Calls grow for US death penalty halt after ‘torturous’ botched execution of Christa Pike Pike alive but in critical condition as experts call ordeal that unfolded in Tennessee ‘unimaginably barbaric’ The Guardian - US · Oct 2
16th Street Baptist Church marks bombing anniversary with a new visitor center Hundreds of people gathered at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, to mark the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 bombing The Independent UK · Sep 15
Landmark slavery exhibition to make international debut in Scotland A MAJOR exhibition exploring the history of slavery and racial injustice is set to make its first appearance outside the United States when it opens… The National (Scotland) · Jul 28
New monument turns Rosa Parks’s booking number into warning on US erasure ‘We have come too far to turn around now,’ the monument on Alabama’s Montgomery Square reads The Guardian - US · Jun 19
‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied it The visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr proclaiming his dream The Guardian - UK · Mar 4
The ongoing fight to replace racist monuments in the US: ‘requires a lot of perseverance’ Since a reckoning brought awareness to problematic statues across the country, the road to replacing them has been slow and arduous The Guardian - US · Jun 29, 2025
Biden Commutes Nearly All Federal Death Penalty Sentences Biden preserved the death sentences of three mass murderers but commuted the sentences of 37 other federal death row inmates to life in prison. Reason · Dec 23, 2024
Six days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2024
On Juneteenth, monument dedicated in Alabama to those who endured slavery The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024
Jazz, justice and Juneteenth: Wynton Marsalis and Bryan Stevenson join forces to honor Black protest Civil rights lawyer and jazz pianist Bryan Stevenson and Pulitzer-winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis are debuting a new live performance album of historic jazz records created in time for Juneteenth to protest racial injustice The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024
Freedom Monument Park tells honest story of enslaved people The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, is designed to get visitors closer to the experiences of enslaved people in America. WEKU · Apr 22, 2024
‘A narrative of triumph’: a powerful 17-acre site in Alabama remembers enslavement The Equal Justice Initiative has created an expansive new experience that aims to pay an honest tribute to courage and resilience as an American equivalent to a Holocaust memorial The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2024
SCOTUS allows first nitrogen execution "The world is watching," Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned before Kenny Smith was put to death Thursday Salon · Jan 26, 2024
Opal Lee, ‘grandmother of Juneteenth,’ discusses national museum, legacy of slavery FORT WORTH, Texas — Growing up in Texas, Opal Lee celebrated Juneteenth by picnicking and dancing with her family at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth. Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Mar 31, 2023 Gov. Gavin Newsom launches national campaign to fight ‘authoritarian leaders’ SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday launched a national campaign to counter the GOP agenda and announced that he’s hitting the road to “take the fight to states where freedom is most under attack.”
The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023 Biden awarding 1st batch of arts, humanities medals Tuesday Singer Jose Feliciano, actress Mindy Kaling and fashion designer Vera Wang are among artists being honored by President Joe Biden with the National Medal of Arts
Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023 Our pick of the 12 best court room dramas on film, from Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a Fall to Saint Omer From John Grisham adaptations, to black-and-white classics, we select the court room classics
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023 Alabama extends time for executions, ends automatic review Alabama has changed death penalty procedures to give the prison system longer to carry out executions — a move that comes after a string of troubled lethal injections in the state — and also eliminated an automatic review for trial errors
Tribune News Service · Jan 16, 2023 King’s legacy depends on being a part of change, leaders say ATLANTA — The youngest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. says his message of equality — while not easy to carry out — remains a mandate to take action, to save the future of all children and the world.
Salon · Dec 11, 2022 Were your kids' glasses made by slaves? A public records request connects children's eyeglasses to labor exploitation in prisons
WEKU · Nov 23, 2022 Read what a judge told Elizabeth Holmes before sending her to prison for 11 years Read exactly what the judge told former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes before he sentenced her to 11 years in federal prison.