Jaisaan Lovett is his school’s first Black valedictorian—but officials refused to let him speak at his graduation. So Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren gave him a bigger platform.

The Bronx-born and raised organizer is on track to represent her community in the House of Representatives—and become the youngest woman to ever serve in Congress.

Drug reform advocates welcome the move, but remain wary of how the state will address criminal justice issues related to legalization.

The mayor and district attorneys promise to limit prosecutions for most offenses, but reform advocates remain weary in absence of codified law.

An estimated 35,000 residents, overwhelmingly Black and Latinx, stand to benefit from Andrew Cuomo’s executive order.

Colorlines’ Tiye Rose captured a Times Square protest against Trump’s attempt to ban transgender people from military service. 

In four years, Uniondale, NY has embraced a technology often seen as a luxury for affluent White neighborhoods. 

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights examined body-worn camera policies in 50 municipalities. It was not impressed.

Mohamed Rasheed Khan endured a concussion and bone fractures from an alleged beating outside a Queens, New York, mosque. 

Is that why Trump didn’t initially condemn the Klan endorsement?

Harlem Brewing Company owner Celeste Beatty: ”I hope it turns into a Patti pies situation.”

Seven low-wage workers tell video storyteller Kat Lazo why they made the time and braved the chilly New York City rain to join the Fight for $15’s mammoth national day of action. 

The hip-hop/reggae artist Kuf Notz opens up Breaking, our new series on under-the-radar musicians, filmmakers, designers, writers, dancers, developers, illustrators and other artists you should be checking out. Right now.

The Department of Justice is also keeping tabs on the case