Equity and Inclusion

The prosecutor in the Contra Costa County case inappropriately questioned the 25-year-old woman’s support of the Black Lives Matter movement and dismissed her for reasons that “were plainly tied to race,” said a unanimous ruling by a division of the First Appellate District of California.

On the one-year anniversary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, abortion rights are in significant peril in the U.S. after the Supreme Court was reshaped by three conservative justices appointed by former President Donald Trump.

A Justice Department official tells The Associated Press that the department is reviewing its policies on housing transgender inmates in the federal prison system.

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, but why does it start in the middle of the month?

Regional California tribes had asked for the name of the resort to be changed numerous times over the years, with little success. But after George Floyd was killed in May 2020, a growing number of brands began rethinking their marketing.

California lawmakers unanimously moved Thursday to allow the return of prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who were stripped of their resort for African Americans amid racist harassment a century ago.

The measure by Democratic Assemblyman Mike Gipson, a former police officer himself, would prohibit police from using techniques that create a substantial risk of what’s known as “positional asphyxia.”

A Proud Boys leader who was sentenced in August for burning a D.C. church’s Black Lives Matter banner, along with a weapons conviction, surrendered to police this week.

NFL players will be able to choose from six different social justice phrases to wear on the back of their helmets for the 2021 season.

The 23-year-old’s death gained widespread attention during last year’s protests against racial injustice and police brutality following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has granted posthumous pardons to seven Black men executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman. At the time, the case attracted pleas for mercy from around the world.

Hate crimes have risen to a 12-year high, with an increase in offenses against Black people and those of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, FBI data shows.

Voting rights advocates across the United States will march Saturday demanding the passage of the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which coincides with the anniversary of Dr. King's famous 'I Have A Dream' speech.

A North Carolina woman is suing the Transportation Security Administration, saying her transgender teenager was ordered to undergo a strip-search at an airport.

FOX 11's Bob DeCastro spoke with a courageous LAUSD transgender student who returned to school for in-person instruction this week for the first time in the pandemic since coming out. Hear her story and learn more about the school district's policies.