An independent review has found widespread sexual misconduct and abuse of power at the Assembly of First Nations. The AFN is grappling with the findings one day after the organization rejected a bid to reinstate the first female national...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled some businesses can refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings, citing the right to free speech in a decision that sided with a Christian web designer. It's raising new concerns that the rights of...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws. Canada was quick to condemn the new law, which includes the death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality.'

Goldman Sachs will pay $215 million to settle a years-long class action lawsuit that claimed the bank discriminated against women when it came to pay, performance evaluations and promotions.

Canadian Olympic boxer Kirk Johnson spoke to the media after winning a five-year human rights case where he complained that Halifax police had pulled him over simply because he is Black.

Many Israelis are alarmed by the new far-right government.

FIFA opened a disciplinary case against Croatia after taunts from the team’s fans during their World Cup game were aimed at Canada’s goalkeeper, Milan Borjan. Borjan was born in an ethnic Serb region of Croatia.

An Indigenous woman in Alberta is suing an Edmonton hospital and a doctor after allegedly failing to receive help during a harrowing premature delivery.

New Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she didn't mean to downplay discrimination against minority communities when she said unvaccinated people have received the worst discrimination of any group in more than 50 years.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday that she will amend the Alberta Human Rights Act to add vaccination status as a grounds subject to protection from discrimination, calling individuals who chose not to get vaccinated against...

Indigenous scholar Rachel Snow, a member of the Stoney Nakoda Nations, says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith should not be in a position of leadership following her offer of clarification about the discrimination she said the unvaccinated...

A new report found Canada's Armed Forces haven’t been doing enough to address racism and discrimination within the ranks over the past two decades.

Bobsleigh athlete Shaquille Murray-Lawrence says racism during Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton’s Olympic team selection process cost him a chance to compete in Beijing, losing his position on the team to someone he out-performed.

Samba school floats and feather-festooned dancers to join parade in Brazilian city as COVID-19 cases decline.

The Australian Government has shelved its religious discrimination Bill over concerns that an amendment would prevent religious schools from acting in accordance with their beliefs.

Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society, says the years of government inaction on child welfare have led to higher costs for reform and compensation.

Clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene should be normal for everyone. Yet, almost half of the world’s population don’t have access to it.

Video game company Activision Blizzard said it's cracking down on workplace harassment following a settlement with the EEOC for $18 million. More than 20 workers and supervisors were fired (though no executives), and the company revealed...

Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, joins Power & Politics to discuss details of the First Nations child welfare compensation agreement, announced today by the federal government.

Haitian migrants are leaving Chile and taking a dangerous journey up north to the US border - we hear their tales of discrimination, racism and police brutality.

Ceremonial Elder Herman Yellow Old Woman shares how he felt when he first heard of a Blackfoot boy known only as 'Dummy Bad Boy.'

National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says that in light of today's Federal Court ruling, the federal government must move forward with compensating Indigenous children.

The Federal Court has dismissed Ottawa’s appeal for a review in a landmark compensation order for First Nations children, leaving the federal government on the hook for billions of dollars.

A proposed class-action lawsuit by Black federal workers against the federal government alleging years of discrimination is one step closer to going ahead. It will be up to the new government to work with those behind the lawsuit, or to...