When Laverne I. and her husband were stopped by the NYPD while simply walking down the street, she asked one of the officers for his badge number as they began to search her husband’s pockets. The...
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Originally posted on Huffington Post . Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump made no secret of his hostility toward movements that have drawn attention to police violence, challenged the...
To mark the 23rd of the month, invoking the 23 hours per day that prisoners spend isolated in special housing units, activists throughout California are taking action to bring attention to prison...
Arkansas’ horror show continued last night with the first double execution carried out in the state since September 1999, of Jack Harold Jones and Marcel Williams. [1] No state had performed a double...
CCR’s offices will be closed on Monday, May 1. But we’re not taking a day off from our commitment to social justice . Monday, May 1, is May Day – International Workers’ Day – an official holiday in...
Though it feels like it’s been an eternity already, tomorrow marks Donald Trump’s 100 th day in office. After his inauguration, he wasted no time trying to implement the bigoted, regressive, and...
As analyses of the first months of the Trump administration continue, let’s reflect on how much control the corporate sector now has within major areas of the U.S. Government. Let’s survey the scene...
The Muslim and refugee bans are back in the courts this week. The resistance is ready. On January 27th and again on March 6th , the Trump Administration issued executive orders that barred travel...
Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, who is leading an investigation into his campaign’s collusion with the Russian government, is a dark moment in American history. World history is replete...