First shots fired against birth control
Last week, Kacsmaryk issued an opinion that attacks Title X, a federal program that offers grants to health providers that fund voluntary and confidential family planning services for adolescents.
Social Justice
Articles promoting equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities in America.
Mississippi police chief fired after racist recording leaks
Police chief fired after recorded boasting about killing 13 people while on duty, including a Black person he said he shot 119 times.
The Supreme Court heads toward reversing abortion rights
By a vote of 5-to-4, the court’s most conservative members upheld, for now, a Texas law that, in effect, bans abortions after about six weeks. But almost as important as the result was how the court reached its decision — without full briefing and arguments before any court.
The Texas abortion law and the future of reproductive rights
The Supreme Court refused to block new Texas law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and places enforcement in the hands of ordinary citizens.
A Judge Asked Harvard to Find Out Why So Many Black People Were In Prison. They Could Only Find 1 Answer: Systemic Racism
According to 2016 data from the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission, 655 of every 100,000 Black people in Massachusetts are in prison. Meanwhile, the state locks up 82 of its white citizens for every 100,000 who reside in the state.
Grace, Black Teen Jailed for Not Doing Her Online Coursework, Is Released
Grace, a high school sophomore, spent 78 days at the Children’s Village after an Oakland County family court judge found she had violated her probation on earlier charges of assault and theft.
Walking While Black
In the last five years, blacks received 55 percent of all pedestrian tickets in Jacksonville, while only accounting for 29 percent of the population.
“Live PD” Allowed Police To Censor Footage
Behind the scenes, the show allowed agencies to ask to have footage eliminated before and after the program aired, according to emails, video clips, and records The Marshall Project obtained from law-enforcement agencies.
Biden orders DOJ to end private prison contracts as part of racial equity push
President Joe Biden ordered his Department of Justice to phase out its contracts with private prisons, one of multiple new planks in his broad-focused racial justice agenda.
Anchorage, AK, Performing Arts Center
They should know by now that tearing down a sign won’t do anything. This is a movement, and we will make as many signs, stage as many protests, and sacrifice as much as we have to to make America a free and safe place for all of the people who call it home!