The students at Spring Valley High School are on the road to getting criminal records in what Rashad Robinson, executive director of online civil rights group ColorOfChange.org, calls the "perfect example of the school-to-prison pipeline."
During the past general election, civil rights organizations across the nation fought valiantly to make certain the right to vote was not obstructed. Advancement Project,…
Last Friday, a judge denied a preliminary injunction, which would have staved off the state’s voter suppression law, H.B. 589, from this November’s general elections.…
On Monday, a preliminary injunction hearing was held in North Carolina, regarding the state’s voter laws and what opponents state are blatant discriminatory practices. Appearing…
As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 this week, a new fight for voting rights…
02/12/14- Roland Martin talks with Judith Browne Dianis, Co-Director Advancement Project, about Attorney General Eric Holder’s push for convicted felons to have voting rights.
Your vote always matters, but in a year without federal elections, such as this one, your vote carries special weight. That’s because voter turnout is…
(Special to NewsOne) — This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action…
If you opened a restaurant and were greeted to positive reviews and growing crowds of customers, what would you do as a good businessman? Expand,…
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced on Wednesday at the Cedar Street Church of God that he will grant automatic restoration of rights for nonviolent felons on an individualized basis. Candidates for the process must complete sentence, probation and parole; payment of all court costs, fines, restitution, and completion of court-ordered conditions,and have no pending […]
From the beginning of this year, the U.S. Department of Education acknowledged that Black and Hispanic youth faced harsher discipline than that of their White…
