Debtors’ Prison For KIDS? Inability To Pay Juvenile Court Costs Leads To Jail Time (VIDEO)
Michelle Oxman
A new report issued by the Juvenile Law Center details how poor and minority children face harsher penalties when they, or their families, cannot pay required court costs. The consequences of nonpayment are often way...
So Trump Is Complimenting Native American Culture And Warren By Calling Her Pocahontas? (VIDEO)
Karen Shiebler
Oh, boy howdy. Those Trump folks are sure good at backpeddling, aren't they?
There's that whole Muslim ban problem, where Donald moved from "Ban all the Muslims" to "Ban a few of the Muslims."
Now Trump's people...
A web-based app that will teach students in primary school about the implications of discrimination and racism, sponsored by the All Together Now initiative, will use real-life scenarios to showcase active discrimination. The thought process of this...
Teabaggers Hold On To Conspiracy As Obama Saves Sacred Native American Land From Being Sold
Natalie Dailey
Arizona Teabaggers are mad because President Obama foiled their attempts to buy sacred Native American land. Rep. Paul Gosar, along with his accomplices Ann Kirkpatrick, John McCain, and Jeff Flake, tried to sneak an amendment...
You won't believe this. Or, maybe, with the state of American politics the way they are, you won't have any problem believing it.
Donald Trump has gotten into a Twitter war with Elizabeth Warren. That's not...
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It's pretty understandable that Native Americans are not fond of Christopher Columbus. Since Colonial days American children have been taught that Columbus discovered America.
However, Native Americans point out that he could not have discovered it...
Bernie Sanders had a good Saturday, when he swept caucuses in Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska. He ended the night with 104 delegates to Hillary Clinton's 38. Though Clinton maintains a 230 delegate lead, Sanders' sweep...
On March 26, Hawaii Democrats go to caucus. Separated from the U.S. mainland by 2,000 miles of Pacific Ocean, Hawaii has always stuck to its unique brand of local politics. This round, Bernie Sanders has...
J.K. Rowling Is Releasing An American Wizardry Series — And It’s P*ssing Off Native Americans
Corey Clark
Potterheads are getting a much-welcome gift from the mastermind behind the Harry Potter chronicles. Over a three-day period in mid-March, author J.K. Rowling will publish a set of four short stories to the official Harry...
New York Times brought attention to today's 386 year anniversary of popcorn as an all-American snack! Quadequina is to be thanked for that indulgence. He was the brother of Chief Massasoit of the Wampanoag Indians,...
America Pretends There Are Only Two Genders, But Did You Know The Navajo Honor Four? (VIDEO)
Dylan Hock
America has been pretty up-tight when it comes to gender roles for a long time, now, but that wasn’t always the case. The Navajo have long recognized four different gender identities, rather than two, and...
‘The Protestors Have No Right To This Land’ Says Native American Tribal Leader in Oregon
Gilbert Ross
The Burns Paiute tribe in Oregon was the latest group to voice their dissent towards the gun-toting protestors who took over several buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge since last Saturday.
The self-styled militiamen, led by Nevada...
Watch: James Baldwin Explains The Difference Between Prejudice And Racism For White America
Dylan Hock
Racism is an incredibly volatile subject in the U.S., but not so much because of those speaking out who have lived under its boot heel since the country was torn from the bloody remains of...
I'm guessing that you, along with most of us, learned the story of the first Thanksgiving in school. We were told that the Native Americans (who were called "Indians" in our history books) were essential...
Disclaimer: be very careful if you actually try this yourself. We have to be careful when confronting criminals.
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Serena Williams may arguably be the most athletic woman on the Planet Earth. Some people call her...
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Study Proves Black And Indigenous Women Die Of Breast Cancer More Thanks To Shoddy Medical Care
Dylan Hock
Here’s a revelation for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Women of color are much more likely to die of breast cancer than white women due to poor medical care, especially black and Indigenous women.
NBC News writes,...
Settlers Thriving On Indigenous Holocaust To Host Open Carry Rally Against ‘Muslim Colonization’
Dylan Hock
Colonizers organizing against colonization – ironic, right? It’s one of those many things you just can’t make up.
Where do you start with such people? How do you begin to offer them history, context and get...
Rand Paul's campaign for the GOP nomination is just about kaput, but that didn't stop the Kentucky Senator from trying to do a Donald Trump imitation on the subject of Native Americans during an interview.
Paul...
The Latest Mississippi Burning Case: American Indian Activist Dead After Minor Traffic Offense
Liberal America
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians activist, Rexdale Henry, was found dead in jail under nearly the same conditions as Sandra Bland. In fact, the circumstances surrounding both cases are eerily similar.
Henry, 53, was stopped and...