Protecting The Vote In 2016: Support Transformative Justice Coalition Today
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Tamir Rice Debacle: Why Should Black People Trust “Judicial” System?
Where is a child safe if not in a playground? We are again troubled with the news that a police officer --Tim Loehmann-- will not be indicted for…
New York Protest Of Non-Indictment In Tamir Rice Case
Leaders of the movement to stop murder by police condemned Monday's news that a Cleveland, Ohio, grand jury declined to indict two officers for killing 12-year- old Tamir…
Tamir Rice: Rev. Sharpton “Appalled” As Ohio Fails To Indict Officer Loehmann In Killing
Officer LoehmannThe Reverend Al Sharpton in a statement has sharply denounced the decision by a grand jury in Ohio not to return an indictment against the police officer…
Claims: New York City Using A Fake Map To Steal Queen’s Homeowner’s Private Land
Kris Gounden. Photo: Nate Adams New York City is using a phony map to justify an arrest for blocking an alleged public street. Ironically, the action provides the…
With No Community Ties, Police Forces Are Occupiers
Relations between police and the communities they occupy cannot improve as long as officers have no ethnic or other emotional bonds with the people being policed. The catholic…
2015 — The Year Of #BlackLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Laquan McDonald. Sandra Bland. Walter Scott. Rekia Boyd. Tamir Rice. Most Americans have at least heard their names, and the stories of how…
2016 Supreme Court Rulings Could Reverse Clock On Education, Socio-Political Justice
On Fisher v. University of Texas Justice Scalia's has already shown his leaning The 2016 Presidential election still is more than 10 months off, but already it promises…
From The Archives: Student Power At forefront of U.S. Social Justice Movements
William Strickland at the 2013 Left Forum College students were an integral part of the popular upheaval of the 1960s. Beginning with the lunch counter sit-ins one month…
Blacks Thrive Intellectually In Elite Universities: Justice Scalia’s Flawed Rationale
Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is under fire for remarks suggesting that that African-Americans belong at “a less-advanced school, a less -- a slower-track…