Black scientists face discrimination in health funding
Black, Latino and Asian scientists face discrimination in research grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health.
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.
The kids aren't all right, new report shows
The recession hasn't been good for anyone, but children have been especially hard hit says a new report by the Children's Defense Fund.
NAACP: Over a century of struggle
Since its founding 102 years ago, the NAACP has been at the forefront in the fight for civil rights and social justice for African Americans and all working people.
NAACP calls for end to "war on drugs"
The NAACP put forth a resolution publically calling an end to the failed 40-year drug war, started in 1971 at the behest of President Nixon.
NAACP confronts new Jim Crow racism
Vote suppression and denying ex-felons the right to vote are the new Jim Crow laws of the 21st century, says NAACP leader.
Coal pollution killing poor, people of color, NAACP charges
More than 8 million people live within three miles of a coal power plant, and those people are disproportionately poor or people of color.
Chicago top cop links gun policy to racism
Chicago's top cop says current gun policies facilitate illegal gun trafficking, and equal "government-sponsored racism."
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.
In Uganda and America, pleas to save mothers' lives
Hundreds demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court, asking it to declare that Ugandan mothers dying in childbirth represent a violation of the right to life.
