Civil Rights & Justice
Challenging intolerance and inequality at home and abroad
Mass Shootings on the Rise, Even As Violent Crime Falls
The public is not generally aware that rates of gun homicide have fallen, but their interest in high-profile massacres may be justified by new criminological research.
Posted Friday, May 17, 2013 by Jon Christian
To This Longtime Gun Owner, An Unrecognizable Industry
One gun owner now eschews what he has come to see as a culture of violence and paranoia.
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 by Marc Peters
Preventing Domestic Abusers and Stalkers from Accessing Guns
Weaknesses in federal law and law enforcement leave untold numbers of women vulnerable to gun violence committed by men who have harassed, stalked, threatened, and terrorized them, often for years.
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 in Reprints by Winnie Stachelberg, Arkadi Gerney, Chelsea Parsons, and Megan Knauss
What If ‘Hetero’ Was the New ‘Homo’?
A short film shows audiences what a heterophobic world would look like.
Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 by Molly Savard
Need an Abortion in North Korea, No Problem
Just click: ‘I Need an Abortion.’
Posted Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Journalism Network & Reprints by Kate Van Brocklin, Illustration by Allison Grosso
9 Reasons Why Progress on Stronger Gun Laws Is Within Reach
Reason #2: Millennials.
Posted Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Arkadi Gerney and Chelsea Parsons
Pro-Gun Billboard Insensitive to Native Americans
Two small-town billboards promoting gun rights makes light of the history of systemic discrimination Native Americans face in the United States.
Posted Wednesday, May 8, 2013 by Dahlia Grossman-Heinze
Occupy The NRA Attends National Convention
The group spent all three days talking to attendees and working to engage them in reasoned dialogue about gun law reform.
Posted Monday, May 6, 2013 by Marc Peters
NRA Hosts ‘Youth Day,’ And That Might Be A Problem
This weekend in Houston, Texas, the National Rifle Association will hold its first national convention since the Sandy Hook elementary school shootings.
Posted Friday, May 3, 2013 by Emily Crockett
Morehouse, Spelman Students Held Rally on Gun Violence With Mayors Group on Anniversary of VTech
Read more at Atlanta Daily World
Texas Legislators Continue Fight to Allow Guns on Campuses
Students and administrators object to yet another attempt to allow concealed firearms on Texas college campuses.
Posted Monday, April 29, 2013 by Kevin Jersey
If You Care About What’s In Your Food, You Better Start Reading
Since Congress isn’t going to help us out on this one.
Posted Friday, April 26, 2013 in Journalism Network by Hannah Wiley
If You’re Transgender, These Schools Are On Your Side
Healthcare policies inclusive of transgender students and employees are catching on.
Posted Friday, April 26, 2013 by Anya Callahan
University Of Arizona Student Tells Women: ‘You Deserve Rape’
We think this student deserves a whole lot of things…
Posted Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Aviva Shen
Too Late For A Housing Recovery? Nope!
Immigration reform can help create more homeowners among native-born and foreign-born individuals boosting the housing recovery.
Posted Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Samantha Gonzalez
What The Architect of Arizona’s Infamous Anti-Immigration Law Said About The Young And Undocumented
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill) and GOP witness and Kansas Secretary of State, Kris Kobach, do not see eye to eye on legalization in regards to the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
Posted Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Samantha Gonzalez
10 Things to Know About the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Posted Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Reprints by Winnie Stachelberg and Crosby Burns
Out Of The Mouths Of Lawmakers [INTERACTIVE]
Restrictive abortion legislation is being taken up in states across the country. Check out this Campus Progress interactive graphic to see who is saying what about your reproductive health.
Posted Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Video / Multimedia by Tara Kutz & James King
What Do Women, Immigrants And Gay People All Have In Common?
The need to protect reproductive freedoms. It’s not just about abortion, and it’s not just a women’s issue: Immigrant and LGBT populations suffer under current policies.
Posted Thursday, April 25, 2013 by Molly Savard
Would This Make You Go To The Top Of The World And Back? [INTERVIEW]
James Turner traveled to the North Pole with a team of young people who have been directly impacted by climate change to plant a “flag for the future.”
Posted Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Five Minutes With by Candice Bernd
