Jamila Aisha Brown writes for The Guardian: “Trayvon Martin’s murder and subsequent profiling have been likened by some to the lynchings of black men that stained American history during the 19th and 20th centuries, casting him as a latter-day Emmett Til…
Katie McDonough writes for Salon: “An interesting twist in the story of the draconian abortion restrictions currently being debated in the Texas Legislature: SB 1 could be a major financial boon for Gov. Rick Perry’s sister, an executive at a company tha…
Matthew Harwood writes The Nation: “There has been talk of informants and undercover agents luring young, conservative evangelicals across the South into sham terrorist plots. The feds and the area’s police want to eliminate a particularly extreme strain…
Eva Paterson writes for the Equal Justice Society blog: “The twelve members of my Black women’s reading group had just sat down to dinner outside at the end of a beautiful day. We were on a weekend retreat in Mendocino County, and a feast had been prepar…
Robin Marty writes the RH Reality Check: “New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed the state budget, and for the fifth time the Republican politician has refused the inclusion of additional funding for family planning services. Christie previously vetoe…
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