Patricia Yacob

Today, Black drivers are 20 percent more likely to be pulled over than white drivers.

What impact could reporting on the pause of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine have on vaccine hesitancy?  

The “body positivity" movement has exploded in recent years, but for many, it's become nothing more than a buzzword.

This week, the Senate parliamentarian determined that Democrats could pass additional legislation through the budget reconciliation process. 

Before the pandemic, the number of lesbian bars in the U.S. had dwindled down to just a handful. 

Senator Mitch McConnell retaliated by accusing corporations of “behaving like a woke parallel government."

Momentum has grown around statehood for Washington, D.C., and advocates say it has wide-ranging implications on issues ranging from racial equity to gun control. 

Lawmakers in Georgia are part of a national trend in which legislators across the country have introduced more than 250 bills that aim to restrict voting.  

Schools and families have struggled to adjust to the abrupt change in how children learn over the past year. 

Critics are frustrated that members of the White House press corps failed to ask about the ongoing pandemic or the rise of anti-Asian violence. 

This week, President Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the United States’ response to the growing number of migrants arriving at the southern border.

The trauma of the last year will linger beyond the mass deployment of a vaccine. 

Women's basketball teams participating in the NCAA postseason tournament were met with inferior facilities and meals.   

The Violence Against Women Act was first put into place in 1994 and established federal legal protections for victims of violent crime. 

This month, two different bills aiming to redefine Puerto Rico's relationship to the mainland U.S. have been introduced in Congress. 

Lawmakers in Texas have introduced a number of bills that would make it harder to vote.  

Signed into law this week, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes an expansion of the child tax credit. 

Roughly $5 billion in the Congressional relief legislation is earmarked specifically for farmers who have been historically disadvantaged due to racial or ethnic prejudice. 

Unlike previous stimulus packages, around 54% of the aid is allocated for individuals and families. 

As members of the gay and lesbian community faced discrimination at the hands of state, foster agencies were reaching out to queer activists for assistance with foster placements.