Justice
August 15, 2007 -
A bullet pierced the window of KPFT, a Pacifica station in Houston, early Monday morning, Democracy Now reports. The bullet missed DJ Mary Thomas, who was hosting a zydeco music show at the time, by less than two feet.
August 15, 2007 -
Racism and Resistance: The Struggle to Free The Jena Six By Jordan Flaherty Guest Blogger
July 27, 2007 -
Earlier this week we brought you an update on the Jena 6, a case involving six black teens who are facing lengthy prison sentences for standing up to racism at their small-town Louisiana high school.
July 26, 2007 -
Facing South contributor Bill Quigley recently brought us the shocking story of a group of African-American teens who are facing harsh criminal penalties for lashing out against racist terrorism in Jena, La.
June 30, 2007 -
A driving message coming from the 10,000+ activists assembled at the U.S. Social Forum is that our country needs a new kind of politics.
June 22, 2007 -
Over at DailyKos, MeteorBlades -- one of my favorite bloggers -- offers an insightful account of the murders of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner,
May 2, 2007 -
Paul Kiel at TPM Muckraker has an interesting article about the timing of indictments against the Missouri chapter of ACORN involving alleged "voter registration fraud":