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Sandra Bland’s jailers spinning autopsy results

July 24, 2015 By Kelly Sinclair

The trooper plainly didn't like Bland's forthright defense of her civil rights; in Texas, you can be prosecuted for resisting arrest even if the actual arrest was illegal.

Justice for Tamir Rice dealt legal blow ahead of civil rights conference

July 22, 2015 By Tim Steinhelfer

An Ohio appeals court declined to force the arrest of the Cleveland police officers involved in the murder of 12-year old Tamir Rice.

Dead at 28, Sandra Bland’s Texas dream turned nightmare

July 22, 2015 By Kelly Sinclair

According to federal statistics, an African-American driver is 31 percent more likely to be pulled over for a traffic citation.

Angela Davis speaks on violence in America at St. Louis meeting

July 20, 2015 By Madeline Beckett

St. Louis area residents gathered for the Violence in America: Exposure through Truth Telling presentation keynoted by Angela Davis.

Freedom fighting: also a Southern tradition

July 6, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Many white people in the South held no one in captivity. Lies and false fear, not ideals, were used to convince them to vote for leaving the Union.