Justice
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Rev. Jackson; champion of voting rights for all -- except Saharawis? Stirring statements on the sanctity of voting rights flowed from President Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and…
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Farmer organizations, indigenous groups, trade unions and other civil society organizations, under the umbrella of Our Land Our Business, call World Bank’s…
Jeffrey Williams: Subjected to old-South type interrogation lawyer claims? A lawyer for Jeffrey Williams, the 20-year-old man who was arrested and charged with shooting and wounding two police…
Driving the dark highway to Selma, Ala., I met forgotten heroes of the voting rights movement. It was the night before President Barack Obama’s arrival. I was driving…
Darren Wilson -- Michael Brown's killer; triggered Ferguson disasters This week as protests continue, against yet another police killing of an unarmed Black boy in Wisconsin, two police…
Jackson's departure comes way too late Two police officers reportedly were shot and wounded Thursday morning after a night of protest outside the Ferguson Police Department where demonstrators…
While the in-your-face 'No Blacks Allowed' sign may be gone, columnist says mass of African Americans not doing better On March 7, President Obama stood in Selma, Alabama…
John Lewis, now a member of Congress, being bloodied On March 7, 1965, more than 600 civil rights demonstrators attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,…
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES Edmund Pettus Bridge Selma, Alabama It is a rare honor in this life to…
Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson A Corrupt Cesspool of Racism This week, the Justice Department in a report found that the Ferguson Police Department engaged in a “pattern…
