Montgomery, AL Policeman Charged With Murdering Black Man
Patrolman Aaron ‘A.C.’ Smith, the Montgomery police officer who shot and killed Gregory Gunn last Thursday night, has been arrested and charged with murder. Witnesses allege the victim, a 58…
The Bernard Whitehurst Murder: How Much Does A Black Life Matter?
Just two months old when it happened, Bernard Whitehurst III was nine when he learned the truth about his father’s murder. “When you go into school,” he explains, “the first…
Koch Money, Marriage Equality, And The Permanent Civil Rights Crisis
My friend Bob Cesca wrote a great piece yesterday about so-called ‘Religious Freedom Restoration Acts,’ or RFRAs, which have rightly become known as the anti-gay version of Jim Crow laws.…
Domestic Terror? Somebody Tried To Pipe Bomb The Colorado Springs NAACP
A pipe bomb exploded outside the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday, and the FBI is looking for a man in connection to it. The President of the…
U of Ark Defunds Shuttle Bus Transporting Students To Vote On Civil Rights Ordinance
Four days before a vote is scheduled to take place on the repeal of Fayetteville’s civil rights civil rights ordinance, Daniel J. Pugh, Sr., Vice Provost for Student Affairs and…
Florida GOP Offical Suggests Police Use ‘Fire Hoses’, Calls Ferguson Protestors Dirty
Leaders of two civil rights groups in Florida — the local Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition — are calling Duval GOP Secretary Kim Crenier to step…
Making History, Two Lakota Sioux Tribes Given Sovereignity Over Foster Care Programs
In a historic move for the Native American community, two tribes of the Lakota Sioux Nation in South Dakota Indian Country have been awarded planning grants by the Department of…
Jerk Judge Who Ordered Sovereign Citizen To Be Shocked Relieved From Duty
Charles County Circuit Court Judge Robert Nalley has lost his judgeship in response to the media attention he received for ordering a defendant who identified himself as a sovereign citizen…
Ripping The Facade Of Respectability From SCOTUS White Power Decision
Remember when four conservative justices and one swing vote on the United States Supreme Court invalidated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act last year, saying that it was no…
CNN Anchor Wants Water Cannons Used Against Protesters In Ferguson
CNN International Anchor Rosemary Church asks why police can’t use water cannons on protesters in Ferguson. Here is why using water cannons on African Americans is no longer tolerated in…