Qualified Immunity: Harms POC, Shields Police Abuse, Accountability
Qualified Immunity, Excessive police force and brutality hide behind a doctrine that is rooted in white supremacy, devalues PoC lives By: Audrey Cole/Reporter— What began…
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Faith, God and Family: Orlando, Finding Meaning, Long Process to Forgive
By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— Fyodor Dostoevsky, the Nineteenth Century novelist, wrote in the “Brothers Karamazov”: “Every sin can be forgiven because God’s love is…
Faith, God and Family: SCOTUS Decision Doesn’t Change Hearts & Minds
By: Paul P. Jesep/ TRT Columnist— The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on marriage equality. Absent the introduction of a constitutional amendment in…
Justice for Leelah Alcorn
By: Keegan O’Brien*/The Socialist Worker— In her suicide note, a transgender teen who took her own life asked for her death to “mean something.” Keegan O’Brien explains…
Boston-Based Unity Pride Reacts to Ferguson, NYC: #BlackLivesMatter
BOSTON, Mass.—In the span of less than two weeks, two grand juries—one located in Ferguson, Missouri and one in Staten Island, New York—voted against indicting…
Faith, Family and God: Dancing with Atheism as a Person of Faith
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It may surprise some readers of this column, but I struggle with faith. There are days I’m a Christian and…
Faith, Family and God: Building up Instead of Tearing Down
By: Paul P. Jesep*/ TRT Columnist— Apostle Paul cautions us in how we react to things. “Let no evil talk come out of your mouths,”…
Standing Up for Justice: An Interview with CeCe McDonald
By: Keegan O’Brien*— [This interview was originally published on www.SocialWorker.org] CeCe McDonald faced life in prison for defending herself against a racist and transphobic hate…
Thinking Out Loud: Selective Social Justice
I’ve Stopped Assuming That The left Is Committed To LGBT Rights By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— Last week I staffed a booth at a local…
From the Editor’s Desk: Privilege and the Inconvenient Truth
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— ¡“Buenos Dias! ¿Dormiste bien”?, are two simple phrases frequently used to start my day, my day as a bi-cultural and bilingual white woman…
Justice for Trayvon Martin Comes Out of Community, Not Courtrooms
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist— Five hundred and four days passed between the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and the ‘not guilty’ verdict of George…
NCLR Celebrates 36 Years of Legal Victories
Honors Leaders in the Movement for LGBT Equality San Francisco, CA—More than 1,500 people gathered on May 18th to celebrate the National Center for Lesbian…