civil rights
Kathy Hochul OKs commission to study reparations for slavery
A commission to study the possibility of giving reparations to black New Yorkers was officially created by Gov. Kathy Hochul Tuesday.
GOP calls to strip Harvard of billions in federal cash, tax breaks over 'antisemitism shame'
The world's richest university receives staggering sums in direct federal cash and tax breaks.
Suspect in attempted arson of MLK Jr's birth home ID'd as decorated Navy vet
Laneisha Henderson earned a good conduct medal and Navy 'E' ribbon, among others.
Woman tries to burn down MLK Jr.'s Ga. birth home, foiled by off-duty NYPD cops
“It could have been a matter of seconds before the house was engulfed in flames.”
Chicago mayor blames predecessor, 'right-wing extremism' for city woes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson deflected blame onto "right-wing extremism" and his predecessor for some of the ails afflicting the Windy City.
Rioting for Palestine? The left keeps displaying its utter ignorance
A lot of “pro-Palestine” demonstrations strike us as remarkably juvenile — not so much reaching out to persuade fellow Americans as acting out in ways guaranteed to annoy the rest...
Judge disbarred over stealing $240K from her decorated World War II veteran uncle
“If you can’t trust a judge, who can you trust?”
Schizophrenic man who gouged eyeballs in jail wins $2.55M in settlements
Ryan Partridge was suffering from delusions in a Colorado jail when he gruesomely harmed himself.
Witness to Malcolm X's assassination says he heard police ask 'Is he with us?' as they restrained killer
Speaking at the press conference, Mustafa Hassan, 84, said he was a part of Malcolm X’s security detail at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on Feb. 21, 1965, the day...
Jesse Jackson, 81, to step down from Rainbow PUSH Coalition
He announced Saturday that he is stepping down from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition after 52 years at the helm.
RFK Jr., his brilliant Harvard roommate and the mystery of who really wrote his A+ thesis
The 2024 Democratic candidate chased women and got high at Harvard. But A+ thesis became a published book. Was his brilliant roommate Peter Kaplan involved?
Survivors of Birmingham 'Children's Crusade' thank FDNY officers who stood up for them 60 years ago
On Monday, four of the roughly 5,000 protesters of the Birmingham "Children's Crusade," now elderly, will be in New York to thank officers of the FDNY for going against Birmingham...
Watch out: Supremes' ban on racial favoritism applies to companies too
Watch out, woke companies; the law is watching.
Harvard sued over 'overwhelmingly white' legacy admissions after affirmative action nixed
The group is challenging Harvard’s “discriminatory practice of giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to applicants with familial ties to wealthy donors and alumni.”
NYC is no place for small businesses
If it's not the brazen criminals and brutal taxes, it's the near-impossible-to-navigate red tape or the predatory lawyers.
NYC store owner fed up with shoplifters also dealing with 'shakedown' claiming website isn't accessible to blind
Tiffany Keriakos' Upper East Side luxury consignment store is being sued about its website - after a shoplifter brazenly struck.
University of Minnesota backtracks on program that banned white students
The University of Minnesota's website is no longer promoting a summer research program that excludes white students, after a conservative nonprofit advocacy group filed a complaint with federal civil rights...
Austin civil rights director resigns after employees file complaints about workplace mistreatment
Carol Johnson reportedly submitted her resignation this week, several months after multiple city employees filed complaints about alleged workplace mistreatment.
GOP doubters won’t stop aid, standing up to lies and other commentary
Vladimir Putin can win the war he launched a year ago only if Ukraine’s allies choose “to lose by not maximizing” their advantages, contends The Washington Post’s George F. Will.
Video captures chaos after cop fatally shoots 13-year-old driving stolen car
Newly released video shows the moment a 13-year-old boy driving a stolen car was shot dead by a Texas police officer after he hit another cop’s vehicle -- in a...