Civil Rights & Social Justice

James Broadnax was 19 when he was arrested and convicted for the killing of two men in a robbery, despite evidence showing he wasn’t the shooter. 

Rev. Stephen Green of Greater Allen AME Cathedral discusses faith-based organizing, the liberating gospel, and the Black church's 200+ year legacy of resistance in Queens, NY.

Organizers have said the core message of this year’s “May Day Strong” protests is about the government "focusing on workers over billionaires." 

The Supreme Court enshrined into law white conservatives' demonstrably false belief that racism is over and Black people don't need civil rights protections.

Rashaad Muhammad alleges Fulton County Jail officials denied him access to his medical treatments for a chronic bladder condition.

The office’s creation follows New York City Council Member Chi Osse's arrest last week while protesting an eviction related to deed theft.

Silvia Lopez-Navarro, a white woman with a hispanic last name, filed a federal class-action lawsuit because she was not allowed into a program that supports Black mothers and their babies.

Houston police officer Ashley Gonzalez recorded herself repeatedly using the N-word and ranting about her hatred for Black people.

Attacking civil rights groups like SPLC follows a pattern and practice of the administration’s revisionist terror and political prosecutions. We can’t afford to look away. 

Chi Ossé, the son of hip-hop journalist Combat Jack, has consistently fought against evictions stemming from deed theft, which have been rising in New York.

James Broadnax is set to be executed in a case in which rap lyrics he wrote as a teenager were used against him as evidence in a murder trial.

Black people represent roughly 13% of the U.S. population about only account for 1.2%-1.7% of business owneersin the cannabis industry.