Justice Department sues Mississippi over treatment of mentally ill
The U.S. Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the state of Mississippi over the way it treats the mentally ill.
The lawsuit filed...
Justice Department to Streamline Tracking of Police Killings
The Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to better track killings by police officers, as heightened national scrutiny of such deaths has...
Cory Booker, After Touring a Prison, Renews Call for Criminal Justice Overhaul
After touring a federal prison on Thursday, Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, said he was more determined than ever to push through...
News videos affect whites awareness of racism in US
Not long ago, Becky Deen Tai would never have imagined herself attending a civic meeting about police officers' treatment of African-Americans.
She'd grown up a...
Obama issues record-breaking 214 commutations
President Obama commuted the sentences of 214 more federal inmates Wednesday, the largest single-day grant of commutations in the nation's history.
Obama has now used his constitutional clemency...
