For the first time in an extended documentary former detainees at Rikers Island talk directly into camera about their experience in New York City’s largest and most notorious jail. RIKERS premieres on Nov. 15 at 10 p.m. on THIRTEEN.

A new video from the Equal Justice Initiative sets out to explain how the myth of racial difference that was created to sustain American slavery persists today. Slavery did not end in 1865, it evolved.

Learn why a new study says the percentage of black males who voted in November is higher than the Census Bureau revealed.

While it’s a great testament to our nation’s progress to have stories about Obama’s smart girls, Reniqua Allen writes that we need to make “ordinary” black kids a commonplace as well.

Bryan Stevenson talks about the hard truths of America's unequal justice system in this 2012 TED talk.

The lawyer behind the Supreme Court victory outlawing mandatory life imprisonment of minors explains how age and race influence criminal justice.

Bill and two prominent civil rights attorneys talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s vision for economic justice.