Think back to the historic March on Washington in 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. These historic events banned poll taxes, literacy tests, poll bully tactics, efforts to limit voting hours, and other intentional and strategic...
Qualified Immunity is the judge-invented legal doctrine that makes it impossible for many people who have been abused by the police to obtain justice in court. The result is not just injustice for the victim, but also danger for society as whole, as police misconduct...
Our new “Break the Binary” poll is designed to improve public discourse by countering binary thinking along with its scary step-sibling, triangulation. Read about results of our first pilot poll; participate in the new one.
Increasing minimum wage won’t help workers. But it will increase prices, especially for items that those very workers consume. For those people making minimum wage, their real costs of living will stay about the same. But when their salary doubles because of minimum...
WHAT: Juneteenth Celebration WHERE: Davenport, IA WHO: Black-owned businesses and community groups celebrating the formal abolition of slavery in 1865. Coordinated by the Friends of MLK Davenport. WHEN: June 19, 2021 PHOTOS BY: The Real Mainstream Team  Travontae...
