Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

Many legislative resolutions generally have no effect beyond communicating a sentiment of the Legislature and are often ...

Jacob Gershman covers law for The Wall Street Journal. He previously wrote about New York politics for the Journal and the New York Sun.

If the Maryland legislature hadn’t “turned a blind eye” to police reform in 2014 and 2015, Freddie Gray might still be alive, ...

"This is Deion talking about Shedeur Sanders, who had his jersey retired and his name put up in the stadium or press box or whatever," Whitlock said. "His name is in the stadium now, with his number ...

Next to my house is a small yard sign. It’s been there for years now, flanked by two small American flags. It says, simply, “Black Lives Matter.” ...

On April 20, 1999, two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and injured 23 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School, near Denver, Colorado. In 1812, the fourth ...

On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon BP oil rig off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico ...

As the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder approaches, Opinion Editor Phil Morris invites you to be part of the ...

Target’s chief executive officer is planning to meet this week with the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton's civil rights ...