With the federal law eroded by court decisions, about a half-dozen states want to enshrine protections for non-white voters. But it’s a tough sell even in Democratic states.

Seeing federal courts slash away at the Voting Rights Act, some states are seeking to resurrect fallen protections for non-white voters with their own versions of the landmark law passed during the ...

Kilgubbin won’t be found on modern-day maps of Chicago, but there once was a place known ... In the 1830s, Irish laborers dug the Illinois & Michigan Canal, settling in a spot once called Hardscrabble ...

The U.S. Department of Education has opened investigations into Ohio State University, the University of Cincinnati and 43 other schools for their participation in a program that encourages diverse ...

When you’re looking for the perfect spring day trip in Indiana, you might be tempted by the usual suspects—Brown County’s hills, Indy’s museums, or maybe Lake Michigan’s shores. But let me redirect ...

David Bluer, 34, reportedly spray-painted the word "die" and swastikas on the exterior of Greater New Life Church in October 2021.

A Michigan man will serve one year in prison for spray-painting racist graffiti on a predominantly Black church.

The defendant’s attack, motivated by race and color, instilled fear in not only the mostly Black congregants of the church, ...

A redistricting battle over Louisiana's congressional map has spanned years and been before the Supreme Court twice already.

A wildfire was reported burning within the Sam Houston National Forested in San Jacinto County, Texas ... a wildfire that broke out along I-530 in White Hall, Arkansas, March 19, 2025.