A civil rights trial against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-styled “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” began today in which Arpaio and his department stand accused of racial profiling Latinos in Maricopa County. The class-action suit, which started with a complaint by… Read More ›
Texas rangers have released a new sketch of the man suspected of shooting a young woman in the head and murdering her girlfriend while the two were on a date in a public park last month. Mary Kristene Chapa, 18,… Read More ›
A controversial pastor’s conference welcoming only “white Christians” is underway in Lamar County, Ala., upsetting residents of the nearby town of Winfield in the western part of the state. Christian Identity Ministries is holding a three-day conference for so-called “white… Read More ›
Today is the 4th of July, a holiday celebrated all over the nation as the date of American Independence from the British crown. I was considering burning an American flag to protest US foreign policy, imperial aggression, indigenous holocaust, sponsorship… Read More ›
Investigators on Wednesday were still trying to determine a motive for the killing of a teenage woman and the wounding of her girlfriend in a shooting at a South Texas park that has caught the attention of gay rights groups…. Read More ›
For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece in The New Republic wasn’t sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been “making everything up.”… Read More ›
Muslims sue to stop NYPD surveillance Eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist… Read More ›
(CNN) — An election-year Democratic measure designed to ensure that women don’t face pay discrimination was blocked Tuesday by Republicans who complained that the bill was politically inspired and would reward trial lawyers at the expense of employers. The motion,… Read More ›
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that it will not review a three-judge panel’s decision to overturn California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. Following this ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Proposition 8 proponents plan… Read More ›
Anna Brown wasn’t leaving the emergency room quietly. She yelled from a wheelchair at St. Mary’s Health Center security personnel and Richmond Heights police officers that her legs hurt so badly she couldn’t stand. She had already been to two… Read More ›
A new feature film documentary is winning festival awards and garnering national attention for its in-depth focus on the thousands of women raped every year within the U.S. military. The makers of “The Invisible War” solicited personal stories from victims… Read More ›
MIAMI (AP) — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked into jail after having his bail revoked two days earlier. Zimmerman’s legal team said in… Read More ›
Once again another young Black man has been shot and killed, under highly questionable circumstances, by a representative of law enforcement. Also once again, African Americans and our allies fear that justice will not be served on the perpetrator. Unfortunately,… Read More ›
Fla. woman Marissa Alexander gets 20 years for “warning shot”: Did she stand her ground? (CBS) – Last Friday, Jacksonville mother Marissa Alexander was sentenced by a Florida judge to 20 years in prison for firing what she says was… Read More ›
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s shooter must return to jail, a judge ordered Friday in a strongly worded ruling that said George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain bond in a case… Read More ›
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