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The Oscar disrespect for Moonlight is the same that many Blacks experience from some Whites who do not believe themselves to be racists.

Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis won big Sunday at the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony.

Bree Newsome has a message for her detractors. Two years ago, Newsome scaled a flagpole to remove the Confederate flag outside of the South Carolina capitol building 10 days after Emanuel AME Church shooting.

William Toney's last calls and texts were on November 19 to some of his female friends. After that, everything, his cell phone and his social media, went blank.

Jerome Easter Jr.'s missing case highlights difficulties for families to find relatives diagnosed with mental illness.

"Will the Women’s March on Washington be a space filled primarily with participants who believe that Black lives matter? I’m not sure, especially considering the attitudes of some who have publicly stated that they don’t want to hear calls for attendees to check their White privilege at the proverbial door,” Jamilah Lemieux explains in an op-ed at ColorLines.

A new documentary about James Baldwin, the late activist-writer, highlights America’s disappointing progress around issues of race and equality.

With President Obama's tenure winding down, many are wondering whether he will use his constitutional powers to grant federal clemencies before he leaves office.

Monica Elaine Sykes, 25, vanished in October after leaving her home in Berkeley, Missouri, that she shared with an older sister.

The quick arrest of the individuals involved in the torture attack prompts questions about the value of Black and White lives.

A New York City initiative teaches underserved women how to grow their businesses. Mentorship is a key ingredient.

Sierra Shields' family hopes the federal government will replicate a New York measure that allows families to immediately file adult missing persons reports.