VIDEO: After Mass Hunger Strikes and Lawsuits, Prisoners Force California to Scale Back Solitary...
A legal settlement that may have major implications in prisons nationwide has claimed victory for prisoners' rights. California has agreed to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement.
A woman died after being told it would be a ‘crime’ to intervene in...
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care.
Florida law throws voter rights restoration into chaos
The new law makes it impossible for returning citizens to know whether they are eligible to vote.
Insulated from the truth
In 1933, soon after Hitler's ascent to power, the British ambassador to Germany made this assertion: "I have the impression that the...
“A victory for the people of Puerto Rico”: Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns following mass...
Celebrations were held throughout the night in Puerto Rico after Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced he would resign, following 12 days of mass...
Capitulation at Columbia
That Columbia made such a choice is nothing short of astounding, given that its past two years of capitulations to the Trump administration have rested upon the school’s promise to protect its Jewish students and staff from antisemitism.
South Carolina Removes Confederate Flag. Can It Remove Spiritual Illness of Racial Discrimination?
South Carolina has voted to remove the Confederate Flag. But in a state riddled with injustice and racial difference, this is just the first step to what is going to be a long road.
Repress U., class of 2024
How to build a Homeland Security campus in seven more steps.
We remember Tiananmen, the 30th anniversary of the pro-democracy protests
“This year, we remember their brave efforts in the face of violence and fight for a new generation to learn and to never forget.”
How the Disney boycott beat the FCC’s censorship push
Jimmy Kimmel's censorship seemed like a done deal, but then millions acted quickly, strategically and together for a significant movement win.