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Eric Kelley was freed from prison after serving more than 20 years for the 1993 murder of a Paterson video store clerk when new DNA evidence…

The John Lewis Voter Empowerment Act would boost voting language access and impose preclearance on communities with a history of voter discrimination and intimidation. (Photo by…

Rev. Jesse Jackson, an iconic civil rights leader, clergyman, and former aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who mounted two campaigns for the Democratic presidential…

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. at an encampment dubbed “Resurrection City,” at the close of the Poor People’s March at the National Mall in Washington…

By SOPHIA TAREEN CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led…

By DAVID RISING, Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Rights groups on Tuesday slammed the Trump administration’s decision to end protected status for Myanmar citizens due to…

Jack Ciattarelli talked a lot about returning to “the basics” when it came to public schools. Such sensitive subjects as sexuality were meant for the kitchen table,…

Brandon Parnell, 39, and Latoya Gaines, 40, both of Birmingham, Alabama, traveled to Washington, D.C., to demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 15,…

An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General found probable cause that Starbucks violated laws against discrimination when the coffee chain allegedly failed to provide…