For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

Abolitionists will have to play defense at the federal level, and plot a long-term strategy for ending the death penalty in ...

When someone’s eyes linger on the mutilated body of Emmett Till, “justice” is the last word anyone would think. Yet, it was ...

We have been living in “unprecedented times” for 25 years. Kaitlyn Greenidge reflects on what it means to write through a new reality.

Project 2025—had been unleashed before the terrifying move of Donald Trump into the White House in 2016. Like a lethal virus, components of the authoritarian strategy accelerated during his four years ...

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Night - Scattered showers with a 70% chance of precipitation. Winds SE at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 47 °F (8.3 °C). Cloudy with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C) and a 72% chance of ...

No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams squares off against No. 3 overall pick Drake Maye in Sunday’s game in Chicago.

Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff is a reporter on The Washington Post's Local Education team, where he covers higher education and youth culture in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. He has reported for The Post ...

Jenni Fink is a senior editor at Newsweek, based in New York. She leads the National News team, reporting on politics and domestic issues. As a writer, she has covered domestic politics and ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a dispute over whether a forward-looking risk disclosure that Facebook made to investors about data breaches was misleading when it did not disclose ...