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Ala. 5th-Grader Attacked and Harassed for Being Black: ‘Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, I’m White, Why Aren’t You?’

A 10-year-old boy is being racially terrorized by little inbred elementary schoolers in Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ great state of Alabama. This be the year 2017. Taylor Armbrester, 10, says he has been called “black boy” and “retarded” by other fifth-graders since he transferred to the mostly white Chelsea Park Elementary School in Chelsea, Ala.,…

By

Angela Helm

Published

May 14, 2017
Jeff ‘Gollum’ Sessions Emerges From Middle Earth to Renew the War on Drugs

In a harsh reversal from the Eric Holder-led Justice Department, civil liberties advocates, science and logic, Jeff Sessions has directed federal prosecutors across the country to charge drug suspects with the most serious charges legally possible. Sessions, the love child of the Travelocity traveling gnome and the yellow Teletubby, issued a two-page memo that outlined…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

May 12, 2017
Politics

Activist Convicted on Criminal Charges for Laughing at Jeff Sessions During His Confirmation Hearings

While the police officers responsible for killing Alton Sterling can rest easy tonight knowing that they will not face criminal charges for murder, an activist was convicted on criminal misdemeanor charges Wednesday for laughing during the confirmation hearings for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On Jan. 10, 61-year-old Desiree Fairooz, Tighe Barry and Lenny Bianchi,…

By

Monique Judge

Published

May 3, 2017
Baton Rouge, La., Braces for Results of Alton Sterling Investigation Under Jeff Sessions’ DOJ

The city of Baton Rouge, La., site of the July 2016 police shooting death of Alton Sterling, is reportedly bracing itself for the results of a U.S. Justice Department investigation into what many see as one of the most callous acts of “black death porn” ever perpetrated by po-9. It will be the first high-profile…

By

Angela Helm

Published

April 29, 2017
Bigger Than Trump: One-on-One Exclusive With Rep. Maxine Waters [Retracted]

RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

April 26, 2017
Not One Step Back: Drug Policy Alliance’s asha bandele Talks Mass Incarceration, War on Drugs, Why She Goes Hard for Justice [Retracted]

RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

April 20, 2017
Culture, Media

Why Bill O’Reilly Will—or Won’t—Go

Dozens of Advertisers Have Fled ‘The Factor’ Sage Steele Out as Host of ESPN’s ‘NBA Countdown’ ESPN Issues Guidelines on Political Statements Univision Eliminates Jobs of 100 Employees 3 Editorial Boards Oppose Sessions’ Rollback Efforts White House Fosters Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem ASNE Honors ‘Bias on the Bench’ for Public Service NABJ Delivers 3-Year, Ford-Funded Strategic…

By

Richard Prince

Published

April 6, 2017
Judge Denies DOJ Request to Delay Public Hearing on Baltimore Police Consent Decree

A federal judge on Wednesday guaranteed that Baltimore residents will get to have their say on the proposed consent decree between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice by denying a Trump administration request that the hearing be delayed for at least 90 days. Thursday’s hearing will proceed as scheduled after U.S. District Judge…

By

Monique Judge

Published

April 5, 2017
Sessions Orders Justice Department to Review All Police-Reform Agreements

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements that are in place with police departments across the country that have been found to have problems with their policing methods, saying the reviews are necessary to ensure the agreements don’t run counter to the Trump administration’s goal of promoting officer…

By

Monique Judge

Published

April 4, 2017
Jeff Sessions Met With Emmett Till’s Family, but Will He Give Emmett Justice?

Emmett Till’s family members met privately with Jeff Sessions, head of the U.S. Department of Justice, to ask him for … well … justice. The U.S. attorney general met with Emmett’s cousin—Deborah Watts, the co-founder of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation—and Alvin Sykes, a member of the Emmett Till Justice Campaign, on Tuesday. Emmett’s relatives…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

March 29, 2017