Colorado NAACP office vows vigilance after blast near office
Staff members at a Colorado NAACP office say they are waiting for more information before drawing conclusions about an explosion near their chapter.
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.
Marches against police killings sweep the nation
Led by mothers, fathers, and widows of African American men killed by white police officers, 50,000 protesters marched up Pennsylvania Avenue.
Miners' families hope for justice at coming trial
The disaster and the resulting deaths shocked the mining communities of Raleigh and Boone Counties and left the dead miners' families grieving.
Miners’ families welcome indictment of Massey Energy CEO Blankenship
A federal grand jury indicted the former Massey Energy CEO on numerous counts of conspiracy in the Apr. 2010 underground explosion that killed 29 men.
Brown autopsy results leaked, spun to favor police
The timing of the report along with emphasis on powder burns and marijuana use may suggest local official's tactics designed to undermine the grand jury's work prior to its completion.
Nurses: Ebola threat requires emergency presidential action
With concern escalating bout the threat of a wider Ebola outbreak, National Nurses United today called on Obama to "invoke his executive authority."
Nurses say U.S. hospitals not ready to tackle Ebola
As the Ebola crisis appears to grow more serious, some 4,000 nurses got on a national conference call sponsored by the NNU to discuss the response at their hospitals.
Why I am going to the People's Climate March
"The time to act is now, and the People's Climate March is a groundbreaking step in the right direction."
Coalition tells president racial injustice underlies Michael Brown killing
Michael Brown is only the latest in a long list of black men and boys who have died under eerily similar circumstances.
