The police story of this murder was a lie
We need a system change here and it's not going to happen unless we, the people make it happen.
Has feminism become a new four-letter word?
Women in the media spotlight have gone on record, for a variety of reasons, refusing to be associated with the word or the movement.
Julian Bond: in the footsteps of Robeson, Du Bois
Julian had faith in the courage of people to fight for justice and equality, and was pleased to do his bit, but he never saw himself as a great leader; that made him one.
Julian Bond, civil rights leader, dies at 75
Julian Bond's life traced the arc of the civil rights movement, from his efforts as a militant young man to the top leadership post at the NAACP.
Sandra Bland had the right to say "no"
Some day organized dissent will change the system that allows cases like that of Sandra Bland to occur; let's make that day happen sooner rather than later.
Charleston, the Republican right, and the lessons of Martin Luther King
Few people are claiming that there was anything random or mysterious about the brutal murder of nine innocent African American people in Charleston.
Confederate flag, like the swastika, has no place in our future
What is behind "Stars and Bars," Calhoun Streets and Robert E. Lee statues-lynchings and mass incarceration, police bullying and murder of African Americans.
A monumental contradiction
Washington, D.C., memorials invariably quote some of the masterpieces of our heritage, a reminder of the values that ground the American experiment in democracy.
Obama uses N-Word to make point about not using N-Word?
It is a matter of recognizing and struggling against racism in all of its various forms, particularly its institutional features.
Indiana "religious freedom" bill: bad for state and my family
"It appalls me that our legislators used my tax dollars to create, lobby for, and now defend a law that opens the door for discrimination against gays and lesbians."
