Tag: civil rights
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.
The Digital Dog Ate Our Civil-Liberties Homework: ‘It’s Just the Way...
The surveillance state is a failure and suppressor of democracy and should not be the default setting of digital technology. It's time we get back to a democratic system, which is to be master.
Two Former Police Chiefs Plead Guilty to Violating Civil Rights
Two former Louisiana police chiefs were jailed for tasing inmates after they admitted they knew their actions were unlawful, but continued to deprive inmates of their rights under color of law. How corrupt!
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Senate approves record Pentagon budget as Democrats help advance Trump’s defense agenda
Bipartisan vote sends $900 billion military bill to Trump’s desk amid war powers concerns and domestic cuts.
Holiday shoppers are flexing political power through big boycott campaigns
Genocide in Gaza, raids on immigrants and attacks on DEI have spurred urgent calls to boycott companies like Home Depot, Target, Chevron and Microsoft.
How the charter school industry’s newest scheme could be ‘the death of public schools’
A charter school “shitstorm” in Florida shows how the industry intends to take over public education.
3 in 4 Republicans under 45 say they prefer US funded health care over...
New IMEU and YouGov polling shows majorities of Republican voters, especially younger adults, favor redirecting taxpayer dollars from Israel to domestic health care as skepticism grows over long-term military funding.
House moderates move to force vote as ACA tax credits near expiration
Four Republicans join Democrats in discharge petition amid looming premium hikes for millions.