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Bernard, convicted for his role in a 1999 kidnapping and killing, is the ninth federal inmate to be executed this year and the first in 130 years to be put to death during a lame-duck presidency.

Reforming juvenile justice is a critical part of broader criminal justice reform, advocates say. They want action from Washington beyond what the Biden team has promised.

Before 90-year-old Kenneth Felts revealed to his family that he is gay, he built a friendship with another gay man, whose ability to be himself inspired Felts. He opened up "another world," for Felts.

They're destroying wilderness prized by biologists to construct as many miles of border wall as possible — even though the incoming Biden administration is expected to cancel the barrier.

A sixth of American women are victims of rape or attempted rape. Victims still face blame and disbelief, and few rapists are punished. Rosem Morton tells her own experience, in photos and a letter.

The two made the cut after topping Time's shortlist that included President Trump, the movement for racial justice, Dr. Anthony Fauci and medical workers on the front line of COVID-19.

The democracy activist and publisher is perhaps the most prominent individual to be charged under China's controversial new law, which takes aim at dissent in nominally semi-autonomous Hong Kong.

Is it time to say R.I.P. to POC? And, if so, is BIPOC the new kid on the block? In this video, Code Switch co-host Shereen Marisol Meraji digs in.

The Trump administration has carried out its ninth federal execution of the year, putting to death a Texas street-gang member in the slayings of a religious couple from Iowa more than two decades ago.

The Food and Drug Administration's authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine could come in a day or two, a member of an FDA expert panel says. But he says it may be late 2021 before normalcy returns.