You couldn’t repeat it today, what was being said then about the fact that we were going to be going to school with black children…
LaunchPresident Obama eulogizes victims of Charleston hate crime
President Obama traveled to the College of Charleston in South Carolina today to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel AME who were killed on June 17th, 2015.
LaunchIn wake of hate crime, South Carolina Republicans decide to respond to calls for Confederate battle flag to come down
If you want to credit anybody here, credit the families of the victims and the church members who displayed Christianity and love… The politicians followed
LaunchJon Stewart’s response to the hate crime in Charleston: No comedy, just powerful commentary
Jon Stewart opened last night’s episode of The Daily Show with commentary in place of comedy following a white supremacist’s terrorist attack on a black
LaunchDespite mourning, South Carolina’s Confederate battle flag remains at full staff
Charleston’s newspaper of record reported earlier today that the government of South Carolina has kept its Confederate battle flag – a symbol of the state’s
LaunchBefore mass murder at Mother Emanuel, a long history of attacks in Charleston
Before mass murder at Mother Emanuel, a long history of attacks in Charleston South Carolina’s capital city has an ugly history of racially-motivated violence, writes
LaunchThe damage Rachel Dolezal has done
A white person identifying strongly with African Americans and African American culture is not a problem at all. The more the merrier in understanding who
LaunchIndianapolis mayor: Repeal law, protect LGBT community from discrimination
Our city thrives because we have welcomed and embraced diversity. And RFRA threatens what thousands of people have spent decades building. Discrimination is wrong. And
LaunchGeorge Stephanopoulos challenges Indiana’s Mike Pence: Isn’t your new law really about enabling discrimination?
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: And so yes or no, if a florist in Indiana refuses to serve a gay couple at their wedding, is that legal now
LaunchIndiana’s new pro-discrimination law harshly criticized online
The measure codifies hatred under the smoke screen of freedom and jeopardizes all that has been recently accomplished,… It legalizes discrimination against LGBT individuals and
Launch“Selma is Now”: John Legend and Common speak truth to power at Oscars
Selma is now… The struggle for justice is now. The Voting Rights Act that they fought for fifty years ago is being compromised right now
LaunchPatricia Arquette ends acceptance speech with call for wage equality
To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time
LaunchAuthor J.K. Rowling: “I was born Christian. If that makes Rupert Murdoch my responsibility, I’ll auto-excommunicate.”
I was born Christian. If that makes Rupert Murdoch my responsibility, I’ll auto-excommunicate. — Author J.K. Rowling, responding to another offensive, bigoted tweet by media
LaunchHakeem Jeffries decries “stunning miscarriage of justice” in wake of grand jury finding
The failure to indict is a stunning miscarriage of justice, and makes clear that equal protection under the law does not exist for all Americans…
LaunchDemonstrators protest Missouri grand jury’s failure to indict Darren Wilson for Michael Brown shooting
Demonstrators are pictured in Seattle protesting a Missouri grand jury’s failure to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown (Photo: Tiffany Von Arnim/Reproduced under a Creative Commons license)
LaunchThoughts on tonight’s shameful press conference by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch
Earlier this evening, St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch held a long, self-serving press conference to disclose that the grand jury he decided to make
LaunchTim Cook: “I’m proud to be gay”
I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me. — Tim Cook, writing in a personal
LaunchMicrosoft’s Nadella sorry for women’s pay comments
I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap. I believe men and
LaunchEric Holder announces new civil rights probe in Ferguson
As a result of this history of mistrust of law enforcement — and following an extensive review of documented allegations and other available data —
LaunchThe Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro
The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro Courtesy of PBS, read a transcript of a speech given by Frederick Douglass in July of 1852,
LaunchCorporate America (and corporate Canada) treats indigenous peoples with contempt, author says
Dead Indians are dignified, noble, silent, suitably garbed… and dead. Live Indians are invisible, unruly, disappointing. And breathing. One is a romantic reminder of a
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