Republican lawmakers in North Carolina announced late yesterday that an agreement has been reached to repeal HB2. HB2, the state law prohibits transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond to their gender identities, has caused much controversy and revenue loss for the state. This new deal reached with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, would repeal HB2, leave […]
The GOP continues its fight against reproductive justice with new bill.
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to return as a partner at the big corporate law firm he exited more than five years…
Last month Gov. McCroy vetoed a bill to allow magistrates and register of deeds office staffers who object to same-sex marriage to refuse to perform any marriages because of religious reasons. Well today the House overruled the Governors veto. With 110 members present the final vote was 69-41 with the House only needing 66 […]
You’ve hit the streets. You’ve carried picket signs. You’ve joined choruses “No Justice, No Peace,” “I Can’t Breathe,” and even “Fight the Power.” You were angered…
If you haven’t seen it, there’s a video circulating of Mike Brown’s stepfather, Louis Head standing outside the Ferguson, Mo., police headquarters shouting “Burn this…
Do you live in one of the states without racial profiling laws? A new report from the NAACP finds out that 20 states don’t have laws…
Way to go, California! The state’s buildings are finally kicking the Civil War-era relic to the curb. Beginning in 2015, Confederate flag will no longer…
A federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that the state’s death penalty is unconstitutional. California put a moratorium on the death penalty in 2006 and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it is expanding the FBI’s more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to reflect a better understanding of the crime and to broaden protections. SEE ALSO: Man Sues Wiz Khalifa Over Hit Song The new definition counts men as victims for the first time and drops the requirement that […]
