civil rights
Anti-LGBT bills introduced in 28 states
March 26, 2015So far this year 34 anti-LGBT bills in nine states have been defeated or failed to meet key legislative deadlines.
Read moreToday in women’s history: Happy birthday Dorothy Height
March 24, 2015Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for 40 years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Read moreWhy black and brown lives matter for all lives
March 23, 2015On Feb. 20, a police officer shot and killed Mexican national Rubén García Villalpando on the side of a highway outside Dallas.
Read moreCalls grow for investigation into Chicago’s Homan Sq. ‘Gestapo tactics’
March 20, 2015Danny Davis and Richard Boykin join a chorus of voices demanding justice over the "CIA or Gestapo tactics" discovered at Homan Square.
Read moreClaudia Jones Communist, anti-racist and feminist
March 10, 2015Paying tribute to Claudia Jones, activist and tireless fighter for working-class women.
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