African Americans Are Still Treated as Second-Class Citizens By the Law
The infamous Dred Scott Supreme Court ruling once denied African Americans any and all rights as human beings. Has anything changed?
Mother’s Day is Another Day to Struggle for Justice When Your Child is Behind Bars
An emerging grassroots, family-based movement, sustained by the love of mothers across the nation, reminds us that mothers are leaders as well as nurturers, teachers as well as advocates.
Views Roundup with IPS – Immigration Reform, Trayvon Martin, Inequality, Edward Snowden, more
A weekly roundup of what IPS personalities are talking about.
ALEC’s Comeuppance
Not only have the people rebelled, they’ve also organized and mobilized.
Let’s Protect Children, Not Guns
If Congress passed stronger gun laws and closed loopholes, it would save lives.
Breathing While Black
Strip searches are now legal after arrests for violating leash laws or riding a bicycle without an audible bell.
Crime Watch
What really happened to Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.
Riding on the Wrong Track
Stop the world; I want to get off.