Officials say it will be a symbolic triumph on Saturday when Stone Mountain, Georgia, celebrates the holiday that marks the end of slavery in the US.
A new law in Louisiana that adds new requirements to process marriage licenses is being challenged for discrimination against refugees and immigrants.
Mentors and liaisons in Springdale are determined to help Marshallese students preserve their language and culture, despite state law. And they hope their programs can grow.
When I went to camp Anytown Alabama, the focus was on interracial dialogue. Now immigration is part of the camp curriculum.
Some kids from Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood may not have considered going to college. But their soccer coach pushed them all the way through high school. Now 14 of his players are on their way to college. With scholarships.
Two American reporters in East Africa put on their foreign correspondents' hats to cover the issue of race back home.
Students who don’t speak English as their first language rank toward the bottom in almost every measure of academic achievement. Even if their population were to stop rising, the situation signifies a looming hit to the national and regional economies.
Why dual-language schools, and educating language-minorities in general, has been a challenge for the US South.
As public schools become more linguistically diverse, some see bilingual or “dual-language” programs as a way to improve education for all – English speakers too.
The number of Latinos in US schools is rising faster than any other group. And their share of the school population is rising fastest in the South.
After the murders of nine African Americans by a white supremacist in Charleston, South Carolina, national politicians across the political spectrum called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from public buildings. The South Carolina state legislature ultimately decided to take their flag down permanently, and other states followed suit. Even big retailers stopped selling Confederate-flag-themed merchandise. But, what comes next? Should something replace it?