All posts tagged "Civil Rights"
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Civil Liberties
HRC: Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Is A ‘Direct Threat’ To Constitutional Rights Of Everyday Americans, LGBTQ Community
August 8, 2018The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, said in a new report that President...
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DEMOCRACY
MLK Jr. In 1964 Speech: We Need To Be As ‘Maladjusted’ As Lincoln, Jefferson And Jesus To Build This ‘Society Of Peace’
January 15, 2018Listen to a recently discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. giving a riveting and...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Judicial Nominee ‘A Product Of The Modern White Supremacist Machine,’ Says Civil Rights Leader
December 27, 2017Civil rights leader William Barber II, the president of North Carolina’s NAACP, blasted President Trump‘s nominee for...
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DEMOCRACY
‘Transgenders Don’t Have Rights’ Says Moore Who Refuses To Debate Opponent Over Stance On ‘Transgenderism’
November 10, 2017Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore said in an iHeartRadio interview with Sean Hannity Friday that...
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Authoritarianism
Senate GOP Confirms Trump Judicial Nominee Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court
November 10, 2017Civil rights groups blasted the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday for voting to confirm 38-year-old Brett...
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DEMOCRACY
California Becomes First State To Legally Recognize Third Gender Option
October 17, 2017California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Sunday signed into law a bill making the state the...
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DEMOCRACY
Supreme Court Blocks Rulings Requiring Texas To Redraw Congressional Districts
September 12, 2017The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order blocking a decision by the District Court for...
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DEMOCRACY
Congressional Black Caucus: Our Worst Fears About Attorney General Jeff Sessions Are Becoming Reality
August 2, 2017The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) said Wednesday that its worst fears about Attorney General Jeff Sessions...
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EQUALITY
Trump Declines Invitation To Address NAACP Convention
July 20, 2017President Trump will break a White House tradition dating back to Ronald Reagan after declining the...
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DEMOCRACY
Rep. John Lewis: Trump Is ‘Uncaring,’ Ignorant About The Fight For Civil Rights
July 14, 2017Rep. John Lewis (R-Ga.), a civil rights icon who marched alongside the likes of Martin Luther...