Race has no biological basis and no effect on the onset or progression of disease. Being Black doesn’t put you at a greater risk for sickle cell disease; having ancestry from a place with high rates ...

In the recent flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, one warned of “a distorted narrative” about race “driven by ideology rather than truth.” It singled out a current exhibition at ...

May 25 marks five years since George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by a White police officer in Minneapolis. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was found guilty on charges of murder and ...

This Pew Research Center analysis describes the racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. eligible voter population living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and how this population has changed ...

For decades, federal officers have had to rely on more than race or ethnicity to stop and question someone over citizenship. That is now being tested. By Jazmine Ulloa Again and again in Chicago and ...

We've probably said it a hundred times on Code Switch — biological race is not a real thing. So why is race still used to help diagnose certain conditions, like keloids or cystic fibrosis? On this ...

The department’s Office for Civil Rights warned that it would penalize schools that consider race in scholarships, hiring and an array of other activities. By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'The Dying Tecumseh,' a marble sculpture at the Smithsonian, depicts the Shawnee leader in a heroic light. Frederick Pettrich, ...