prejudice
Ala. board approves pardons for “Scottsboro Boys”
November 21, 2013The state's parole board wrote a new ending for the infamous "Scottsboro Boys" rape case Thursday morning by approving posthumous pardons more than 80 years after the arrests.
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Ohioans fight war on women
April 30, 2012Chants of "women's rights, human rights!" and "Our bodies belong to us, not you!" echoed off the walls of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus Apr. 28, as hundreds rallied.
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What’s behind savage beatings, killings of metal fans?
April 17, 2012In what appears to be part of a recent uptick in prejudicial attacks on the heavy metal community, 16 year-old metal fan Ben Moores was brutally kicked and beaten by a gang in Lancashire, England.
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Phoenix mayor opposes discrimination against LGBT community
April 12, 2012This development comes after a recent example of such prejudice, in which a lesbian couple was kicked out of a restaurant.
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Jamey Rodemeyer, 14: another victim of anti-gay bullying
September 26, 2011Anti-LGBT bullying in this nation is unfortunately at epidemic levels among teens. On Monday 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer took his own life after being incessantly bullied by classmates.
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