civil rights

Sanders, no longer just a curiosity, is actually being held accountable by left-wing voters who have considerably more options this time out.

The Kavanaugh hearings put the swamp on full display.

Civil rights attorneys have filed a federal lawsuit accusing Sheriff Thomas Hodgson of unlawfully detaining an immigrant for nearly three weeks.

Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders, was assassinated.

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance. Approximately half of those years I have waged a battle to claim the day as a civil rights celebration/observance. As important an icon MLK Jr. is in our history, there are so many others, nameless, because Dr...

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." I'd love to accept credit for this quote, but at the risk of being labeled a Trump family member, attribution belongs to Benjamin Franklin...

Local residents, clergy and elected officials gathered at the Pilgrim United Church of Christ Sunday evening for the City of New Bedford Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Remembrance & Community Program.

The New Bedford Historical Society and the New Bedford NAACP hosted a breakfast commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Saturday at the Waypoint Event Center downtown.

America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," President Barack Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists whose beatings by police a half-century ago galvanized much of the nation against racial oppression and hastened passage of historic voting rights for minorities. Ten...

Four civil rights organizations have taken issue with the DA's investigation into the shooting death of a New Bedford teenager, saying it's inadequate and leaves many questions unanswered.