Racial bias, auto insurance edition

A new study released by the Consumer Federation of America shows drivers in predominantly black communities can face car insurance rates upwards of two times as much as drivers in white communities. According to the report: Most states prohibit the consideration of a...

Ben Carson releases hip hop ad

You’ve heard of Ben Carson by now. He’s the one besting Trump at the moment for the GOP nomination. Ben Carson who believes the pyramids in Egypt were built for storing grain among many, many other, um, questionable theories about everything. He’s...

Black girls matter

By now you’ve seen or at least heard about the video with the South Carolina police officer pulling a black female student from her desk and throwing her across the room. A federal civil rights investigation has been opened and the officer’s past conduct...

CA law aims to reduce racial profiling

One of the most contentious or California’s new laws is a strengthening of the state’s racial profiling law. It’s about hard data, and it forces all law enforcement organizations to report the race of every person stopped by officers. Police associations...