The Jan. 1, 2009 headlines said: “22-year-old, unarmed black man fatally shot by BART police.” For too many Americans, it was just another example
Category: Civil Rights
Voting rights watch: NC Repubs push harsh new voting restrictions
North Carolina Republicans are not hiding the fact that newly proposed [2013] voting restrictions are aimed at making it harder for Democrats to vote.
Asparagus disparity: Mountain, molehill or symbol of racial inequality?
In the national response to the Zimmerman trial, at rallies across the country, we hear from the bullhorns the outrage over police profiling minorities
Why is Medicaid a state program?
We repeatedly hear that this state or that state is cutting back on Medicaid eligibility and benefits. For most progressives, it’s insulting. For anyone
The war on reproductive rights: A roundup of political cartoons
More than 40 years after Roe v. Wade, the war on reproductive rights continues–in fact, it has escalated. State legislators, as well as Congressional
Voting rights watch: 6 states that just couldn’t wait
Well, that didn’t take long. Within days of the Supreme Court’s decision to kill the longstanding, pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act, six
The gap between what’s legal and what’s just
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan recently wrote a piece about how a cross engraved on the pitcher’s mound at Busch Stadium “gave him
Time to stand up for democracy in America
Like many of you, I’ve despaired recently and wondered if we really are the end of the best years of American democracy. A cabal
Zimmerman not-guilty verdict: Commentary by political cartoonists
When a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, sending justice back to the drawing board, that’s exactly where political
Militarized police force: No longer just a threat, it’s here
Judging from the two excerpts published so far on Salon.com, Radley Balko’s new book, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police