Over 700 Texans were registered to testify at a hearing on a proposed bill restricting abortion in Texas. MSNBC’s Karen Finney, host of Disrupt, joins Craig Melvin to discuss the latest in the reproduction rights battle. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
On June 9, 2013 the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. released a new video highlighting the racial discrimination in the Texas death penalty system and the shocking case of death-sentenced prisoner, Duane Buck. Mr. Buck was sentenced to death in Harris County (Houston), Texas, after his trial prosecutor elicited testimony from a psychologist […]
An “ex-gay” Christian Ministry, Exodus International, has shut down and International President Alan Chambers has released a public apology for the pain and suffering the ministry has caused the gay community during the course of the last 37 years: I Am Sorry June 19, 2013 By Alan Chambers Three years ago, Leslie and I began […]
A Texas man on death row is asking for a new sentencing hearing and has many supporters, but not because he’s innocent. Duane Buck was sentenced in Harris County, Texas (Houston) to die at his 1997 capital sentencing hearing. During the hearing the trial prosecutor elicited testimony from a psychologist, Dr. Walter Quijano, indicating that African Americans, are […]
This story was incredibly hard to write, and its content is disturbing. I believe such stories need to be told for change to occur. I can’t write about anti-choice bills, Rush Limbaugh, the NRA… then ignore the story of a baby who was raped and murdered. Well, I can – but I won’t. A mother, […]