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Lede Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the DOJ will conduct a civil rights investigation in the death of Alex Pretti.
A nationwide “economic blackout” is being staged on Friday, as more state officials take action to end ICE cooperation and hold agents accountable.
The Trump admin wants to reset the standards by which we judge our very reality by rolling back civil rights protections and enforcement.
Revolutionary freedom fighter Angela Davis has had plenty to say -- and write -- about Black feminism and prison abolitionism.
Law enforcement leaders say ICE has violated the civil rights of U.S. citizens, citing incidents in which they have pulled guns on off-duty police officers of color, demanding proof of citizenship.
It’s a question that immediately raises a deeper historical one. Not just whether white participation ever existed, but what it actually meant, and what people imagine it would mean now.
When Claudette Colvin left this world on January 13th, with her went a library, a recipe box, and a curriculum we still don't understand how to follow.
Dr. King’s dream was not an invitation to complacency; it was a call to arms of the spirit. A call to organize, to resist, to transform.
Few ever grapple with the true crux of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work and the clarion call he and others had for jobs and justice.
Keith Porter Jr. was killed by an off-duty ICE agenton New Year’s Eve at his apartment complex in the Los Angeles area.
As the holiday quickly approaches, tap in to some ways that you can make a difference, whether big or small, to honor a legend's dream.
PREA is a federal law that mandates safety, dignity, and accountability for incarcerated people, but its enforcement is being quietly rolled back.