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Discrimination against black students rampant in Louisiana school district

May 11, 2015 By Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

One black eighth-grader spent six days in juvenile detention after being arrested for throwing Skittles candy at another student.

Antidotes to inequality — time for some $58,000 traffic tickets?

May 6, 2015 By Sam Pizzigati

The protests that followed last year's deadly Ferguson police shooting have revealed how local courts are gouging poor people on fines for minor offenses.

Anti-LGBT bills introduced in 28 states

March 26, 2015 By Human Rights Campaign

So far this year 34 anti-LGBT bills in nine states have been defeated or failed to meet key legislative deadlines.

Muslim lives matter and all victims of hate crimes matter too

February 20, 2015 By Mateo Farzaneh

Perhaps the mother of all evils, or shall we say, the most potent of all evils in history has been ignorance and greed.

McDonald’s workers sue fast food giant over racial and sexual discrimination

January 23, 2015 By Combined Sources

McDonald's workers who were fired last year after being told, "There are too many black people [working] in the store."