civil rights
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 moreToday in African-American history: Mary McLeod Bethune born in 1875
July 10, 2015She organized African American women in the South to vote despite the Jim Crow poll tax and other racist restrictions.
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 moreMinnesota celebrates national love
July 6, 2015"Love Wins" became a national hashtag connecting millions of people from all over the world who supported the big win in the U.S.
Read moreMarriage rights one county at a time in Texas
July 6, 2015As the days pass, more and more Texas counties are bending to the law of the land.
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