Police dog bites send thousands of people to emergency rooms every year.

On June 19, 1865, the last of the African American slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally told they were free, about two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth, a day that memorializes the emancipation of slaves in this country, is now a federal holiday.

Tyler Parry joins Speak Up! to discuss the history of “Jumping the Broom.”

After a viral tweet about abuse targeted at an actor in the upcoming iCarly reboot, experts explain the widespread racism against Black women.

With less than a month to the end of the 2021 Nevada Legislature's regular session, a bill to abolish the use of the death penalty, AB395, has made more progress toward becoming law than any similar bill in state history.

This week, host Joey Lovato talks with UNLV Professor Tyler D. Parry about the Derek Chauvin verdict and policing reform in Nevada

An effort to repeal the death penalty in Nevada is exposing polarization in the Legislature while proving party affiliation can be an unreliable predictor when it comes to capital punishment.