‘I sometimes wake up in tears for friends still there.’ Rümeysa Öztürk’s six weeks in ICE detention. As she was held in ...

Muscogee Nation leaders are beginning to change tribal policy in response to a court order requiring the tribe to grant ...

The change to tribal policy is in response to a court order requiring the tribe to grant citizenship to Freedmen descendants.

Sign up for Verite's free daily newsletter and get the New Orleans news you need every weekday. In the post-Civil War South, the federal government worked to protect ...

OKMULGEE, Okla. — After Muscogee Creek Nation Principal Chief David Hill issued an executive order halting the issuance of new citizenship cards, Muscogee Creek Freedmen are asking the Supreme Court ...

OKMULGEE, Okla. — More than two months after the Muscogee Nation’s Supreme Court said Freedmen are eligible for citizenship, their attorney is asking the court to step in and enforce its order. In an ...

A historic Dallas landmark is now under police surveillance after vandals targeted Freedman's Memorial Cemetery, damaging the site and stealing several handcrafted memorial items. The cemetery, ...

A historic cemetery in Dallas’ Old Freedmen’s Town — dating back to the 1860s and recognized as a state landmark — has been vandalized, with parts of the memorial now missing. The site, considered ...

Justin Baldoni’s lawyer in the $400 million legal battle with “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively is being sued for malpractice, according to a new report. Bryan Freedman – the celebrity lawyer who ...

Travis Michael Flores attends Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles Honoring Oscar De La Hoya, Michael Rosenfeld And Tom Mone at its Annual Wishing Well Winter Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 9 ...

Earlier this year, Justin Baldoni’s attorney was forced to defend his earlier legal work against the actor. Now, the estate of the man he once represented opposite Baldoni has accused him of treachery ...

On September 5, artist Satchel Lee, the daughter of iconic filmmaker and New York City resident Spike Lee, is getting her first solo show. Born and raised in Manhattan, Lee describes herself as “such ...