Virginia's lieutenant governor faces assault allegation; Washington Post denies it refuted his accuser's account

New Texas history textbooks soft-pedal the cause of the Civil War: “It’s about states’ rights”

The system for inspecting federally subsidized properties is failing low-income families and seniors

Facebook said it's removing audience categories based on users’ reported interests

Liberal activists have been filing complaints against hate websites — and they've been working

"The People v. The Klan" tells the story of a mother who would stop at nothing to get justice for her son's killing

Arthur Jones is open about his anti-Semitism. And no other Republican is trying to run against him

In season 2 of his CNN series, W. Kamau Bell still engages in the awkward conversations we desperately need to have

The senator says he now understands that symbols matter.

Challenger Nikki Tinker has run nasty attacks on her fellow Democrat, and Obama has condemned them.

Meanwhile, Trump is already boasting that he'll receive 95% support from African-American voters by 2020

A photographer who refused to shoot a lesbian couple's commitment ceremony says she was exercising free speech

Nominee Brett Talley, who has no trial experience, was a regular poster on a University of Alabama sports forum

With owner Jerry Richardson selling the team after misconduct allegations, the hip-hop star is looking to buy

A faint semblance of sanity? Chuck Grassley apparently convinces White House to dump two unqualified nominees