-year-old Venice Parker.

On Thursday morning, amid continuing unrest in the Twin Cities after the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) killing of ...

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Mississippi has approved a state historical marker in Natchez honoring civil rights leader George Metcalfe at the site where ...

On Monday night, Indiana University’s previously forlorn football team won its first national title after enduring 715 losses.

Calls for a formal ABC investigation have escalated after a satirical Australia Day special sparked claims it crossed editorial boundaries.

ACLU President Deborah Archer spoke with HPR’s Ashley Mizuo about how the organization's work has changed during the second Trump administration.

Like their antecedents, today’s Christian nationalists are playing the long game. School boards have a major role in setting the curriculum and the textbooks students must use. Boards can create a ...

After a viral, nonviolent protest, federal authorities weaponized two civil rights laws to target prominent Black activists.

Experts say far-right extremists are more dangerous than ever, even as they officially split, and this masthead reveals the ...