Tanzina Vega

A disproportionately small number of black and Latino students were admitted to New York City’s most elite public high schools. 

The technology, which can identify a person by skin color, was developed with the NYPD after 9/11.

Cyclone Idai struck the southeastern coast of Africa, inundating the city of Beira and its surrounding communities.

Netflix's decision to cancel "One Day at a Time" has been met with criticism and a renewed discussion of the lack of representation in film and television.

Washington state just passed a first-of-its-kind law that ensures Native Americans aren't disenfranchised simply because they have a non-traditional address. 

Voters will decide whether to add a train line from Atlanta to Gwinnett county, a suburban area northeast of the city. The referendum raises issues of race and access.

Ethics watchdogs argue that Trump is acting in the interests of his hotel business in downtown DC.

Young people have been leading protests against Algeria's ruling government for weeks. The longtime president has agreed not to run for a fifth term, but has canceled the elections. 

What the now-disgraced founder of the defunct blood testing company Theranos teaches us about the the dark side of Silicon Valley. 

Last January, ICE paid over $6 million to get access to a privately maintained database of license plates, and the movements of the cars they’re registered to.

Deal or no deal? Or no no-deal?

California's Attorney General is weighing limits on what companies can do with the personal data of California residents, and fielding input from businesses and privacy advocates.

In 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act put an end to generations of pulling Native American kids out of their homes and communities. Now, a court challenge could end that law. 

Marwan Hisham called for the end of the Assad regime. He could never have imagined what has transpired since. 

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a moratorium on executions in the state, which holds one quarter of the nation's death row inmates. 

For years now, lethal injection has been a major point of contention in Ohio. And this month, executions in the state ground to a temporary halt.

Friday's Youth Climate Strike will see students from nearly 100 countries walk out of school to demand bold environmental action.

The C.E.O. of Southwest Key, a private company that houses the plurality of migrant children in U.S. shelters, has resigned after facing scrutiny from a financial probe.

A study from Cleveland State University estimated that the region will lose 10 percent of the gross regional product because of the closure of the GM plant.

According to new data, the black stillbirth rate in Ohio is twice the white stillbirth rate.