New attacks on voting rights in Alabama
Alabama has developed new ways to prevent African Americans from voting.
Anti-transgender violence crisis: Murders on the rise
Although this year has garnered an increase in transgender visibility, murders and violence against transgender people are on the rise.
Alabama’s new Jim Crow far from subtle
In Alabama, 50 years after Selma, voting rights are once more under assault.
“SlutWalk” in Los Angeles causes controversy
"I can wear whatever I want, but it still doesn't mean that I want to have sex with you or I'm asking for it."
Today in history: Jesse Jackson is born
Born on this date in 1941 in Greenville, S.C., he is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, politician, and columnist.
