Next Tuesday, a bipartisan group of Senators will read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” aloud on…
DOJ Report Finds Widespread Rape, Murder, and Torture in Alabama Prisons
A report from the U.S. Department of Justice, released today, found horrific levels of violence in Alabama prisons, acco…
Trump Administration Wants to Obliterate Transgender Civil Rights Protections
We’re all familiar with German pastor Martin Niemöller’s famous poem about speaking out. For U.S. voters, that time is…
Amazon Is Basically Giving Its Facial Recognition Program Away for Free to Local Cops [Updated]
Amazon is all but gifting the use of its powerful facial recognition program to help power law enforcement agencies’…
Talking With Dan Canon, the Civil Rights Lawyer Trying to End ICE and Turn Southern Indiana Blue
This piece is part of Splinter’s series The New Guard, where we interview progressive candidates who are running in…
Democrats Are Trying to Help the Banks Racially Discriminate in Housing Mortgages
During the 2016 presidential election, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine touted his experience as a former civil rights…
Oldest Latino Civil Rights Group in Chaos After President Backs Trump's Immigration Plan
A scandal is brewing in the immigrant rights movement after the president of the League of United Latin American…
Reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy in Trump's America
It’s been nearly one year since Donald Trump’s inauguration as president. It’s also been nearly 50 years since the…
The U.S. Citizen the Trump Administration Tried to Disappear
Donald Trump can’t disappear American citizens.
Trump Is About to Lose His Fight Over the Transgender Military Ban
For transgender Americans seeking to enlist in the military, the coming new year will mark a major victory in a long,…
Erica Garner, Who Fought Police Abuse After Her Father’s Killing, Dies at 27
Erica Garner, who became an outspoken activist against police abuse after a New York policeman killed her father with a…
ACLU Fights More Abuses Against Undocumented Teens Seeking Abortions
The government already has lost one case for trying to block an undocumented teenager in federal custody from having an…
We've Seen This Movie Before
There’s been an attack on American soil, people are looking for a strong leader to assuage their fears and promise to…
The Long, Thorny History of the Cherokee Who Owned African Slaves
The two-story brick plantation house in Georgia is an unlikely “monument to the culture” of the Cherokee tribe, but…
Civil Rights Icon Bree Newsome Rudely Disinvited From Visit to Middle School Class
Bree Newsome, the civil rights activist who daringly scaled a 30-foot flagpole in Columbia, SC, to remove a Confederate…
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Condemns Trump's Pardon of Racist Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio
The United States Commission on Civil Rights issued a bipartisan condemnation on Friday of President Donald Trump’s…
Muslim American Woman Whose Hijab Was Ripped Off Her Head by Cops Receives Big Settlement
More than two years after a Muslim-American woman claimed a California police officer forcibly removed the hijab from…
Trans Troops Sue Trump Over His Attempt to Ban Them From the Military
A group of transgender troops are suing Donald Trump over his tweets announcing a ban on trans people serving openly in…
Civil Rights Groups to Sue if Trump’s Trans Military Ban Becomes Policy
After ignoring military leaders who said it is a stupid idea that will degrade military readiness, the administration…