Pro-democracy leader, Joshua Wong begins hunger strike
Hong Kong pro-democracy protest leader, Joshua Wong continued a hunger strike Wednesday December 3rd, 2014, in an effort to force government officials into dialogue over controversial election...
View ArticleChief Steve Anderson “Even if against the government, you’re going to get...
In stark contrast to the events surrounding the shooting of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Chief Steve Anderson is a unique voice in managing the protests that have followed. “In Nashville, if you...
View Article“We are Charlie”– Satirical magazine journalists targeted in killings
The French newspaper Charlie Hebdo On Wednesday, January 7th 2015, gunmen killed at least 12 people in a blatant daylight attack on the newspaper HQ in Paris. The weekly newspaper leans toward the...
View ArticleMayor Charged over Missing 43 Students
Former Iguala Mayor, Jose Luis Abarca was charged with kidnapping the missing 43 students, the Mexican Attorney General’s office announced January 13th, 2015. Abarca was already being detained on other...
View ArticleA people’s movement is taking over Tecoanapa in Mexico
On Sept. 26, 2014, municipal police attacked a group of students from Ayotzinapa school in Mexico’s Guerrero state. Of the 43 disappeared students, eight came from Tecoanapa. Now their fellow citizens...
View ArticleChildren protesting removal of playground are teargassed
Police in Kenya on Monday, January 19th, 2015 tear gassed a group of schoolchildren who were demonstrating against the removal of their school’s playground. A group of students from Langata Road...
View ArticleA Full ‘Bingo Card’ of Civil Rights Violations
In the state of Missouri, Ferguson Police Department’s website statement begins like any other. The reality on the streets for many residents, however is a different story. It has been six months since...
View ArticleChief Glenn Smith – What happened to Sandra Bland?
Sandy Bland, 28 was moving to Texas to take a job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, when she was pulled over by police for not properly using her turn signal. She was asked to exit...
View ArticleFerguson/St. Louis PD gets slammed by the Department of Justice
According to the DOJ report to be released on Thursday, September 3rd, the Ferguson Police Department not only handled the events after the death of Michael Brown, badly but aggravated and incited...
View ArticleKim Davis released from jail
Six days after a Federal Judge put Kentucky clerk, Kim Davis in jail, she emerged defiant as ever. Taking the stage to the song ‘Eye of the Tiger’ she appeared jubilant and determined that God is on...
View ArticleOfficer Michael Slager charged with murder of Walter Scott
Walter Scott was shot in North Charleston, South Carolina following a traffic stop for a non-functioning brake light. He was shot by Michael Slager, a North Charleston police officer in the back while...
View ArticleRefugees from Syria make the long walk into Macedonia
Men, women, babies, and children all walked with what little they could carry to cross the border from Greece into Macedonia. The photos need no words to describe the reliance and determination to...
View ArticleHungary Uses Teargas & Water Cannons on Syrian Refugees
Thousands of asylum-seekers, including many from Syria, arrive daily in Hungary, seeking a path to Germany and other Western European countries. Hungary has detained and at times refused to allow...
View ArticleIntersection Between Education and Justice
On September 23rd, 2015, DeRay McKesson (@deray) returned to Bowdoin College campus to discuss his experiences teaching 6th grade in NYC and serving as a school district administrator in two major...
View Article‘Imaginary Homes’ for the Homeless
An anonymous LA artist, Skid Robot has been going around Los Angeles with a spray can painting creating imaginary homes for the homeless people he finds there. His aim is to get people talking about...
View ArticleHow To Get Away With Murder – An Officer’s Perspective
On Saturday, October 10th, 2015, Timothy J. McGinty from the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office released a report of two investigators who have been asked to look at the facts into the death of Tamir...
View ArticleStaff and Teachers kick off Spring break…like no other school!
The Ron Clark Academy (RCA) is a highly-acclaimed, nonprofit middle school located in Southeast Atlanta. The Academy has received both national and international recognition for its success in...
View ArticleThere’s Beauty In My ‘Girl Culture’
An essay by prisca dorcas mojica rodriguez I am a hyper-feminine Latina, meaning I perform girl culture through an exaggerated lens. And the girl culture that I perform falls outside the “good girl”...
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