Does anyone else believe Thomas Lane will be the only one of Floyd's alleged killers to get off?

A Minneapolis medical support coordinator who trained two of three former officers federally charged in George Floyd’s death testified on Tuesday that what she saw of the officers’ actions was …

Family wants answers after 22-year-old Black man, Amir Locke, shot and killed during no-knock raid

On Wednesday, Minneapolis police executed a no-knock warrant on a downtown apartment and then in the next nine seconds, proceeded to shoot and kill 22-year-old Amir Locke, as he lay wrapped up in a …

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't always popular. The reasons for that remain a challenge for us today

It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day on which Democrats and Republicans alike will revere the great civil rights leader, a day on which you are likely to hear again and again the same few fragments …

Glenn Youngkin is a flashing, blinking, bright red warning sign for Democrats in Virginia

Despite the campaign rhetoric from Virginia’s Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin about returning traditional conservatism to Republican politics in the commonwealth after two years of Democratic control, a …

Before Black Lives Matter, there were activists like Rev. C. Herbert Oliver fighting for Black lives

Rev. C. Herbert Oliver was a civil rights leader, a force against police brutality, and a champion for Black students in segregated school systems that did not serve them fairly. He was on a porch …

Virginia Democrats can’t be bothered to protect abortion rights—because of their vacation plans

As we come to the end of the year, so-called “lame duck” sessions of state legislatures mull about and make plans to vacation. In Virginia, Democrats retain a 21-19 majority in the state Senate until …

News Roundup: Fox holds Fellini-style War on Christmas telethon; Trump takes loss

Hello Friday folks. It has been a tense week. There has been some good news, but unfortunately, what has been broken is very hard to piece back together again. That includes the Supreme Court, our …

Proud Boy leader can't cope with poor conditions at jail, asks for early release

A ringleader of the violent neofascist and racist group, the Proud Boys, asked for release from a D.C. jail on Monday, begging the court to let him serve out the remainder of his five-month sentence …

Anti-abortion attacks are linked to other attacks on civil rights

by Ray Levy Uyeda

This story was originally published at Prism.

In just two months, Texas lawmakers have put challenges to landmark civil rights protections that threaten to upend the groundwork …

New legal defense group aims to protect election workers the Republican Party has put under siege

The New York Times has a writeup about a new legal defense network. This one’s for election workers. No, really. Our nation’s election workers, the people down at your local precincts …

'This week feels like an important return on his commitment': Merrick Garland not too shabby

The Department of Justice had the kind of pro-police reform week that doesn’t happen every year. In a seven-day period, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a ban on chokeholds and no-knock …

Federal government opens civil rights investigation into Florida's mask bans

On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won a victory for bad public health when a three-judge panel in the 1st District Court of Appeals ruled that the governor could continue trying to punish school …

Garland to file suit against Texas on abortion; House Democrats urge him to go after bounty hunters

The Department of Justice will file suit as soon as Thursday against Texas over its abortion ban, The Wall Street Journal reports. Justice is expected to argue that the Texas law “illegally …

The Trump-led hoax continues as Abbott claims 'fraud' justifies new Republican anti-voting laws

As expected, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott today signed the state’s new Republican-crafted voter suppression bill into law. Abbott, who still seems to imagine himself a presidential contender and who …

Texas Republicans move to arrest statehouse Democrats thwarting their voter suppression schemes

On Tuesday, the Texas House of Representatives voted to authorize the arrest of statehouse Democrats who’ve refused to show up for round three of the Texas Republican attempt to turn the …

Rest in power, Gloria Richardson

Few people who have ever seen the iconic photo of Gloria Richardson pushing a National Guardsman’s bayonet aside in Cambridge, Maryland. on July 21, 1963, could ever forget it. 

Like many women …

'White supremacy is bipartisan,' journalist blasts when Joe Manchin trends

Sen. Joe Manchin seems to believe upholding bipartisan sentiments equates to siding with white supremacists who have for centuries used voter intimidation tactics, chief among them lynchings, to run …

Texas spent another 22,000 hours hunting for 'election fraud' and didn't find a damn thing

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton remains indicted for securities fraud, a status he has held since 2015 as everyone in the state apparently conspires to slow walk his trial into the next millennium. …

Judge lambastes cops for 'unjustified, warrantless search' that started with traffic stop

The number the city of Baton Rouge put on a Black teen’s dignity was $35,000, the amount reached in a settlement after city police officers strip searched a 16-year-old boy and his older brother …

Kristen Clarke confirmed and either Republicans are eerily quiet or their voices aren't registering

Kristen Clarke, a longtime voting rights advocate, is officially the first woman and the first Black woman to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division since it was created in 1957. …