Tennessee has long been a battleground for courageous, strategic, and non-violent direct action – from the Clinton 12 to the ...

FORT PIERCE — The family of the 29-year-old woman killed by gunfire at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in 2023 has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit, seeking at least $715,884.14 from ...

NEW ORLEANS — Louisianians are set to vote Saturday on several constitutional amendments dealing with crime, courts and ...

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Every year since our opening in 1991, the National Civil Rights Museum ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Kentucky wants the benefits of progress without addressing underlying issues like economic and racial injustice. The state celebrates job creation while neglecting livable wages, worker's rights, and ...

Black Americans face ongoing systemic injustice despite progress. Trump's policies threaten DEI and anti-racism, erasing ...

The 60th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march and the 60th anniversary of the murder of Viola Liuzzo, a Civil Rights ...

On their new album, two of the most celebrated composers and players in the jazz world pay homage to the pursuit of purpose ...

Hitting coach in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, he played for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic and the ...

New LGBTQ+ local history exhibit at the Museum of Boulder explores "the stories of ordinary people who shaped history" ...

What will our church do, if people in our congregation and community lose some or all of their Medicaid funding?” ...