WASHINGTON (AP) — Rachel Dolezal, born to white parents, self-identifies as black — a decision that illustrates how fluid identity can be in a diversifying America, as the rigid racial structures that ...

With a popular African-American presidential candidate and the increasing influence of Hispanic voters, the 2008 presidential election has brought new attention to minority groups in the U.S. Essayist ...

The United States is not in the midst of a “culture war” over race and racism. The animating force of our current conflict is not our differing values, beliefs, moral codes, or practices. The American ...

Some states are placing limitations on racial inequality education in schools. Critical race theory, an academic concept about systemic racism typically taught in higher education institutions, has ...

A new study from the NIH’s All of Us program is shaking up long-held assumptions by revealing that genetic ancestry rarely aligns with racial labels — and that the interplay between biology and ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) -- Pennsylvania approved regulations expanding the definitions of sex, race and religious creed. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, which enforces state laws that ...