Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.

The judge’s order came after the administration published an executive order invoking the law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, ...

Testimony spanned 29 days in the high-profile and controversial trial of Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who is accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with an SUV and leaving him ...

Experts have warned that the president’s efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to ...

Black policing in Miami was not always as integrated as it is today. Black officers were once marginalized. The Black Police ...

In our own community, women continue to break new ground in various fields, like Judge Tierra Jones, a powerful figure in the courtroom whose impact is felt beyond her role.

Discover the legacy of the Black women who built the AFRO-American Newspapers, a testament to truth and community service in journalism.

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

Dr. Carla Hayden, the first Black Librarian of Congress, faces uncertainty in her reappointment next year due to political tensions and the Republican Senate.

LEXINGTON, Miss. – Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi's first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and ...

A year after the Supreme Court banned race-based admissions, the law school’s first-year Black student enrollment plummeted — ...