The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a Dear Colleague Letter Tuesday to schools specifying with concrete examples the application of Title VI of the ...

Waqaa (Hello), my name is Larapciq Cheri Alstrom and I’m an Alaska Native Yup’ik. Alaska Natives face discrimination and racism daily; not just Alaska Natives, but all Indigenous peoples around the ...

Saturday, a meet-the-candidates event in Franklin focused strongly on school funding, because throwing good money after bad must work, right? Candidates were asked about state funds given to families ...

On April 17, the Anchorage VA facility’s Chief of Staff and Associate Chief of Staff of Behavioral Health ordered the end to a long-running transgender peer group. This group connected vulnerable ...

This letter is to address concerns raised about my “no” vote on City Council Bill 1426 (“Pittsburgh government must focus on issues, not battling ideologies,” Feb. 6, TribLive). I voted yes on Bill ...

I have a friend over 80 years of age who has shopped at a grocery store with a pharmacy for well over 20 years, on Highway 99. Last week she drove up to the store to see the pharmacy about their ...

I’m still in disbelief after reading Dave Smith’s letter about pervasive discrimination against white men. “Being a white male is a guarantee of discriminatory treatment.” Seriously? Try being a ...

I am appalled that the New Hampshire legislature is considering bills that would make discrimination legal. At least two bills under debate — SB38 and SB268 — do just that. SB38 states that “nothing ...

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In late June, Senate Bill 156, "Fairness in Women's Sports Act," was vetoed by Gov. John Bel Edwards. This bill would have prohibited transgender girls from participating in girls' sports teams. Sadly ...

This story was published in partnership with the Texas Observer. In 2016, when Gisella Olivo walked into a four-bedroom house in downtown McKinney, about thirty miles north of Dallas, it immediately ...