Common and John Legend use their time at the Oscars to bravely point out that the US has the largest prison population in the world today. "We say that Selma is now, because the struggle for justice is right now."

Hundreds of people are in solitary confinement in South Carolina for updating Facebook.

In police state USA, adolescent antics can get you a visit from the FBI.

On Monday, during the federal holiday set aside to celebrate the life and work Martin Luther King Jr., a new generation of Americans tired of persistent racial inequality, discrimination, and police violence directed at specific segments of society will participate in actions designed to reclaim the legacy of the famous civil rights leader.

“You’re either a cop or little people.”—Police captain Harry Bryant in Blade Runner For those of us who have managed to survive 2014 with our lives intact and our freedoms hanging by a thread, it has been a year of crackdowns, clampdowns, shutdowns, showdowns, shootdowns, standdowns, knockdowns, putdowns, breakdowns, lockdowns, …

FBI says Colorado Springs man also searched “kill Obama” On December 17, Google contacted the Justice Department and alerted the FBI to a man who made anti-police comments on Youtube. by KURT NIMMO | INFOWARS.COM Google provided an IP address to track the man down. A military veteran, Jeremiah Perez, …

Austin, Texas – In what sounds like something out of the Cold War Soviet Union playbook, Austin Police Chief, Art Acevedo urged the community to turn in neighbors and friends who are “gun enthusiasts” or who have “extreme” views, just days after Larry McQuilliams shot-up buildings in Austin. Acevedo, in …

“I have a ticket,” screamed McGovern just before screaming in agony as he’s dragged off to jail by the NYPD for doing absolutely nothing wrong. New York, NY — Ray McGovern is a retired CIA analyst who chaired the National Intelligence Estimates and prepared the President’s Daily Brief. He received the Intelligence …

The Weekend of Resistance, part of Ferguson October‘s four days of uprising for Michael Brown, wrapped up on Monday with a day of many demonstrations, direct actions, and arrests. It was named “Moral Monday”, and was organized as a day calling for mass uprising all over St. Louis.  Hundreds of …

Knowing your rights is only part of the battle, unfortunately. The hard part comes in when you have to exercise those rights in order to hold government officials accountable to respecting those rights. Should We Just Follow Orders? Rules of Engagement for Resisting the Police State “Let your motto be resistance! resistance! …