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CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield says the agency will double the current number of positions to aid local health departments in quashing new outbreaks. They will focus on testing and contact tracing.

After weeks of urging governors to loosen restrictions, the president says he "never gave Gov. Brian Kemp an OK" to reopen barber shops and tattoo shops.

The AFL-CIO president backs changes to police practices and accountability. But the group is also facing criticism for continued ties with police unions.

Kimberlé Crenshaw and the African American Policy Forum started the #SayHerName campaign to bring awareness to often invisible names of Black women who have been targets of law enforcement.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Octavia Smith, board president of the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a bail fund that's raised more than $30 million since protests against police violence began.

Nonprofits that bail people out of jail have seen a massive influx in donations as people support protesters. And because of how the funds work, that money could keep circulating well into the future.

The isolation and stress brought on by COVID-19 have been particularly difficult for people fighting drug addiction. When Ohio shut down in March,…

The country's racial justice problems aren't limited to policing — U.S. schools also struggle with inequity and implicit bias.

At the heart of the case was a legal question about which federal agency — if any — had authority to grant a permit for the pipeline, which would cross under the trail in central Virginia.

Contact tracing is not new in the world of public health, but the process of tracking the spread of viruses has become more well known, as officials work to trace the spread of COVID-19 and identify trends. Right now, there are nearly 3,000 COVID-19 cases in Cuyahoga County, according to the Ohio Department of Health’s website.