Baltimore United for Change takes root
As Freddie Gray lay dying in Maryland Shock Trauma Center, a group of activists was planning to curb police brutality in Baltimore.
Five months after Tamir Rice died, sheriff says investigation continues
Cleveland police are noted for being among the most brutal and incompetent police forces in the country.
Antidotes to inequality — time for some $58,000 traffic tickets?
The protests that followed last year's deadly Ferguson police shooting have revealed how local courts are gouging poor people on fines for minor offenses.
Death at the hands of the police - this time in Baltimore
No city, town or hamlet can any longer feel immune from the devastating news that, once again, a Black man's life has been taken by the police
Family of Tamir Rice launches petition for justice
"My 12-year-old cousin Tamir Rice was tragically shot to death by Cleveland police on November 22, 2014."
Calls grow for investigation into Chicago's Homan Sq. 'Gestapo tactics'
Danny Davis and Richard Boykin join a chorus of voices demanding justice over the "CIA or Gestapo tactics" discovered at Homan Square.
U.S.: Ferguson police routinely discriminated against African Americans
An investigation released today finds sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department.
People lobby for police accountability bill filed in Maryland state legislature
It's a sign of the effectiveness of protests that have occurred here - as well as nationwide - against police killings of unarmed African Americans.
Oakland town hall demands end to police violence
Ending the longstanding reality of unpunished police violence against black and brown men was the topic Dec. 17 at a town hall meeting.
Athletes join growing movement for racial justice
"This issue as I see it - police killings as a symptom of the systematic and historical devaluing of black lives - seemed too big to ignore."
