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The GOP’s Position on Immigration is Farcical, Extreme, and an Anchor Around its Neck

August 25, 2015 2016 Election Discrimination Elections Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Partisan Fighting Policy Political Primary Racism Republicans Tea Party Undocumented Immigration 2 Comments

5 Strategies Police Apologists Use to Protect Officers after a Killing and Minimize the Deaths of Black Victims

August 6, 2015 BlackLivesMatter Civil Rights Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Media Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 5 Comments

Since the Charlestown Massacre, a Black Church has been Burned Every Two Days in the Old Confederacy

July 1, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Criminal Justice Discrimination Domestic Terrorism extremism Inequality Law and Order Racism Tea Party Terrorism 4 Comments

Removing the Confederate Flag from Statehouses is Good but Ending the Slavery that it Represents is More Important

June 29, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police State Prison Private Prisons Racism Republicans 35 Comments

SCOTUS Prepares to Rule on Three Massive Cases: ObamaCare, Racial Disparate Impact, and Gay Rights

June 17, 2015 14th Amendment Civil Rights Discrimination extremism gay rights Health Policy Inequality Obama ObamaCare Racism Supreme Court 2 Comments

The Little-Known SCOTUS Case that Could Lead to a 21st Century 3/5 Compromise

June 3, 2015 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Disenfranchisement Legal Injustice Police Prison Racism Supreme Court Voter Disenfranchisement Voting Voting Rights 3 Comments

The Silence of the NRA on the Bryant Heyward Police Shooting is Deafening

May 15, 2015 2nd Amendment Black Lives Matter Conservative Criminal Justice Discrimination extremism Gun Control guns nra Racism 3 Comments

Executive Buys Badge from Tulsa PD, Accidentally Executes Citizen after Confusing his Gun and his Taser

April 15, 2015 Corruption Criminal Justice Inequality Money in Politics Police Police Brutality Racism 6 Comments

DHS Shutdown Looms, GOP Remains Intransigent

February 24, 2015 Defense Policy extremism Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Law and Order National Security Partisan Fighting Republicans Undocumented Immigration 6 Comments

2014: The Year We Wish Could Be Redone

January 2, 2015 2014 Election Bush Civil Rights Criminal Justice Defense Policy Discrimination Ebola Health Policy ISIS Law and Order Media Net Neutrality Partisan Fighting Police Brutality Terrorism Torture Voting 6 Comments

NYPD Officers Assassinated by New Yorker in Revenge for Eric Garner’s Murder

December 22, 2014 Criminal Justice Law and Order Police Police Brutality 1 Comment

No Justice for NYPD Chokehold Victim Eric Garner

December 4, 2014 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Racism 2 Comments

Justice System Inequalities Perfectly Illustrated in the Michael Brown Shooting

December 2, 2014 Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality 44 Comments

Ferguson Prosecutor Throws Grand Jury Case, Lets Michael Brown’s Killer Walk

November 25, 2014 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Law and Order Police Police Brutality Racism 37 Comments

The 2014 Election Disaster: What Now

November 5, 2014 2014 Election democracy Democrats Economics Elections Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Republicans 48 Comments

Maher and Harris Kick the Politically Correct Hornet’s Nest in Debate over Islam

November 3, 2014 Bill Maher extremism gay rights gender equality Media Racism Religion in Politics Terrorism 6 Comments

Comparing the Damage from Voter Fraud and Voter Disenfranchisement

October 7, 2014 2014 Election Civil Rights Conservative Elections Supreme Court Voter Disenfranchisement Voting Voting Rights 2 Comments

Eric Holder Resigns (Kind of): What will His Legacy be?

September 29, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination DOJ Domestic Surveillance Drones Drug War Obama Police Voting Rights 2 Comments

Understanding Privilege in America Today

September 8, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination gender equality Inequality Law and Order pay gap privilege Racism 3 Comments

A Preliminary Look at the Michael Brown Shooting

August 21, 2014 Criminal Justice Inequality Law and Order Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 10 Comments

From Fallujah to Ferguson: the Dangerous Militarization of American Policing

August 18, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 19 Comments

Police Shoot Black Man with Toy Gun, Give Perfect Example of White Privilege in Regard to the 2nd Amendment

August 11, 2014 2nd Amendment Criminal Justice extremism Gun Control Inequality nra Police Brutality Racism 9 Comments

The Purge Anarchy: Social Commentary on the NRA, Austerity and Class Warfare

July 24, 2014 2nd Amendment Class Warfare Criminal Justice extremism guns Inequality Legal Injustice Media nra Racism 12 Comments

The Crisis on Our Borders: Unaccompanied Minors, Gangs and Politics

July 21, 2014 Criminal Justice DREAM Act Immigration Policy Partisan Fighting Racism Undocumented Immigration 1 Comment

The Hobby Lobby SCOTUS Case Exposes the Right Wing Cognitive Dissonance on Liberty

March 27, 2014 Abortion Birth Control christian right Corporatism Discrimination extremism Religion in Politics Supreme Court Women's Rights 9 Comments

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