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.
Mayors hear biased view of California court decision vs. teacher tenure
There is an answer to public education's poor performance: money; we will have to pay for it, just as we pay for a massive military budget.
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.
A second look at FDR’s “Second Bill of Rights”
In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing to run for a fourth term, proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" for post World War II U.S.
Freddie Gray, burning Baltimore and constitutional rights
While in police custody, Freddie Gray's spine was "80 percent severed at the neck."
Judge recognizes personhood of chimpanzee plaintiff
A large variety of species show a propensity for mutually supportive social behavior, few more than chimpanzees and other apes and monkeys.
Indigenous people walk off set of Adam Sandler film "Ridiculous Six"
Reducing a whole group of people down to stereotypes further dehumanizes Native people.
