Week In Review

Convention to unite thousands of social justice activists around voting rights, criminal justice reform, economic opportunity, health equity and education equality BALTIMORE, MD– From July 11th to the 15th, the NAACP will host its 106th Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA.  This year’s convention theme is “Pursuing Liberty In the Face of Injustice.” In the wake…

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By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court strengthened civil rights protections Monday for employees and job applicants who need special treatment in the workplace because of their religious beliefs. The justices sided with a Muslim woman who did not get hired after she showed up to a job interview with clothing retailer…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Demonstrators pause to stand in solidarity during a protest against the acquittal of Michael Brelo, a patrolman charged in the shooting deaths of two unarmed suspects, Saturday, May 23, 2015, in Cleveland.  Brelo was acquitted Saturday in a case involving a 137-shot barrage of gunfire that helped prompt the U.S. Department of Justice…

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By James Kilgore This post was first published at Truthout.org. Likely the most well-known prison profiteers in the United States are the Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group. Between them, these two firms pulled in about $3.3 billion last year running scores of private prisons and immigration detention centers. Like many of the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  B.B King  (TDC Photography / Shutterstock.com) By Adrian Sanz Associated Press INDIANOLA, Miss. –Outside Indianola, B.B. King was a blues superstar, a guitar legend who inspired Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and countless other musicians. But in this small farming town in north Mississippi, he was known as Mr. Riley. And he’d return here…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Michael Brown Sr. unwraps a plaque remembering his son, Michael Brown, to show volunteers as they remove items left at a makeshift memorial to Michael Brown Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. The memorial that has marked the place where Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in August has been…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Officer Liquori Tate and Officer Benjamin Deen (Hattiesburg Police Department via AP) By Jay Reeves Associated Press HATTIESBURG, Miss. — With lowered flags and prayers, a southern Mississippi city is mourning two police officers, while the four people arrested after their shooting deaths await an initial court appearance Monday. Red roses decorated a chain-link…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia. The Amtrak train, headed to New York City, derailed and crashed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By Geoff  Mulvihill Associated Press The Amtrak…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Ben Carson announces his candidacy for president during an official announcement in Detroit, Monday, May 4, 2015. Carson, 63, a retired neurosurgeon, begins the Republican primary as an underdog in a campaign expected to feature several seasoned politicians. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) By Ed White Associated Press DETROIT — Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Protesters gather for a rally outside City Hall in Baltimore on Saturday, May 2, 2015, the day after charges were announced against the police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s death.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By Juliet Linderman and Ben Nuckols ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE — Six days after the death of Freddie Gray sparked riots…

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