Protecting Our Precious Right to Vote
On Sunday, it was an honor and privilege to stand alongside Rep. John Lewis and so many other civil rights heroes as we marched over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. It was only 48 years ago that Rep. Lewis led this march as a civil rights leader and risked his own [...]
Justice Department Defends Giving Banksters Immunity From Prosecution
The Justice Department has taken strong criticism for failing to prosecute the Wall Street criminals who engineered the global economic recession. As most people know by now, Wall Street speculators helped create a housing bubble using sub-prime loans, made billions from the loans, then left a huge financial mess for average American taxpayers to clean [...]
Producer of Anti-Muslim Film Was Once a Snitch for the Feds
by Yvette Carnell Until now, it’s been hard, almost impossible, to get to the bottom of who is behind the anti-Islam film that reportedly sparked the attack on American embassies in Egypt and Lebanon. But now that the layers are being peeled away, we’re learning that the webbing is curious, and actually involves the U.S. [...]
Federal Court Blocks Texas Voter I.D. Law on Grounds It Violates Voting Rights Act
A federal court has ruled that Texas’s voter I.D. law violates Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and was “enacted for discriminatory purposes.” The Texas law, adopted in 2011, requires that voters show one of six forms of I.D. before being allowed to vote. The court found that the law would “fall most heavily [...]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement in Discrimination Case Where Black Youth Were Banned From Swimming Pool
On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it has reached a settlement with the Valley Swim Club. The Pennsylvania club was accused of discriminating against black children because of their race in 2009. The day camp Creative Steps had purchases passes which allowed children to swim at the pool during the summer, but once [...]
Mississippi Runs ‘School to Prison’ Pipeline for African-American and Disabled Students
The U.S. Department of Justice has found that officials in Mississippi operate a “school to prison” pipeline by jailing students for minor disciplinary infractions, thus violating the juvenile’s constitutional rights. According to the Justice Department, the students most impacted by this pipeline are African-American students and students with disabilities. If the counties where this pipeline operates [...]
1 in 13 Blacks Can’t Vote Due to Felony Convictions
Several Republican ran states, such as Florida, have begun massive voter purges. These purges are being fought by the Justice Department, but less is said about the methodical and disproportionate process in which blacks are disenfranchised because many have felony convictions. According to The Times Picayune: One in every 40 adults – and one in every [...]
In His First Interview Since Contempt Vote, Holder Says Republicans Targeting Him Over Voter Suppression
In his first interview since being held in contempt of Congress, Eric Holder says that’s he’s being attacked because of his work to end voter suppression. He also says that he’s being used as a proxy for President Obama. Meaning,since Republicans can’t get to Obama, they view Holder as the next best thing. From The Washington [...]
AG Eric Holder Won’t be Prosecuted For Contempt Charge
The White House and the Department of Justice have made it crystal clear: Attorney General Eric Holder won’t be criminally prosecuted based on the contempt of Congress vote leveled by the House. President Obama’s assertion of executive privilege upended any hope Republicans had for a criminal prosecution. A letter Friday from the Justice Department to [...]
Protecting Our Precious Right to Vote
On Sunday, it was an honor and privilege to stand alongside Rep. John Lewis and so many other civil rights heroes as we marched over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. It was only 48 years ago that Rep. Lewis led this march as a civil rights leader and risked his own [...]
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