police violence
Straight outta everywhere: Learning to listen in the “racial conversation”
December 29, 2015The white dominant culture is more interested in critiquing the rap music rather than critiquing the conditions to which the music bears witness.
Read moreSandra Bland’s jailers spinning autopsy results
July 24, 2015The trooper plainly didn't like Bland's forthright defense of her civil rights; in Texas, you can be prosecuted for resisting arrest even if the actual arrest was illegal.
Read moreJustice for Tamir Rice dealt legal blow ahead of civil rights conference
July 22, 2015An Ohio appeals court declined to force the arrest of the Cleveland police officers involved in the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice.
Read moreDead at 28, Sandra Bland’s Texas dream turned nightmare
July 22, 2015According to federal statistics, an African-American driver is 31 percent more likely to be pulled over for a traffic citation.
Read moreAngela Davis speaks on violence in America at St. Louis meeting
July 20, 2015St. Louis area residents gathered for the Violence in America: Exposure through Truth Telling presentation keynoted by Angela Davis.
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