civil rights

In 1961, fifty years ago, a group of African-American and white students decided to defy the laws of Southern states that segregated transportation. They…

On Friday the Las Vegas Review-Journal posted live footage of a police beating. The video comes from a March 20 altercation between videographer Mitchell…

PBS documentary series, " American Experience" has made a new documentary looking at the Freedom Riders - the civil rights protesters who challenged Jim…

Congresswoman Dina Titus is serving out the lame-duck weeks of her Congressional term but she will not be leaving Washington altogether. She has just been…

Two of the Southwest's feistiest writers join us to discuss health care, the wars in the Middle East and CNN's take on Latinos in America.Links Ask A…

Historian and writer Vincent Harding joins us to talk about his years with Martin Luther King and his writings about the slavery. He's Professor Emeritus…

Gary Peck was credited with reviving the local branch of the ACLU over the last decade. But now he and the organization have parted ways. We talk about…

Michael Ginsburg, Community Organizer, PLANJennifer Bolton, VP Board, Gay and Lesbian Ctr of Southern NVJanine Hansen, Citizen Lobbyist, NV…

Trish Geran, author and protest march organizerPastor S.S. Rogers, Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church... on the latest in the battle to reopen F Street…

Gary Peck, Exec Dir, ACLU of NV... on their national agenda and the local issues that concern the guardians of liberty.Links ACLU NV LVRJ: Inmate…