Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.

The Supreme Court may extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality.

The state executed Black after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee declined requests from attorneys, advocacy groups and even some ...

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

An inmate executed by Tennessee without deactivating his implanted defibrillator said he was hurting badly shortly after the ...

Rebekah Baptiste's father Richard Baptiste and his girlfriend Anicia Woods have been arrested on murder charges.

Bookstores, reading groups and community hubs are creating intentional space for healing, learning and political action during this month.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from ...

Byron Black, 69, was executed for the 1988 South Nashville murders of his ex-girlfriend Angela Clay and her two daughters Latoya, 9, and Lakeisha, 6.

Ozzy Osbourne’s cause of death has been revealed. The Black Sabbath frontman officially died at age 76 from cardiac arrest, ...

Byron Black, a death row inmate convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters, is scheduled to be executed ...