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Despite the landmark ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, segregation still persists in public schools nationwide.

Since New York State passed its smaller class sizes law, advocates have called out officials for not keeping up with the ...

One of the worst possible outcomes of the CUNY protests would be for the administration to infringe upon the rights to ...

Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional.

The current backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in government, education, and the workplace is no surprise.

A host of women lawmakers is fervently working to add the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution and make sure the dreams of suffragists who fought for women’s right to vote and have ...

The Office of the Inspector General for NYPD launched an investigation into the social media conduct of the city police force.

Senator Zellnor Myrie launched an exploratory committee last week to begin raising funds for a mayoral campaign against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.

A new permanent exhibit at the Lower East Side’s Tenement Museum gives a 3-D view of what life was like for Black New Yorkers in the 1860s.

Amateur golfer Ashley Shaw, 15, earned a spot in last week’s LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup, held at the Upper Montclair Country Club.