Anaheim Residents Continue Protests After Cops Open Fire at Women, Kids [Video]
On Saturday Anaheim Police Department officers openly fired bean bags, pepper spray and released an attack dog into a…
The Indypendent
Jorge Rivas
Mayor Bloomberg to Black Church: “Stop-and-Frisk” Is Here to Stay
On Sunday New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg went to a black church in one of the city’s most…
ICE Arrests 3k Immigrants in 6 Days, Largest Roundup Ever
On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced 3,168 undocumented immigrants were detained over the course of six-days…
Immigrant Family Detention Could Return to Texas
In 2009, the federal government stopped detaining families in Texas and cancelled plans to build new family detention facilities…
Strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Could Protect Latino and Black Borrowers
From 2004 to 2008, only 6.2 percent of white borrowers with credit scores of 660 and above ended up…
Hundreds March in Oakland on Anniversary of Oscar Grant’s Killing
Sunday marked the third anniversary of the shooting death of unarmed BART passenger Oscar Grant by a transit officer.…
60 Farmwokers Stranded After Refusing to Work Below Minimum Wage
Nearly 60 farmworkers from a rural Washington state community just outside of Seattle said they were stranded with no…
Federal Judge Blocks Florida’s Welfare Drug Testing Law
A Florida state law requiring welfare applicants to pass drug tests has been temporarily blocked by an Orlando federal…
The Maddening Effect of South Carolina’s Proposed Voter ID Law
The voter ID laws that are sweeping the country could possibly keep five million people away from the polls…
Celebrating Cesar Chavez’s Work, Love and Legacy
Cesar Chavez would’ve turned 84 years old today. The migrant worker, organizer and civil rights activist founded the United…