Racism and Self-Determination

Interview with Nate Hamilton: ‘My brother’s killing has opened my eyes’

Nate Hamilton and his family are still fighting for justice for Dontre Hamilton, who was shot 14 times and killed…

July 29, 2015

Oakland, Calif., vigil for Sandra Bland

Over a hundred people gathered at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on July 24 for a “Say Her Name”…

July 29, 2015

BLACK WOMEN’S LIVES MATTER

JUSTICE FOR SANDRA BLAND! As we go to press, Sandra Bland’s funeral on July 25 was attended by hundreds of…

July 28, 2015

Kindra Chapman: #Fight4HerName

In Alabama and nationwide, protests continue against the death in police custody of Kindra Darnell Chapman, a Black teenager who…

July 28, 2015

Bernie Sanders flunks first big test

At the Netroots Nation gathering of progressive political activists in Phoenix this mid-July, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders encountered the first…

July 28, 2015

Appeal filed for Rev. Pinkney

On July 6, a motion for bond pending appeal was filed in the case of Michigan political prisoner the Rev.…

July 23, 2015

Justice for Sandra Bland!

LYNCHED IN TEXAS JAIL Houston -- How can someone, whose only mistake is to forget to use her car’s turn…

July 23, 2015

Alabama: #JusticeForKindraChapman

In Alabama, a Black teenager has died in police custody under suspicious circumstances. Kindra Darnell Chapman, 18 years old, was…

July 23, 2015

Philadelphians march against police brutality

Twenty-two-year-old Tyree Carroll was stopped April 3 by Philadelphia police for riding his bicycle the wrong way on a one-way…

July 22, 2015

Justice for O’Shaine Evans

On July 18 in San Francisco, the families of O’Shaine Evans, Kenneth Harding Jr. and James Rivera held a “Celebration…

July 22, 2015