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Trayvon Martinā€™s death is a civil rights issue

As you now know, there is a 17-year-old Florida boy whose death has rocked the nation. That young manā€™s parents are left without their...

Racial inequality is a shared burden for whites as well as blacks

Editor's note: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, an Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College (CUNY), is the author of "Race, Law, and American...

My 12-year old son knows he could be Trayvon

Editor's note: Editor's Note: Christy Oglesby is the quality assurance manager for CNN/U.S. She lives in Atlanta with her 12-year old son, Drew. (CNN)...

Should race be a factor in adoption?

Editor's note: Lola Jaye, a native Londoner, is the author of three fiction books and one non-fiction. Jaye has also written for The Huffington...

‘Stark inequity’ in our schools demands attention

Editor's note: Russlynn Ali is the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. She was a teacher, an attorney and...

Why are millions of Americans locked up?

I'm an attorney and I represent incarcerated people, both in my home state of Alabama and across the United States. I spend every day...

Kony 2012 sparks much-needed attention to Uganda

Powerful. Motivating. Simplistic. Genius. Say what you want to about the recent infamy of the Kony 2012 movement, but those four words describe my...

If Indy has ā€˜honestly balanced budgets,ā€™ why is city in cash crisis?

Eleven weeks after the dawn of the second Ballard administration, Americaā€™s 11th largest city is in a cash crisis. All during last yearā€™s mayorā€™s...

Women, let your trials prepare you for your purpose in life

Life after cancer presents questions as complex and perplexing as those in the thick of the fight ā€“ the greatest of which is: ā€œWhat...

Why are millions of Americans locked up?

Editor's note: Bryan Stevenson is executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based nonprofit that provides legal representation for indigent defendants and for...

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