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Man who killed 10 Black people wants charges dropped, says grand jury was too white
Payton Gendron, a white supremacist, could face the death penalty if convicted on federal charges in the 2022 mass shooting in New York.
How the White House's claims about D.C. homelessness compare to the data
Trump’s new orders crack down on homelessness in D.C. Here’s a breakdown of the city’s homeless population.
Appeals court agrees NFL can be put on trial over claims Black coaches face discrimination
In 2022, Brian Flores sued the NFL and several teams, claiming the league was "rife with racism" in its treatment of Black coaches.
'What's Happening!!' child TV star Danielle Spencer dies at 60
Spencer, who played Dee Thomas on the 1970s hit TV comedy, died after a yearslong battle with cancer.
Black mayors and leaders decry Trump's threats to deploy National Guard in cities
By suggesting that other cities, also run by Black mayors, may be next, President Donald Trump was "playing the worst game of racially divisive politics," one rights leader said. 
Why the internet is still obsessed with Octavia E. Butler, years after her death
A new biography reveals the innermost thoughts of the pioneering novelist whose work predicted our lives right now.
Trump to require universities to hand over admissions data on race
The move comes after Ivy League universities Columbia and Brown struck settlements that require them to release information about applicants’ race.
Restoring torn-down Confederate monument will cost $10M, military says
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday on social media that the statue in Virginia "never should have been taken down by woke lemmings."
Statue of Confederate general toppled in 2020 to be reinstalled in D.C.
The bronze statue depicting Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, which protesters tore down and burned in 2020, is being restored, the Park Service said Monday.
Poll finds decline in belief that Blacks and Asians face racial discrimination
Meanwhile, about 3 in 10 people said DEI increased discrimination against white people.
Trump memo asks recipients of federal funds to ban DEI programs
Recipients range from schools and colleges to nonprofit organizations and private firms that are government contractors. 
