Shelby County invalidates the Voting Rights Act coverage formula

Brazil enacted Law 12.711, reserving half of places in federal higher-education institutions for students from public secondary schools, with income and racial provisions. The policy included Black,...

Idle No More organized a national day of action as Indigenous opposition to federal policy gathered strength. Teach-ins and public mobilization connected treaty relationships, sovereignty and...

Idle No More supporters mobilized in a global day of action for Indigenous sovereignty and protection of land and water. The demonstrations extended the movement beyond its initial teach-ins....

The Journey of Nishiyuu arrived in Ottawa after a long walk initiated by Cree youth. Its arrival connected young Indigenous participants with a wider movement for collective rights and renewed...

Foreign Secretary William Hague announced a settlement of claims by Kenyan survivors of abuse during the colonial Emergency. Britain acknowledged torture and ill-treatment and expressed regret,...

On the final day of their summit, CARICOM leaders agreed to national reparations committees linked through a regional commission. The initiative sought redress for Indigenous genocide and slavery....

George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin. The verdict catalysed the organizing associated with Black Lives Matter and its assertion of the value of Black life. Alicia Garza,...

A federal court found constitutional violations in New York City's stop-and-frisk practices, including racial discrimination. The court ordered a monitor and a reform process involving affected...

The Constitutional Tribunal's ruling TC/0168/13 retroactively restricted access to Dominican nationality for descendants of certain migrants. It disproportionately affected people of Haitian...

The RCMP carried out an operation against a protest blockade near Rexton, New Brunswick, amid Elsipogtog Mi'kmaq opposition to shale-gas exploration. The confrontation generated scrutiny of police...