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Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., speaks during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Advocates Virtually Meet With Jacksonville Rep. John Rutherford To Talk Climate Change

Local advocates recently met with Jacksonville Representative John Rutherford to talk about climate change and a national carbon pricing bill.Every June…

Boston To Remove A Copy Of Thomas Ball's 1876 Emancipation Memorial

After listening to the opinions of residents and experts on Black history, Boston officials said that the city would remove a statue of Abraham Lincoln with a freed slave kneeling beside him.

Cars on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County, circa 1960. The urban planner Robert Moses, according to biographers, designed the road so that bridges were low enough to keep buses — which would likely be carrying poor minorities — from passing underneath on the route from New York City to Long Island's beaches.

'The Wrong Complexion For Protection.' How Race Shaped America's Roadways And Cities

An expert in urban planning and environmental policy explains how race has played a central role in how cities across America developed — often in ways that hurt minority communities.

The St. Peterburg Police Department announced the addition of a new department, the Community Assistant Liaison, to respond to all non-criminal calls.

St. Petersburg Police Reforms Include No Longer Answering Non-Criminal Calls

In response to multiple demands for reform, including flyers posted downtown during fourth of July weekend by the St. Pete Peace Protest movement, St....

Actor André Holland Explores: 'Where I Fit, How I Fit, If I Fit'

Best known for his roles in Moonlight and Castle Rock, Holland has a starring role in a new radio version of Shakespeare's Richard II. Originally broadcast in 2018.

A field trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., led by Kimberly Grayson, the principal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College in Denver, inspired some of her students to demand a more inclusive school curriculum.

Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum

Kimberly Grayson took her high schoolers to the African American history museum in D.C. When students pressed their white teachers to take the same trip, a revised history curriculum quickly followed.

Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter told lawmakers Georgia's citizen's arrest law is rooted in medieval times and outmoded.

Lawmakers Consider Repealing Citizen’s Arrest Law Used As Defense in Ahmaud Arbery Death

According to Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter, Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law is rooted in medieval times and is an “outmoded concept” in...

President Trump Holds News Conference On Sanctions Over China's Actions In Hong Kong

President Trump held a news conference Tuesday about new sanctions over China's actions in Hong Kong — but incendiary comments on race overshadowed the event.

Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, says his organization has a big role to play in reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.

Racism Has An Economic Cost, Atlanta Fed President Warns

Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says his organization is committed to reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.

The first disturbance is a band of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the central Bahamas and central Cuba and is likely to have some effect on Florida, said Florida Public Radio Emergency Network meteorologist Ray Hawthorne.

National Hurricane Center Watching Two Tropical Disturbances

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas for tropical development this morning.

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