Race and Ethnicity

In 2013, the court gutted a key provision of the law, citing that Section 2 of the act still bars discrimination in voting nationwide. Now, Section 2 is in the conservative court's crosshairs.

There’s a new monument in Portland’s Mount Tabor Park. It’s a bust of York, the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery, and it appeared mysteriously.

Violence and discrimination against Asian Americans is on the rise across the country, and in the Pacific Northwest.

Despite the gap in including Black, Indigenous and people of color in the trials, it could be a turning point toward more inclusivity.

Mass protests have brought attention to racism in systems, actions and beliefs. But as 15-year-old Lily Gallentine discovered, hate can also take shape in objects.

A Los Angeles network of 19 community clinics had a plan to administer thousands of vaccine doses each week. But state officials said they’d have to wait. Why? Hospitals were prioritized over clinics that serve Latino, low-income communities.

Aunt Jemima and other food brands, such as Uncle Ben's, announced a redesign following protests against systemic racism and police brutality in the U.S. last summer.

Bey has spent more than 40 years documenting Black Americans, from Harlem to Louisiana. The first museum retrospective of his work is now touring the country.

"Hammerin' Hank" was 86. He shattered Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974, defying the poverty and racism that threatened to diminish him.