Tag: civil rights
Bernie Sanders, civil rights leaders demand workers’ rights at Nissan factory
“It is time for justice for working people,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told the Nissan factory workers.
NAACP vows to resist Sessions appointment as attorney general with civil...
EXCLUSIVE: NAACP President Cornell William Brooks and other members of the civil rights group rally outside Senator Jeff Sessions’ office and hold a sit-in.
EPA works to remake troubled office of civil rights
A 2015 Center investigation found that the office had never made a formal finding of discrimination in 22 years.
Trump’s attack on civil rights hero John Lewis over MLK day...
The congressman does not plan on attending Trump’s inauguration, along with a handful of Democrats who are boycotting the event.
ACLU & NAACP: Jeff Sessions unfit for post defending civil rights...
Trump’s pick has drawn widespread outrage because of Sessions’s opposition to the Voting Rights Act, support for anti-immigration legislation and history of making racist comments.
Trump protests could be the start of a new civil rights...
Social change begins in the streets with citizen activism, but it’s important to realize this chapter of history is unlike any that has come before.
Your Rights and Our Election
“Re-elect McConnell and his ilk, vote in Donald Trump, and watch what happens to your rights.”
One Southern Leader Bridges Civil Rights’ Past and Black Lives Matter’s...
Irving Allen on creating an inclusive movement. “You’re not organizing unless you’re training up the next generation.”
Bernie Sanders Releases Powerful Civil Rights Campaign Video
“I want to see an America where when young black men walk down the street, they will not be harassed by police officers. They will not be killed. They will not be shot!”
The Great Forgetting
America’s refusal to fund and sustain its intellectual and cultural heritage has come with an enormous cost. We are now paying the bill.
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Israel seizes Rafah crossing, cutting off Gaza’s last humanitarian lifeline amid famine crisis
This move effectively cuts off a critical humanitarian aid route to the enclave, where the majority of the population faces imminent famine due to ongoing conflict.
Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk...
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells.
Senator Sanders demands US withdraw military aid as Israel escalates attacks in Rafah
Amidst escalating violence in Rafah, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges the U.S. administration to cease military support for Israel, citing severe humanitarian risks and a potential large-scale tragedy.
New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the working class
Economist Gabriel Zucman's analysis reveals that for the first time, U.S. billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans, sparking a renewed debate on wealth tax.
‘They are starving,’ says doctor back from Gaza; world food program warns North in...
We get an update on conditions among the besieged and starving population of Gaza—including of children now suffering from the psychological effects of intense and prolonged trauma—from Dr. Walid Masoud.