civil rights
“Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace?”
January 12, 2022Declaring that all lawmakers in America must ask themselves that question, Biden calls for the elimination of the filibuster to pass voting rights bills in the Senate.
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Republicans prepare transphobic offensive for 2022 elections
November 5, 20212021 set a record for anti-transgender legislation—over 110 bills in 37 states. From Hawaii to Alaska, Texas to Maine, Republicans went on a full-court press to target trans people—especially trans female student athletes. With the midterms...
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Here’s why Jeff Sessions’ parting shot is worse than you thought
October 18, 2021Stymieing future consent decrees is bad enough, but Sessions’ memo will make it challenging to negotiate any effective police reform agreement going forward.
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French president honors U.S. civil rights icon Jesse Jackson
July 20, 2021Speaking in English, the French president called Jackson “a great friend of France” and “very popular in our country, but not just in our country.”
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Civil rights tsunami in D.C. over statehood, reparations and Justice Dept.
April 15, 2021Civil rights issues hit Capitol Hill in a big way April 14 with the GOP on the wrong side of all of them.
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