When Sonny Lara was 12 years old, growing up in San Jose, Ca., he decided to make a name for himself. He started selling drugs…
As marijuana legalization spreads across the country, minority entrepreneurs have so far failed to make inroads in a once-clandestine business that made them targets of…
Most African-American professionals in the 21st century lack the ability to grasp how miserable it was living in a Separate-But-Equal world where the color of…
LaGrange, Ga., shuts off water to homes when residents fail to pay unrelated court fines or fees. In Miami Beach, Fl., an unpaid Airbnb fee…
Despite significant reductions in the number of individuals held in pretrial detention, racial disparities in bail decisions live on in New Jersey’s justice system, according…
Three years ago, an unmarked police car followed Richard Jackson into an alley behind his home on Chicago’s West Side and pulled him over. Jackson,…
It’s no secret that America’s most disadvantaged communities have long had troubled relationships, at best, with their local police. But when the Urban Institute shared…
On Nov 24, 1883, a mob of 150 pistol-toting men broke into the Birmingham, Ala., jail, and grabbed Lewis Houston from his cell. A day…
Federal Judge Henry T. Wingate. Photos by John Ramsey/TCR As a young African American growing up in segregated Jackson, Miss., Henry T. Wingate lived in…
On July 5, 2016, Alton Sterling, 37, died after police in Louisiana tackled and shot him outside the convenience store where he was selling CDs.…