Civil Rights & Social Justice

Renee Nicole Good wasn’t a rioter, nor a terrorist, and she didn’t run anyone over. She was a mother of three, a poet, and didn’t deserve to die.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during an apparent protest against the ICE crackdown.

Memphis authorities issued an arrest warrant for Derrick McDonald, who exposed the conditions of the 201 Poplar jail with his cellphone.

Maryland has the highest population of Black people of any state outside the South. Reparations have been a priority for the Legislative Black Caucus.

Joude Ellis of Dream Defenders provides us with an everyday guide to freedom-fighting for Black communities.

Black people across the globe have long fought for reparations to provide justice to African descendants still reeling from the brutal legacy of slavery and systemic racism.

On Dec. 16, a statue honoring Barbara Rose Johns—a Black teenager whose courage reshaped American education—was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. In 1951, Johns led a student walkout at her segregated Virginia high school, a bold act that helped dismantle school segregation nationwide. The unveiling marked a powerful shift in historical memory: her statue replaced […]

CBS News Chicago uncovered multiple instances of CPD stopping Black legal gun owners for minor traffic violations, then charging them with felony gun possession.

For thousands of children exposed to toxic water, the real damage is invisible, slow, generational, and no check will erase it.

Economic boycotts remain a core part of the people's response to unchecked corporate power. 

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the greatest examples of collective resistance in recent history.

Montgomery Bus Boycott: Pivotal civil rights protest, 13-month struggle, nonviolent action transformed America.