New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is drawing the ire of hip hop mogul Russell Simmons over what he sees as his fear or reluctance to push harder for the police reforms he promised during his run for office.
Punta Cana, a Dominican restaurant located in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, is one of seven Latino-owned businesses in the area that are in jeopardy of closing down due to a pending eviction.
A new Gallup poll finds confidence in police across the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in more than two decades, with just over half of all Americans expressing "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in law enforcement.
A group of immigration attorneys and activists protested the appearance of Cecilia Muñoz, the Obama administration's domestic policy council director, whom they accuse of supporting deportation policies that separate and jail families.
A four page manifesto purported to be handwritten by alleged South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof declares he had "no choice" but to brutally murder the nine unsuspecting worshippers he's accused of gunning down during bible study class earlier this week.
A Mexican woman seeking asylum suffered from a miscarriage after she fell on her stomach while she was shackled in an immigration detention facility, despite the fact that pregnant women are not supposed to be restrained.
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter stopped by HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday to continue spreading her gospel of anti-immigration and xenophobia while promoting her new book.
A collision between a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) boat and a small vessel on Thursday led to the death of a woman who was traveling on the panga motorboat, which authorities believed was being used to try to smuggle immigrants into the United States.
Apparently, Dylann Roof showed signs that he planned to commit a racially-charged attack before he killed nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday night.
2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on the nation to take a stance against gun violence on Thursday following the horrific massacre at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday night.
A white man was arrested Thursday night for shouting racial slurs and threatening to kill black congregants gathered inside of a church in Richmond, Virginia.
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to consider a plan that would modernize Lifeline -- a long-running FCC program that provides subsidies for phone service to underprivileged households -- to include broadband internet.
Pope Francis' long-awaited encyclical "Laudato Si'," in which the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics warned that climate change had brought the planet to a "breaking point" and called for an environmental "revolution," has received mixed reactions across the American political landscape.
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell on Thursday signed a bill decriminalizing the possession and private use of marijuana hours after the state Senate had given final approval to the legislation.
Who wouldn't like to start out the weekend as a brand new millionaire? If that's what you had in mind when you bought your Mega Millions ticket, you might want to tune in at 11 p.m. Eastern Time; that's when the draw for tonight's $44 million jackpot is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.
Immigration activists from all over the country came together and interrupted Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's speech during the Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Washington D.C. The senator brushed off their complaints over the president's executive orders.
Dozens of Latino organizations have called for the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which preserves natural and water resources.
