US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska

In 1882 the U.S. Navy shelled a southwest Alaska Tlingit village and then burned what was left of the homes, food caches and canoes.

Biden to issue landmark apology over Native American boarding schools

Biden’s message, to come during a trip to Arizona, would be the first public apology from a sitting U.S. president in response to a federal policy that wreaked havoc on tribal communities.

‘Why shouldn’t power be Black’? How Miriam Makeba won and lost the US

The Black South African singer defied the odds to become a household name in the US. Then she was cancelled.

Their parents died during COVID. Now, a Birmingham nonprofit is helping them out of homelessness

A Birmingham success story in the fight against youth homelessness.

Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later

A Nazi-looted Claude Monet pastel has been returned to descendants of the man who owned it when it was seized in Austria decades ago.

As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses

While Americans continue to struggle under high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units could disappear in the next five years.

A coal power plant demolition serves as a poignant historical moment for the Navajo

For six decades, coal has provided for — and polluted — the Navajo Nation. Demolition of a power plant brings mixed emotions.

Tribes celebrate the end of the largest dam removal project in US history

The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has been completed near the California-Oregon border.

Georgia court strikes down state abortion ban

The ruling could open abortion access in the US South, where several states have severely limited access to the procedure.

Latinos are uncovering their ancestry — and questioning their families' racial narratives

Digitized archives and DNA testing prove what these Latinos suspected: Family histories that focused on white, Spanish ancestry include African roots and the legacy of slavery.

Reclaiming the Narrative: Nemonte Nenquimo’s Fight for Her People and the Earth - Latina

“For us, stories are living beings,” writes Nemonte Nenquimo in the introduction of her memoir, We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People, co-written with her husband, and fellow activist Mitch Anderson, “A story dies when no one tells it.” “This...

The surfer and tribal chief fighting to save a 550km South African coast

A motley crew of surfers, academics and fishers fight back against mining companies pillaging the country’s West Coast.

Puerto Rico's infrastructure still recovering from Hurricane Maria 7 years after the Category 4 storm devastated the island

Puerto Rico is still recovering from Hurricane Maria -- nearly seven years after the powerful Category 4 storm caused extensive damage to the island's infrastructure.

Tyreek Hill's traffic stop shows interactions with police can be about survival for Black men

After his traffic stop in Miami on Sunday, Tyreek Hill said that as a youngster he received ‘the talk’ about what to do when pulled over by police.

Belarusians fleeing repression at home say they face new threats and intimidation abroad

More than a half-million Belarusians have fled their country since 2020 as the authoritarian government cracked down its critics.

A Palestinian TikTok star who shared details of Gaza life under siege is killed by Israeli airstrike

The 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy began making his “tent life” video series when he took refuge with his family earlier this year in a strip of southern Gaza that Israel has designated a humanitarian safe zone.

In upstate New York, a cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed

A historic cemetery for African Americans in Kingston, New York, is being reclaimed as the Pine Street African Burial Ground.

‘Houses would get petrol bombed’: UK race riots evoke memories of the 1970s

Activists who fought against the far right decades ago discuss witnessing another bout of violent xenophobia.

Why Black students are still disciplined at higher rates: Takeaways from AP's report

Racial disparities in how schools discipline students received new attention at the outset of a national reckoning with racial injustice, but the results of reform efforts have been slow to materialize.

Second ex-US police officer pleads guilty in death of Tyre Nichols

Emmitt Martin is one of five fired officers charged over the fatal beating in 2023 that renewed calls for police reform.