Civil Rights & Social Justice

William Cunningham, a racist white man in Washington state, is facing a felony hate crime charge after a video shows he used racial slurs and threatened to kill a Black student at Monroe High School who was in a physical altercation with Cunningham's allegedly racist daughter and her boyfriend.

Considering the mounting opposition to critical race theory, it's important to put the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in its proper historical perspective and document the decidedly racist elements that fueled the riots and helped define that moment's legacy.

Coverage that picks a part statements to inflame false controversy only furthers misinformation.

Many of those who were once young organizers are now of advanced age, some spending substantial portions of their lives as political prisoners.  

Tutu’s ideas about humanness, harmony and reconciliation have been enormously influential, not merely in South Africa, but throughout the world.

An autopsy performed on Glenn Foster Jr., who was found dead in an Alabama jail earlier this month, suggests that the former professional football player may have been strangled or suffered some other trauma to his neck before he died, Ben Crump and his legal team said.

In November 2018, Robert Loggins, 26, found himself in a situation just like his mother. Killed by police, while in police custody.

Sixty-five HBCU presidents and chancellors wrote a joint letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asking for their support in passing the Build Back Better legislation. Citing historic investments in HBCUs and other institutions serving students of color, the group warned of the "unsustainable" trend in increasing financial inequity. 

It's important to be clear that Question 2 -- a critical ballot initiative that would have replaced the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department of Public Safety -- was not the beginning and certainly not the end of our movement.

The Williamson County branch of conservative parents group "Moms for Liberty" filed a complaint claimijng books on Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Bridges and more are "Anti-American" and "Anti-White," as well as guilty of promoting a "slanted obsession with historical mistakes."

Established as a part of the 2021 Public Safety and Judiciary Omnibus Bill, the task force aims to address the root causes of violence against Black women and girls and address systemic failures that leave so many cases unresolved.  

The National Police Association wants the public to put away their cell phones during violent altercations between officers and civilians and start intervening instead of recording. "Stop filming and start helping," the organization said in a PSA posted to social media.