civil rights
‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’: A fine new documentary about a courageous life
July 6, 2020Elder Lewis told his young grandson that sometimes good trouble would be needed to do what is right.
Read moreCivil Rights Movement memories: Marching from Selma to Montgomery in 1965
February 7, 2020The experiences of witnessing Jim Crow in Houston in the mid-fifties, soon after migrating with my parents and sister from Buenos Aires, were forever implanted in my conscience. Doing whatever necessary to help eradicate the U.S....
Read moreAFL-CIO to the nation: Make King’s dream America’s reality
January 17, 2020With an eye to defeating Trump labor leaders and activists gather in Washington and launch a campaign to end voter suppression and restore voting rights.
Read moreStaff at civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center unionizes
December 18, 2019The staff decided to unionize after months of turmoil at the SPLC, the nation’s top tracker of hate groups.
Read moreVoting matters: How are your Congressmembers doing? Ask the NAACP
July 15, 2019Is there really no difference between the two capitalist parties, as some on the left like to claim? The NAACP might argue otherwise.
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