Race and Civil Rights
October 21, 2009 -
The problem is that Durbin's bill and the House bill are not retroactive. The legislation doesn't require judges to take a second look at any of the sentences of those currently incarcerated for crack possession. This is not fair and it's not justice.
October 20, 2009 -
Decade
October 7, 2009 -
For at least 170 years, Isle de Jean Charles -- a narrow ridge of land lying between Bayou Terrebonne and Bayou Pointe-aux-Chene in southeastern Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish -- has been home to members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha tribe, native people related to the Choctaw and part of a larger
September 28, 2009 -
On Sept. 20, 2009, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) -- a leader of the civilrights movement who helped found the Institute for Southern Studies,
September 25, 2009 -
By Marcelo Ballvé, New America Media
September 24, 2009 -
A new study uses post-Katrina data to examine the wide and stark disparities in the life expectancy, educational attainment, and incomes of African Americans and whites in Louisiana.
