Zimmerman verdict becomes rallying point for social justice action
"If anything good is to come, this is the time to build a movement," said national NAACP spokesman Eric Wingerter this weekend as his organization gathered for its national convention.
Juneteenth: Recognizing neighborhood heroes and heroines
The community gathered to celebrate Juneteenth and to honor more than a dozen people from the neighborhood whose everyday activities make all the difference.
Immigration reform threatened in the House
This week, immigration reform advocates face some of their biggest hurdles ever.
Stop and Frisk: What Mayor Bloomberg really thinks
Mayor Bloomberg tried to defend his position supporting the NYPD's massive stop-and-frisk program directed against minority youth.
Supporters urge passage of “way overdue” immigration reform
"The sky didn't fall when I won my legal status during the last immigration reform of 1986 and the sky will not fall when we pass this immigration reform."
U.S. Supreme Court won’t rehear California’s Prop. 8
"Millions of Californians will be able to marry the person they love - with all the rights and responsibilities that go along with it."
Supreme Court rules same sex marriage ban unconstitutional
In a historic ruling for gay rights, the Supreme Court today struck down DOMA, a 1996 law blocking federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
Huge crowd pledges to fight for MLK's 'Dream'
Fifty years after Dr. King first gave his "I Have a Dream Speech" to 100,000 in this city, a diverse sea of people again flooded a two-mile stretch of Woodward Ave, Detroit's main thoroughfare.
Immigration debate begins in Senate as calls to end deportations grow
President Obama insisted the "moment is now" to give 11 million immigrants in the U.S. without documents a chance at citizenship.
Senate judiciary committee approves immigration bill
The bill was supported by a bipartisan group of eight senators (the "Gang of Eight").
