Civil Rights & Social Justice
Ohio lawmakers have introduced a bill that could restrict crowdfunding for individuals charged with violent crimes. House Bill 505 aims to extend the state’s existing “Son of Sam” law to online platforms. What the Bill Proposes The legislation, sponsored by Republican Reps. Cindy Abrams and Mike Odioso from Hamilton County, requires crowdfunding sites to update […]
NAACP's historic civil rights victories, from The Crisis magazine to modern voting rights advocacy, have shaped America's progress.
Video posted to Facebook shows multiple ICE agents tackling a man and dragging him to the ground, beating and subsequently shooting him.
Once again, our right to fair representation and exercise of political power hangs in the balance as the Supreme Court considers the future of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and social justice activist and organizer, was arrested along with two others for Sunday's protest.
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.
Renee Nicole Good wasn’t a rioter, nor a terrorist, and she didn’t run anyone over. She was a mother of three, a poet, and didn’t deserve to die.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an apparent protest against the ICE crackdown.
Ohio lawmakers have recently called for inspections at a county jail. This action follows accusations of serving “warden burgers” as punishment. Background on the Controversy In Butler County, Ohio, Sheriff Richard Jones introduced the “warden burger” policy. This meal serves as discipline for inmates in isolation. For example, offenders eat the same burger three times […]