Mother of 27-year-old Navy vet: Virginia Beach police “executed my baby”
Gina Best said there are no words to describe her devastating grief after her daughter was shot and killed in a hail of bullets.
Adios Anita! Chicago challenges state’s attorney’s lack of transparency
In the midst of the bureaucratic uproar, citizens are gearing up to vote at the Cook County State's Attorney election on March 15.
South Carolina voters want to reverse damage by GOP state government
South Carolinians desperately need better paying jobs, more accessible health care and better schools, but Governor Haley is using a $400 million surplus for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Angela and Fania Davis on the radical work of healing
Angela Davis and her sister Fania Davis were working for social justice before many of today's activists were born.
Young black activists are in it for the long haul
Featuring a network of young leaders, use of technology, and a focus on system-wide change, the Movement for Black Lives represents a politically important moment in civil rights organizing.
Students to Gov. Rauner: "Do your damn job"
CSU students, faculty, alumns, and community gathered around the Thompson Center where many state offices are located to protest the state's budget impasse.
Race or class: Must Bernie choose?
Is Sanders' greatest weakness his campaign's limited addressing of race? Or is he being unfairly targeted for taking on economic injustice?
Texas grand jury clears Planned Parenthood, indicts accusers
A grand jury cleared a Planned Parenthood clinic charged with profiting from the sale of fetal tissue, but it indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, the two behind the charges.
This week in history: Louis D. Brandeis nominated to Supreme Court
His nomination was bitterly contested and denounced by conservative Republicans.
Boston's MLK march unites movements for economic and racial justice
"As we commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the fight for economic and racial justice continues."
