A voting-rights bill that says districts need federal approval to change laws may not reflect the times.

Black Leaders on Education: Biased discipline leads to educational inequality, says Sherrilyn A. Ifill.

Race relations survived Obama's first term, and his call for unity on Jan. 21 will help them thrive.

We didn't go over the cliff, but we face 2013 with differing visions of where our nation should go.

For his second term, the president is already getting more aggressive with his conservative foes.

In the UNCF chief's first column for us, he hopes that Obama keeps his pledge on college costs.

Ironically, the NRA used to support gun control -- when the Black Panthers started packing.

Even decades after Roe v. Wade, women of color strive to define and protect their reproductive destiny.

Straight Up: POTUS went for the light touch. A good speech, but maybe not one for the history books.

A legal scholar lambastes a Truthout article claiming that it was for preserving slave-patrol militias.