Kia Gregory

Lawyers and activists are educating residents in cities across the country on encounters with law enforcement.

Representative Charlie Rangel is retiring, and nine Democrats are competing in today’s primary to replace him—including a ghost from Rangel’s past: His predecessor’s son, Adam Clayton Powell IV.

Voters who came hoping to hear solutions to their economic worries mostly left disappointed.

The Republican presidential candidate makes his case to black voters, trying to tap a deep vein of conservatism that runs through the African American community.