Parks authorities evaluated Taylor Farm in the areas of design, health and well-being, environmental resilience and equity.

She Who Dared centers the women behind the Montgomery bus boycott and the landmark case of Browder v. Gayle.

The seven impeccably cast singers are strong, each fitting superbly into the ensemble and making the most of their solo ...

A new opera tells the story of the Black women who organized in Alabama leading up to the Montgomery bus boycott.

President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking to rule through systematic intimidation. It has deep roots in American ...

But one of the most revered is Rosa Parks, the godmother of the movement. The civil rights icon served as a catalyst for social justice demonstrations when in 1955 she refused to give up her seat for ...

Iris Rodriguez-Rosa has worked for the parks department since 1986, when Ed Koch was mayor. Now, she'll lead the agency.

John Dempster meets a woman not afraid to speak out for the causes she believes in and those she wants to help.

The Port Authority finally broke ground on its new $10 billion Midtown bus terminal Thursday, a decades-in-the-making project ...

These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...

Speaking at Harvard’s Tercentenary Theatre, Abdul-Jabbar reflected on his path into social justice activism as a young ...

1. Sixteen new Chicago speed cameras are set to start ticketing drivers just days from now ...