A five-alarm emergency for democracy
The GOP’s voter suppression laws are working. They need to be stopped before more states adopt them.
‘We don’t trust Enbridge’: Indigenous women push Biden to block line 5 expansion
"The construction of this pipeline will bring massive risk and destruction. We do not want to see irreversible damage to our land, water, and wild rice. We do not want our lifeways destroyed."
LAPD Releases Name of Officer Who Shot Unarmed Man in the Head
After an unarmed man walked towards police in an “aggressive manner,” an LAPD officer shot him in the head. But why did the LAPD refuse to release the name of the police officer involved in the June 19 incident until now?
L.A. Deputies Sentenced to Prison for Jail Beating
Former L.A. deputies and a sergeant face criminal charges in the case of Gabriel Carrillo, a man unjustly beaten after attempting to visit his brother in prison. Several of those charged face prison time.
VIDEO: Domestic Terrorism: From the Charleston Massacre to 1964 Slaying of Mississippi Civil Rights...
While the fifty-first anniversary of the 1964 slaying of Mississippi civil rights workers just passed, another hateful crime just recently took place at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina this past week. Is domestic terrorism still at large?
The True Cost of Mass Incarceration Exceeds $1 Trillion
Ultimately, the social cost of mass incarceration is 11 times higher than total spent on the corrections system itself.
Former congressman Anthony Weiner sentenced to federal prison
Weiner pled guilty to one count of transferring obscenity to a minor and must register as a sex offender.
Third police officer sentenced to prison for framing black males
“These three police officers from Biscayne Park disgraced themselves and damaged the public’s trust in law enforcement."
Court Rules NSA Bulk Spying Illegal: New Vindication for Snowden, and Uncertainty for PATRIOT...
The NSA’s collection of millions of U.S. citizens’ phone records is now illegal for them to possess. This ruling comes at a time when the Patriot Act is soon up for renewal.
Black, Hispanic, and Asian donors give more to social justice causes, survey finds
Giving to racial and social justice causes is on the rise—especially among donors of color. African Americans are the most likely to give to strangers of all racial and ethnic groups.