On the Friday morning before Donald Trump’s inauguration, employees at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division were scrambling to finish their business. The conversation I was there to have with Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke was out of place amid the haste. It was, after all, nearly 104 years in the making.

Survivors of the 1921 massacre and their descendants contemplate the meaning of reparations in today’s Tulsa, Okla.

Of interest were statements from federal agents' reports filed soon after the massacre, including about rumors of an attack that had prompted officials to prepare "for the defense of Tulsa."

More than a century ago, Greenwood, a Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma ... or entity has ever been held accountable for the massacre and no victim has been compensated.

In February, you can celebrate Black History Month with a variety of WTTW programming that explores the political, artistic, musical, and other contributions and experiences of Black Americans.

Prosecutors allege that Christian Douglas Cook assaulted 10 different people, several with a knife, in unrelated attacks over a 19-month period ending in December 2023.

Prosecutors alleged Christian Douglas Cook had assaulted 10 different people, several with a knife, in unrelated incidents over a 19-month period ending in December 2023.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence, endured a difficult hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday as lawmakers pressed her on

Gabbard was questioned by Republicans and Democrats alike on her views of Snowden and whether she believes he was a traitor. She declined to say she believed he was a traitor, repeating that she felt he had broken the law and reiterating a point that she has made in the past, that he exposed practices that have resulted in the reform of 702.

Recovery teams pulled 27 bodies from the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet collided in midair with an Army helicopter. Those looking for survivors of the plane crash are facing murky ...

When the Rotary Club asked Howard McClure to give a short talk in July 1915 he used the opportunity to offer a rather detailed and longer-than-expected explanation of his plan

It wants to crush (forget 'turn back") the clock on diversity and inclusion in America. Fighting bac requires looking back - and getting it right this time.