Race

The graduation rate in Florida for male African American students is just under 60 percent. However, there’s a lot of momentum in Jacksonville aimed at…

The Dominican Republic is right about one thing. The nations of the world are indeed moving away from birthright citizenship. In fact, only 30 of the...

More than 150 years ago, Polly Parker, a Seminole Indian, organized and led an escape from federal troops who were deporting Indians to the West. Parker traveled through hundreds of miles of wilderness to get back to tribal lands. The tribe is marking the event by following that dangerous journey.

Alvin Brown, Rayne Perrywinkle, and Rick Scott are in the headlines today.Welcome to WJCT First Read, your daily weekday morning round-up of stories from…

The rate of interracial marriages is on the rise in the United States, but despite the growing numbers, racially blended families are often unrepresented…

We may have come a long way as a country since the 1964 arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside St. Augustine's former Monson Motor Lodge when it…

The making of Columbus Day involved much glorification of the Italian explorer, including some historical inaccuracies. But Christopher Columbus also became the face of a celebration of Italian heritage, amid discrimination in the U.S.

Authorities detained about 200 protesters, including members of Congress, at a demonstration on the National Mall on Tuesday. Rally organizers demanded that lawmakers make immigration reform a top priority amid the ongoing government shutdown.

The Washington Redskins are one of the popular and valuable teams in the NFL, and polls show that most Americans don't think the team's name should change. But that hasn't stopped Native American activists and some lawmakers from trying.

In his last two Sunday columns Florida Times-Union columnist Mark Woods has written about the debate over changing the name of the Jacksonville's Nathan…