racism
Justice 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 moreToday in labor history: black farmer union leader murdered by sheriff’s posse
July 15, 2015He was murdered by a heavily armed white mob organized by the sheriff.
Read moreCharleston, the Republican right, and the lessons of Martin Luther King
July 8, 2015Few people are claiming that there was anything random or mysterious about the brutal murder of nine innocent African American people in Charleston.
Read moreLatino organizations demand NBC cut ties with Trump
June 29, 2015Actions over GOP candidate Donald Trump's repugnant comments regarding Mexican immigrants and, by extension, Mexican-Americans.
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