Human Rights

September 25, 2007 - The National Lawyers Guild -- the nation's first racially integrated bar association -- today called for the immediate release of Mychal Bell, one of the six black Louisiana high school students who have come to be known as the "Jena 6." The Guild also called fo

September 22, 2007 - With Jena on the media radar, NPR did a story this week about the larger issue of re-segregation of U.S. schools.

September 15, 2007 - It's just now making the national Big Media radar, but the case of the Jena 6 -- the African-American youth facing trumped-up charges for a schoolyard fight in rural Louisiana -- has been steadily capturing attention across the country in recent months.

September 12, 2007 - Daryl Holton, a 47 year old Gulf War veteran said to possibly be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, was executed by the State of Tennessee early this morning at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.

September 5, 2007 - We have reported here

August 15, 2007 - A bullet pierced the window of KPFT, a Pacifica station in Houston, early Monday morning, Democracy Now reports. The bullet missed DJ Mary Thomas, who was hosting a zydeco music show at the time, by less than two feet.

August 15, 2007 - Racism and Resistance: The Struggle to Free The Jena Six By Jordan Flaherty Guest Blogger

July 27, 2007 - Earlier this week we brought you an update on the Jena 6, a case involving six black teens who are facing lengthy prison sentences for standing up to racism at their small-town Louisiana high school.

July 26, 2007 - Facing South contributor Bill Quigley recently brought us the shocking story of a group of African-American teens who are facing harsh criminal penalties for lashing out against racist terrorism in Jena, La.

June 30, 2007 - A driving message coming from the 10,000+ activists assembled at the U.S. Social Forum is that our country needs a new kind of politics.