Take a moment to celebrate our four-legged friends following Montreal's ban on pit bull and pit bull-like dogs.
North Carolina’s new LGBT law has prompted San Francisco to take a stand against the state’s action, and for good reason. Click on the audio…
I agree, our students need more instructional time for communication skills, problem-solving skills, creative writing, the arts, field trips, and the like. President Barack Obama…
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to return as a partner at the big corporate law firm he exited more than five years…
You’ve hit the streets. You’ve carried picket signs. You’ve joined choruses “No Justice, No Peace,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and even “Fight the Power.” You were angered…
If you haven’t seen it, there’s a video circulating of Mike Brown’s stepfather, Louis Head standing outside the Ferguson, Mo., police headquarters shouting “Burn this…
Do you live in one of the states without racial profiling laws? A new report from the NAACP finds out that 20 states don’t have laws…
Way to go, California! The state’s buildings are finally kicking the Civil War-era relic to the curb. Beginning in 2015, Confederate flag will no longer…
Another black man in charge! Wendell E. Pritchett, the current chancellor of Rutgers University- Camden, has been named the interim dean of the University of…
A federal appeals court in Washington Thursday struck down the Texas voter ID law requiring photos for votersat the polls, calling it racially discriminatory. The decision is a major victory for the Obama administration and its Democratic allies, which had challenged the law. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott promptly announced the state will appeal the […]
A new state law that creates separate crimes against mother and unborn child when a pregnant woman is physically attacked will hold assailants more accountable for their actions, supporters said Wednesday. The fetal protection law is among 35 mostly criminal laws approved earlier this year that will take effect today. Others include one that allows […]
A state law going into effect this week would give law enforcement officers the power to take a person’s vehicle and sell it if he or she tries to flee from authorities. The so-called “Run and You’re Done” law is one of more than three dozen statutes enacted by the General Assembly this year that […]
