President Obama signed a bipartisan-supported measure in late May, updating the terms the federal government uses to describe minorities. Under H.R. 4238, the government will officially use African American and Asian American instead of the terms “Negro” and “Oriental,” among other changes....

So given the daily violence in America and in San Francisco itself, forgive me if I offer up a shrug to the news that ISIS is coming. Can it possibly do more damage than what we have already done to ourselves?...

After Mitt Romney’s defeat in 2012, the Republican Party determined that it needed to connect with the nation’s increasingly diverse electorate. But two years earlier, writes author Dave Daley in his new book Ratf**ked (Liveright), GOP strategists had already embarked on a strategy to win control of Congress by...

Richmond residents looking to spruce up their property will soon have access to a tool library, a lending program offering a variety of tools for home, garden and craft projects. ...

Nuestros cuerpos son sitios de ataque constante como personas LGBTQ. El tiroteo en Orlando es un tema de control de armas y por qué necesitamos leyes de armas más estrictas. Sin embargo, en tragedias como ésta, hay que pensar en el odio que está alimentada por una cultura de homofobia...

I feel his speech signifies a turning moment, which has been coming for some time now, in which more people, including those who are not already known for their activism, are unapologetic about speaking against injustices....

There were many professional African-American athletes who made meaningful contributions to society and the civil rights movement. But none had the revolutionary audacity of Muhammad Ali....

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