Prisons & Policing

Two African-American half-brothers have been exonerated of rape and murder after more than 30 years behind bars in North Carolina.

David Cay Johnston says the LA Times shut down a major investigation into the widespread use of agents to undermine peaceful and legal opposition groups from the '60s to …

How have wrongful convictions historically been broken down by race?

Mourners are gathered in St. Louis for the funeral of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager killed by a white police officer on August 9.

The city of Ferguson's second-highest source of revenue is court fees and traffic tickets handed out by a majority white police force that disproportionately targets the black community.

rotesters in Ferguson are not backing down their call for justice for unarmed teenager Michael Brown.

During the protests in Ferguson, one of the key voices calling for justice is Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal.

That's what the choice has always been: the colonialized mind versus the soul of independence, the known misery versus the challenge of the unknown.

Protests over the fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown have continued for a 10th night in Ferguson, Missouri.

"The black community tends be overpoliced and underprotected," says professor john a. powell.