This week in Indigenous news: May 6-13
The Idle No More movement is being attacked and called "bacteria that spread across the country."
Discrimination against black students rampant in Louisiana school district
One black eighth-grader spent six days in juvenile detention after being arrested for throwing Skittles candy at another student.
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
Legislators aim to expand rights of undocumented Californians
State legislative leaders were joined here by immigrant rights advocates as they announced the "Immigrants Shape California" legislative package.
Public workers union moves conference as "Boycott Indiana" movement mushrooms
"The so-called Religious Freedom Restoration Act sets Indiana and our nation back decades in the struggle for civil rights."
In women's history month: Lesbian rabbi leads Reform Jewish profession
The Reform Jewish movement - Rabbi Eger's spiritual home since childhood - has traveled a long road toward recognizing and embracing same-sex relationships.
Anti-LGBT bills introduced in 28 states
So far this year 34 anti-LGBT bills in nine states have been defeated or failed to meet key legislative deadlines.
Today in women’s history: Happy birthday Dorothy Height
Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for 40 years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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.
Today in African-American history: Fifteenth amendment ratified
The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying citizens the right to vote based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
