Justice

September 15, 2009 - Alice Walker, Oprah Winfrey, and President Obama are pulled into local battle 

September 11, 2009 - By Cristina Fernandez-Pereda, New America Media

September 10, 2009 - Rep. Joe Wilson is getting his 15 minutes of national fame after bellowing "you lie!" during President Obama's health care address last night. But Wilson earned notoriety in his home state of South Carolina in the late 1990s when, as a state legislator, he was one of the staunchest defenders of flying the Confederate battle flag over the state capitol.

September 10, 2009 - Earlier this week, we reported that Forsyth County, N.C. District Attorney Tom Keith was being called on to resign after a newspaper quoted him as saying blacks were were instinctively more prone to violence than whites. It turns out Keith was misquoted -- but some community leaders who called for his resignation are still none too happy with what he actually said.

September 8, 2009 - By Antonio Ramírez, (reprinted from Wiretapmag.org)

September 8, 2009 - By Jordan Flaherty, The Louisiana Justice Institute

September 3, 2009 - A re-consecration ceremony was held this past weekend at a damaged Indian mound in Oxford, Ala.