Justice
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.
June 22, 2007 -
Over at DailyKos, MeteorBlades -- one of my favorite bloggers -- offers an insightful account of the murders of civil rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner,
May 2, 2007 -
Paul Kiel at TPM Muckraker has an interesting article about the timing of indictments against the Missouri chapter of ACORN involving alleged "voter registration fraud":
May 1, 2007 -
A new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, "Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2005," says that while the number of citizens of all races stopped or searched by law enforcement has dropped since 2002, minorities are still more likely than whites to be searched, arrested, and/or have force used against them.
April 25, 2007 -
The U.S. House of Representatives last month passed H.R. 1227, a measure that would reopen minimally damaged New Orleans public housing units closed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The bill has now moved to the Senate, but Louisiana's Sens.
April 5, 2007 -
The recent scandal and cover up surrounding fired U.S. Attorneys who turned out to not be "loyal Bushies" highlights a growing concern about the Justice Department's enforcement of civil rights.
