Tag: Civil Rights

In an important civil rights victory Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld a July decision to reject voting restrictions enacted in North Carolina. The restrictions were...

Yesterday evening, the Department of Justice released a report on the state of the Baltimore Police Department. The scathing report highlighted civil rights and...

Earlier this spring, the police chief of a New Jersey township came under fire when word got out that he'd sent an email to his...

Poor Lee Baca is in the news again. The former Los Angeles Sheriff is facing federal charges stemming from civil rights abuses and a...

It’s a scary time to be transgender in America. It seems as though there is a new law being considered every week to deny...

Black Lives Matter (BLM) has been gaining in both public attention and scrutiny. That scrutiny recently increased with the murders of police officers in...

It is clear beyond real-world doubt, as opposed to reasonable doubt, that Freddie Gray died as the result of foul play. So why was...

Three years ago, 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes High School outside Valdosta, Georgia. His death was ruled...

In addition to being an amazing physicist, Albert Einstein was also an advocate for peace. He was an outspoken pacifist; he fought hard for...

A retired U.S. spy has admitted that the CIA tracked Nelson Mandela and provided the tip off that led to his 1962 arrest. Donald...

Charges against police officers who kill citizens are rare. Only nine officers were indicted for officer involved shootings last year. Officer Michael Slager was one...

Ken Burns says his new documentary about Jackie Robinson explodes the “good Negro” myth and reveals a much bigger American hero. To Burns, the real...

After 39-hours of Democratic filibuster, Missouri Republicans utilized a parliamentary maneuver to vote in favor of a bill to allow faith-based discrimination in the...

This past weekend, Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered the keynote address at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's 14th annual Policy Orientation. He used that...

I was planning on taking today off, but for the last few days, something I wrote last week has been nagging at me. It...

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LGBT activists in Houston are hoping to take another step for equality. A November 3 referendum would add non discrimination protection for the LGBT...

A Guardian article has now revealed extensive new and shocking details about Chicago's secret Homan Square facility. Previously thought to have only had 3,000...

A transgender woman named Shadi Petosky was unexpectedly detained by Transportation Security Administration agents at the Orlando airport on Monday. TSA agents allegedly accused...

A 16-year-old atheist girl in Ecuador received an obviously unwanted lecture about God after her audition on the show “Ecuador’s Got Talent” recently. Yes,...