With #ICantBreathe, new movement for justice inspires
In response to the police murders of Brown and Garner and the failure of grand juries to return indictments, a new movement for justice has emerged.
Marches against police killings sweep the nation
Led by mothers, fathers, and widows of African American men killed by white police officers, 50,000 protesters marched up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Calif. legislature will consider health coverage for undocumented
A bill to extend health coverage to all Californians regardless of their immigration status will be among items California's new legislature will consider.
The CIA backstory needs to be remembered
As the debate on the Feinstein Committee's torture report continues, we need to remember the "backstory."
UN officials demand prosecutions for U.S. torture
All senior U.S. officials and CIA agents who authorized or carried out torture like waterboarding must be prosecuted, top U.N. officials said Wednesday.
Foreign policy intrigue: Why Obama got rid of Chuck Hagel
If you haven't been following the news, Hagel announced his resignation from the top civilian Pentagon post on Nov. 24, reportedly at Obama's request.
"I can't breathe" march on Washington to protest police killings
The storm will hit this week when eight mothers of unarmed Black men killed by police will testify Dec. 10 in a House hearing sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
Miners' families hope for justice at coming trial
The disaster and the resulting deaths shocked the mining communities of Raleigh and Boone Counties and left the dead miners' families grieving.
Protesters hit School of the Americas “training” center
The procession of about 1,000 included street theater, giant parade puppets, and musicians and ended at the stage set at the gates of the base.
Don’t Shoot Coalition condemns police targeting of movement leaders
The Don't Shoot Coalition condemned what it says is the retaliatory arrest of Rasheen Aldridge, a youth leader and member of the Ferguson Commission.
