Justice
December 19, 2014 -
George Stinney, Jr. did not receive fair trial in a murder case in the Jim Crow South, a judge says.
December 19, 2014 -
A new study finds that the racial wealth gap in the U.S. is at its widest in decades.
December 12, 2014 -
Staff members from the Fuerza del Valle Workers' Center in Texas are asking people to acknowledge workers in their communities -- and thank them for their contributions.
December 10, 2014 -
A CEO who has knowingly placed human lives in danger should be prosecuted as toughly as street criminals who do the same.
December 8, 2014 -
As the national debate over immigration rages on, some Southern mayors are taking steps to carry out the President's executive order protecting millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation -- even while most Southern states are suing to block the policy.
December 5, 2014 -
The August hanging death of a black teen in a small North Carolina town was quickly ruled a suicide, but the conclusion is being challenged by the victim's family and an independent pathologist hired by the N.C. NAACP. The incident is the latest in a disturbing series of hangings of black men that have some wondering whether lynchings have continued into the post-civil rights era.
November 25, 2014 -
Following President Obama's announcement of his plan to provide temporary relief from deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants, advocates across the South are preparing to support those eligible to apply for relief -- and to continue the fight for the millions more who will remain in the shadows.
