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Dallas District Attorney Announces Plan for New Unit to Investigate Police Shootings: Will It Go Far Enough?
A district attorney's civil rights unit that will investigate police shootings is a step in the right direction.
In Our Society, Poor People Are Waste Disposal Units
We need to put a halt to the systems that hide and perpetuate inequality. We need to decouple from an economy of infinite choice, an economy of disposability.
A Victory Over Justice System’s Failure: Wrongly Convicted Brothers Freed After 31 Years in Prison
Two African-American half-brothers have been exonerated of rape and murder after more than 30 years behind bars in North Carolina.
LAPD Infiltrators and Agents Provocateurs Targeted Left and Panthers
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 Often Do Wrongful Convictions Involve Black Defendants?
How have wrongful convictions historically been broken down by race?
Hip-Hop Voices Talib Kweli and Rosa Clemente in Ferguson, “Ground Zero” for Police Brutality Struggle
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.
Ferguson Police Profiling of Black People a Major Funding Source for City Budget
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.
In Ferguson, Money For Tanks And Tear Gas, But None For Education
rotesters in Ferguson are not backing down their call for justice for unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
“They Are All Michael Brown”: State Senator Defends Protesters Seeking Justice in Police Shooting
During the protests in Ferguson, one of the key voices calling for justice is Missouri State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal.
The Wanderer and Her Shadow
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.