A year after eight people, four of them Sikhs, were slain at an Indianapolis-area FedEx plant, Sikhs find themselves facing lingering grief and fears.
Author: Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
Deaf LGBTQ youths, further on the margins, likelier to feel depressed or suicidal than their hearing peers
Navigating adolescence is hard enough – but when you are both LGBTQ and deaf, discovering and expressing yourself can be painfully difficult.
Are anti-LGBTQ laws legal? Alabama trans laws spark debate over Constitutional rights
As a wave of conservative-led bills continue to target transgender kids, the U.S. Justice Department warned it could sue to protect civil rights.
‘It’s a very lonely world’: For LGBT conservatives, anti-gay legislation prompts frustration, doubts
LGBTQ conservatives said they are becoming increasingly alarmed about whether the GOP is the best fit for them as more leaders pass anti-gay laws.
‘The bottom fell out’: For years, Latino college enrollment was on the rise. Then came the pandemic.
The rate of new Latino college students was soaring before the pandemic. Then Hispanic students started dropping out in record numbers.
More cities are embracing accessible pedestrian signals but blind Americans say it’s not enough
As cities update crosswalks with the latest technologies, the visually impaired have gone largely ignored, a federal lawsuit filed in Chicago says.
‘I miss everything. I miss everybody’: Depression rates for seniors are soaring amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified loneliness and isolation for older adults, raising risks of anxiety and cognitive and physical decline.
‘Unity without uniformity’: 50 years later, ideology of 1972 National Black Political Convention still resonates
As the anniversary of the largest-ever Black political gathering nears, new leaders aim to attain the unified voice that eluded the historic event.
2020 census may have massively undercounted Black population, analysis shows
After advocates warned the 2020 census would seriously undercount the Black population, independent findings appear to show they were right.
White people in the US have long controlled public institutions. Racial progress has paid the price.
Major institutions in the U.S. — including law enforcement, school leaders and the media — have sometimes hindered or openly opposed racial progress.