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While the lack of police indictments in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have elicited worldwide protests in the last two weeks, new reports reveal that cases like theirs are far more common than previously realized. In fact, between 2007 and 2012, The Wall Street Journal reports more than 550 police homicides read
Late Monday night, a grand jury ruled not to indict Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in August. The St. Louis suburb made national headlines for protests and violence that erupted in the wake of Brown's death and continued for weeks afterward. read
One protest sign in particular summed up #BlackoutBlackFriday quite nicely: "Sorry for the inconvenience. We are trying to change the world." While the day after Thanksgiving has traditionally been a time for waking up at the crack of dawn to lug around piles of marked-down merchandise, today's shoppers got more than read
In the wake of a grand jury's decision not to bring charges against the police officer who shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in August, some are hoping that a boycott to Black Friday shopping will help make their voices heard. read
This story was originally published on April 17, 2014. We decided to repromote it one year later, given the disturbing new report published on Zara's alleged racial profiling. A number of hashtags have popped up on Twitter after Michael Brown’s shooting death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The one that read
Nearly two weeks after Michael Brown's death, Ferguson, MO, continues to be a site of unrest. Protestors, police, and members of the media have all clashed over issues of social justice. The story has been covered in every major news outlet and is the subject of many conversations. And, there seems to be no resolution in read
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