According to many studies, including the Kerner Commission that was established after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by the Johnson administration to study the progress of Black ...

More than 2,000 Confederate symbols are still standing in public spaces across the U.S., according to a report released Thursday by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The Supreme Court has enhanced EVM integrity checks by ruling that the symbol loading unit must ... came with the acceptance of the Election Commission's amended technical SOP, which includes ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Jefferson Parish residents have elected Timothy Kerner Jr. as Councilman for District 1. Republican Kerner faced off against Democrat Andrea Manuel in a runoff ...

Saturday night's special election for the Jefferson Parish Council District 1 seat was a win for Tim Kerner, Jr. Kerner, the 34-year old mayor of Jean Lafitte and scion of a lower Jefferson ...

A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees. By Robert D.

The American Jewish Committee urged Gov. Otto Kerner, chairman of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, to reconvene the commission to “place into sharp and dramatic focus those ...

NCAA President Charlie Baker said Monday he was "up for anything" when asked about reports that President Donald Trump is set to create a commission on college sports. The presidential commission ...

Jean Lafitte Mayor, Tim Kerner Jr., (R) has clinched the Jefferson Parish District 1 Council seat in the May 3 election runoff, defeating Andrea Manuel (D). NBC Sports Anchor Mike Tirico Departs ...

Ryan Mindell, the executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission, has resigned effective immediately, a release from the agency said Monday. “Ryan Mindell notified the Texas Lottery ...

A New Orleans commission has ordered the city council to rehire a clerk who had been fired over alleged sexual harassment in the workplace because it determined her actions didn’t harm the ...