Mayor Bloomberg and Ray Kelly lost big: a federal court ruling and a new law ban the racial profiling that undergirds the discriminatory practice. 

How the New York City Council’s Community Safety Act stands the best chance of curtailing the NYPD’s most destructive racial profiling practices.

Activists in Durham, North Carolina, have come together in support of Carlos Riley Jr. and against the racial policing they believe has put him behind bars.

How George Zimmerman’s lawyers exploited racist stereotypes to justify the fear—and killing—of black men.

From Stand-Your-Ground to Stop-and-Frisk.

Why violent right-wing extremism doesn’t scare Americans.

Council members are working on an agenda that includes labor organizing, public transportation and giving legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections.

The government says he is a terrorist. But his conversations with undercover police tell a different story.

Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.

While Mayor Bloomberg and Ray Kelly defend stop-and-frisk, a damning video is fueling the fight for police accountability in New York City.