Iris Rodriguez-Rosa is appointed as NYC's first Latina Parks Commissioner, succeeding Sue Donoghue, to manage the city's ...

Before the boycott: Rosa Parks was just the most famous representative of a group of women who worked to desegregate ...

Iris Rodriguez-Rosa has worked for the parks department since 1986, when Ed Koch was mayor. Now, she'll lead the agency.

Iris Rodriguez-Rosa has worked in the department for nearly 40 years, most recently the first deputy commissioner for NYC ...

Born-again Christian Russell Brand has made a new life in Florida. But on Friday, he returned to the UK to plead not guilty ...

These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in ...

Speaking at Harvard’s Tercentenary Theatre, Abdul-Jabbar reflected on his path into social justice activism as a young ...

1. Sixteen new Chicago speed cameras are set to start ticketing drivers just days from now ...