The war in Newark, 1967
I sat for two hours copying word for word the reports of the gunshot wounds that ultimately killed 26 people in Newark. Most of them died from gunshot wounds in the back.
Chicago activists: Ending police crimes is fight for democracy
Alton Logan spent 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, because evidence exonerating him was concealed by officers of the Chicago Police Department.
Angela Davis speaks to 2,000 at Michigan rally
A standing room only crowd of nearly 2000 people welcomed renowned activist and scholar Angela Davis to Detroit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her acquittal.
In San Francisco, controversy swirls around stop-and-frisk
The controversy erupted when Mayor Ed Lee made it known he was thinking about stop-and frisk for this city.
New Yorkers protest "stop and frisk"
Some 300 organizations joined together in a show of solidarity over the New York Police Department's "stop and frisk" policy.
600 percent increase in racial stop-and-frisk policing in NY
Over 684.000 people were subjected to the New York Police Department's aggressive tactics in 2011, a 14 percent increase over the previous year.
Police torture victims continue to seek justice, freedom
Mayor Richard M. Daley can be sued as a defendant in a lawsuit filed over decades-old allegations of police torture and a citywide conspiracy to cover it up.
Mississippi is still burning, vicious murder shows
This crime, tragic and vile as it is, seems to only be the latest example of long-standing racism that appears to permeate Mississippi to the core.
Black Panther Party founder urges coalition building and “community control”
Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale spoke to an eager crowd of nearly 100 listeners representing an array of political organizations in the region.
Protests greet release of Oscar Grant's killer
Hundreds marched peacefully to protest the release from prison of Johannes Mehserle, former BART police officer who killed passenger Oscar Grant III, after Mehserle had served just one year in prison.
