civil rights

The Grand Rapids congregation started in the home of private citizen Susan Walker in 1874 as Arnett Chapel

In a response to the Trump administration’s threat to withhold federal education funding from schools refusing to end Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, Muskegon Community College is pausing DEI programs

They are called Giants, the exceptional black leaders honored in Grand Rapids each year

Leaders of the Urban League of West Michigan announced Wednesday they'll open a new youth development center in Grand Rapids

Shelley Irwin previews next week’s West Michigan Student Showcase, BAMF and Corewell Health are working on a new radiation therapy, a push to bring broadband internet to more Ottawa County residents, and more.

Civil Rights team will facilitate local forums building coalitions and partnerships with communities together combating unlawful acts of hate.

The Michigan Department of Civil Rights unveiled its new PSA campaign against hate crimes and bias incidents Wednesday.

A bill package to rework Michigan’s current hate crime law and create a new crime of “institutional desecration” made it out of the state House last month with limited bipartisan support.

A Lansing state representative has introduced a bill that would further protect the rights of Michiganders experiencing homelessness

Juneteenth hearkens the arrival on June 19, 1865, of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, to announce the Civil War was over and slaves in the former Confederacy were freed under the Emancipation Proclamation