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Dead at 28, Sandra Bland’s Texas dream turned nightmare

July 22, 2015 By Kelly Sinclair

According to federal statistics, an African-American driver is 31 percent more likely to be pulled over for a traffic citation.

Chattanooga deaths being called an act of domestic terrorism

July 20, 2015 By Daniel Sankey

Why is a mass murderer who kills in the name of white supremacy not considered a terrorist but a killer who, currently, has no known ideological motive is?

Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains

July 15, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.

Vigil held for explosion victims as criticism of oil trains broadens

July 7, 2015 By Blake Skylar

Held by 350.org and the Sierra Club, the event marked the two-year anniversary of the disaster, the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, oil train explosion that killed 47 people.

Rail workers, environmentalists to launch week of protests vs. oil trains

July 2, 2015 By PAI

They plan to note that oil-laden trains are so dangerous that transporting oil across the continent by train should be severely curtailed, if not ended.