Before the year 2000, the holiday that is now known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was referred to as Human Rights Day in ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

Women’s March on Homer was held Saturday in conjunction with marches across the country.

As Joe Biden’s presidency comes to a close, MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin takes a closer look at how his policies in the Middle ...

Some advocates have been disappointed by the pace of efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.

A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect on Sunday as Hamas released the first three female hostages it held for 15 months of the devastating war ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will restore sweeping power to anti-abortion activists’ staunchest ally, who many ...

The Equal Rights Amendment, which would prohibit discrimination based on gender, was sent to the states for ratification in ...

Maribel Hernández Rivera thought that no one cared about her struggles as an undocumented person living in the U.S. Today, as ...

Sarah Yager is Washington Director at Human Rights Watch. She worked on human rights under three U.S. presidents and from ...

Human Rights Watch on Thursday blasted the "craven unwillingness" of governments to defend international norms and ...

Kenyans have been experiencing a worse human rights situation over the past year, a global lobby group has revealed in its ...