Is TSA screening inherently racist?
OPINION - So much wasted in time and resources, so little achieved, and so many people of color victimized over stereotypes...
Muslim leaders are told NYPD spying in NJ ended
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Muslim leaders in New Jersey say the state attorney general has assured them that a New York Police Department unit that conducted surveillance of Muslim groups is no longer operating in the state...
Outcry after San Francisco mayor considers stop-and-frisk
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Ed Lee said he wanted to spark a discussion about a spike in violent crime when he mentioned that he was considering a controversial stop-and-frisk policy used by police in New York, Philadelphia and some other big cities...
App lets you report 'stop and frisk' incidents
MSNBC - Believe you are witnessing an unlawful police stop and want to record the moment? There's an app for that, courtesy of the New York Civil Liberties Union...
Gays unite with blacks to fight 'stop-and-frisk'
OPINION - This week in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, gay rights groups protested the NYPD’s 'stop-and-frisk' policy, which targets mostly black and Latino men...
Supreme Court strip search ruling hardest on blacks
theGRIO REPORT - The prevalence of racial profiling, despite its prohibition by federal law, suggests that innocent black men in particular are susceptible to disproportionate arrests and strip searches..
Muslim spying scandal increases scrutiny of NYPD
theGRIO REPORT - The New York Police Department is facing increasing criticism, once again, for what some are calling inappropriate surveillance in minority communities...
Sharpton march part of broader voter ID law battle
theGRIO REPORT - The five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, which retraces the steps Martin Luther King. Jr and others took in 1965 to fight for voting rights, is part of a broader push by voting rights advocates...
Civil rights groups: Investigate NYPD spying
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Civil rights groups in the Northeast pressed Thursday for an investigation of the New York Police Department's secret surveillance of Muslims in the region...
Children in LGBT families of color face double stigma
theGRIO REPORT - A new report shows that the children in LBGT families of color face higher levels of discrimination and stigma....
