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As the United States enacts numerous policies that critics say restrict access to asylum, rights groups have expressed concern that such policies could have especially severe impacts on Indigenous migrants. While narrowing asylum pathways has thrown life into flux for many of those seeking refuge in...

Crews working on finding mass graves from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are moving forward on another step in the process. The city announced another two-day test excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery this week and it kicks off this Thursday morning. This excavation is not about searching for graves like we...

An Oklahoma judge dismissed the reparations lawsuit filed by the last three known survivors of the Tulsa race massacre on Friday, court records show. The three had been locked in a yearslong court battle against the City of Tulsa and other groups and officials over the opportunities taken from them...

The United States government does not have a responsibility to “take affirmative steps to secure water” for the Navajo Nation, the US Supreme Court has ruled, dealing a blow to the Indigenous community’s efforts to outline its water rights amid historic drought. In a 5-4 decision on Thursday morning...

One of the most horrifying episodes in American history spanned just two days in 1921, when at least 300 people were killed on May 31 and June 1. The attack by a white mob on African Americans in Greenwood became known as the Tulsa Race Massacre. While documentaries have told the story of what...

Calls are once again ringing out in Canada and the United States for action to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls, a persistent problem that has devastated communities across North America for decades. This Friday marks Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day in the US...

A team of United Nations experts has arrived in the United States on a tour that will focus on racial justice, law enforcement, and policing. On Monday, the Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement, an independent panel appointed by the UN human...

Four key suspects in the July 7, 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise were transferred from Haiti to the United States on Tuesday to face criminal charges, the US Justice Department has announced. The department on Tuesday said Haitian-American dual citizens James Solages, 37, and...

Venezuela’s government and its opposition on Saturday agreed to create a UN-managed fund to finance health, food, and education programs for the poor, while the Biden administration eased some oil sanctions on the country in an effort to boost the newly restarted talks between the sides. The...

Israel's Defense Minister has said Israel will not cooperate with any external investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, one of the most prominent journalists reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the past two decades. The U.S. Federal Bureau of...