And in Jena, Louisiana, attorneys for the jailed black teen Mychal Bell say he is close to reaching a plea deal that would avoid a second trial. The seventeen-year-old Bell has already served nearly a …
Over 20,000 demonstrators surrounded the Justice Department headquarters in Washington on Friday to protest the federal government's handling of the Jena Six case and to call for increased enforcement …
This week alone, three African American men were shot and killed by police officers in Brooklyn, Chicago and Newark. The weekend's events include a march on the Department of Justice and a rally and …
Noose incidents and violent attacks illustrate an alarming increase in overt racist symbolism and violence across the country. We speak to Malik Shabazz, lawyer for an African American woman in West …
In Louisiana, a judge has rejected a motion to dismiss juvenile charges against Mychal Bell, one of the Jena Six. Meanwhile another one of the Jena Six , Bryant Purvis, has pleaded not guilty to …
The eight-member U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has long been staffed equally with members of both major political parties. Critics say Bush in effect installed a fifth and sixth Republican on the …
Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York joins us from Capitol Hill to talk about why he thinks the Bush administration should compensate and apologize to Maher Arar. Rep. Nadler also addresses …
The House Judiciary Committee held a heated hearing Tuesday on the case of the Jena Six. Democratic lawmakers and community activists lambasted federal officials for not intervening despite the …
And on Capitol Hill, the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing today on the Jena Six case. The Rev. Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders are scheduled to testify.
In Jena, Louisiana, the 'Jena 6' teen Mychal Bell has been sent back to jail. The seventeen-year old Bell has already served ten months in prison for a schoolyard fight in which Bell and five others …