It's time for common sense school discipline

Judith Browne Dianis

OPINION - The school-to-prison pipeline – or, the system of extreme disciplinary practices that push young people out of school and into the criminal justice system – is often discussed from the angle of isolated incidents...

Feds to investigate fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin

theGrio

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The growing national attention -- and outcry -- over the case of Trayvon Martin has culminated with the federal government's announcement that it will launch an investigation...

Justice Department blocks Texas voter ID law

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGrio REPORT -The Department of Justice is blocking a Texas law that would require all voters to present photo identification to vote, likely further fueling an intense partisan debate on this issue...

Bank of America pays $335 mil for racial bias

theGrio

NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America has agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers...

FBI: End near in civil rights era prosecutions

theGrio

(AP) - The Department of Justice, under its 5-year-old "Cold Case Initiative" and the 2007 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, has combed through that dark period of American history...

Wells Fargo allegedly preyed upon black borrowers during housing bubble

theGrio

The Department of Justice is preparing a lawsuit against Wells Fargo, the nation's largest home mortgage lender, for allegedly preying upon African American borrowers...

Justice Dept. will not re-open Malcolm X murder case

Ollie Montgomery

theGRIO REPORT - However, many civil rights advocates still want the Justice Department to proceed, citing the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007...