As the Brown grand jury hears evidence, are its white and black members even hearing the same thing? Many studies suggest: probably not.
This is the year in which we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Bill.
This essay, which originally appeared on TomDispatch, is excerpted from the first chapter of Patrick Cockburn’s new book
Representative Paul Ryan’s response to the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri, police was fairly straightforward: say nothing, do nothing.
“It keep saying ‘no network error’. We had a foreign reporter on the roof with us and she wasn’t able to get a signal on her cell phone. And people on the ground were saying ‘I can’t tweet out.’”
A volunteer with DreamDefenders.org, a racial justice group, is arrested in Ferguson, MO.
President Obama is definitely “into” Africa. As much as possible in a world riven by multiple crises, the president has made the continent a focus of his policy making.
A few days after 18-year-old Mike Brown was gunned down in Ferguson, Missouri, White House officials enlisted an unusual
Americans are sick of politics. Only 13 percent approve of the job Congress is doing, a near record low. The President’s approval ratings are also in the basement.
The scene in Ferguson, Mo., is certainly an unusual one, especially given how rare it is to see such unrest on American streets.
The tear-gas, rubber bullets and smoke bombs fired in Ferguson, Missouri have fed outrage over police militarization in the U.S.
A lot has been said about the recent events in Ferguson. It’s all-too-clear we’re dealing with a significant event in America’s history, and perhaps a trigger that could kick-start a new anti-racism movement.