Race and ethnicity

Bridgette Murray, Ricky Johnson
Bridgette Murray poses next to an air quality monitor in the Pleasantville area of Houston, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)

Government

Biden promised to clean up heavily polluted communities. Here is how advocates say he did

AUG. 23, 2024

Reckoning Donations
FILE - People raise their hands as police, trying to get them to disperse, move toward them during protests on Aug. 11, 2014 over the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Activism

With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver

AUG. 23, 2024

Harlem Festival Urban Activism
A man walks past a mural in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Community

50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance

AUG. 19, 2024

Italy OLY Volleyball Racism
A man takes a picture at Laika's street-art celebration of Paola Egonu, who helped lead Italy to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball, in Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Olympic Games

Graffiti celebrating Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu vandalized after Italy wins Olympic gold

AUG. 15, 2024

Paris Olympics Anti-Terror Restrictions
FILE - A police officer walks past a Paris Olympics canvas at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

Race and ethnicity

Olympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror threats can’t move freely

AUG. 5, 2024

Paris Olympics Boxing
Algeria's Imane Khelif, celebrates after defeating Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Race and ethnicity

For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend

AUG. 5, 2024

APTOPIX New Mexico-Apache Christ
The Apache Christ painting hangs behind the altar of St. Joseph Apache Mission church in Mescalero, New Mexico, Saturday, July 13, 2024. The painting, an icon that depicts Christ as a Mescalero medicine man, was the forefront of a tension-filled episode between the community and the local Diocese when it was removed by the church's then priest when the region was reeling from wildfires. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Race and ethnicity

Apache Christ icon controversy sparks debate over Indigenous Catholic faith practices

AUG. 2, 2024

Museums Native American Exhibits
An empty display case is seen in the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Race and ethnicity

Museums closed Native American exhibits 6 months ago. Tribes are still waiting to get items back

JULY 29, 2024

Prison to Plate Inmate Labor Heat
In this Aug. 18, 2011 photo, prison guards ride horses that were broken by inmates as they return from farm work detail at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La. In September, several incarcerated workers along with the New Orleans-based advocacy group Voice of the Experienced filed a class-action lawsuit calling for an end to the farm line, and accusing the state of cruel and unusual punishment. But as temperatures soared in May, the men asked the court in an emergency filing to stop work during extreme heat. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Human rights

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

JULY 25, 2024

New Zealand Historical Abuse
People arrive at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, for the tabling of a wide-ranging independent inquiry into the abuse of children and vulnerable adults in care over the span of five decades wrote in a blistering final report. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

Politics

Inquiry finds 200,000 people were abused in care in New Zealand over decades in ‘national disgrace’

JULY 25, 2024

Stickball-America’s Oldest Game
Boys and girls, ages 10-13, vie for the ball or "towa," in the Pushmataha Division Finals of the World Series of Stickball, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. The games are physically competitive contests between communities that historically were used to keep the tribe's warriors in shape for warfare and hunting. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

culture

This is one of the oldest games in North America. You’ve likely never heard of it

JULY 24, 2024

Native Americans Drumming
Mark Erickson, third from left, leads others in singing on the drum during an open drum and dance night at Minneapolis American Indian Center on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

culture

Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition

JULY 23, 2024

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