civil rights

By now you’ve probably seen Sen. Kamala Harris’ atrocious response to a man who referred to Donald Trump’s…

In a live video interview earlier today, Washington Post reporter Robert Costa attempted to own presidential…

Mitch McConnell just can’t stop getting owned this week.

Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on a bill to create a commission to study reparations.…

A report from the U.S. Department of Justice, released today, found horrific levels of violence in Alabama prisons, a…

We’re all familiar with German pastor Martin Niemöller’s famous poem about speaking out. For U.S. voters, that time…

Amazon is all but gifting the use of its powerful facial recognition program to help power law enforcement agencies’…

This piece is part of Splinter’s series The New Guard, where we interview progressive candidates who are running in…

During the 2016 presidential election, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine touted his experience as a former civil rights…

A scandal is brewing in the immigrant rights movement after the president of the League of United Latin American…

It’s been nearly one year since Donald Trump’s inauguration as president. It’s also been nearly 50 years since the…

Donald Trump can’t disappear American citizens.

For transgender Americans seeking to enlist in the military, the coming new year will mark a major victory in a…

Erica Garner, who became an outspoken activist against police abuse after a New York policeman killed her father…

The government already has lost one case for trying to block an undocumented teenager in federal custody from having…

There’s been an attack on American soil, people are looking for a strong leader to assuage their fears and promise…

The two-story brick plantation house in Georgia is an unlikely “monument to the culture” of the Cherokee tribe, but…