Civil Rights

New Interactive Map Details 67 Confederate Monuments (and Counting) Removed Since George Floyd Murder

The Confederate soldiers and sailors statue is hoisted down to the ground by a crane on July 8, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. The vast majority of monuments recently removed were erected decades after the 1865 dissolution of the Confederacy, note the organizers behind the new mapping project, and "served as a means of racist intimidation in a period when Black people had gained expanded political, social, and economic freedoms" in the South. (Photo by Eze Amos/Getty Images)

'Not On Our Watch': AOC, In Powerful Floor Speech, Declares House Democrats Will Protect Civil Rights Law From Trump

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"There is a difference between saying that we believe in the inherent dignity, equality, and value of our black brothers and sisters and actually committing to it."

Cementing GOP Court Takeover, Senate Confirms 'Anti-Voting Rights Extremist' as Trump's 200th Federal Judge

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Wilson's record against civil rights and healthcare, and his lack of judicial...

'I Took the Helmet Off and Laid the Batons Down': These Cops Didn't Disperse Their Town's Protest—They Joined It

Common Dreams staff

Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson alongside people in Flint, Michigan demonstrating against police violence and the kiling of George Floyd in neighboring Minnesota last week. "When we reached the police station, the officers were lined up and everyone immediately took a knee," said local photographer Leni Kei Williams who documented what transpired. "The Sheriff asked one question... 'We are mad too! What can we do?' and the crowd responded, 'Join us.'" And then they did. (Photo: Leni Kei Photography / U

"Do I think this has solved the issue between police and unarmed black, human...

DeVos Sued Over New Title IX Rules That Make It 'Easier for Schools to Sweep Sexual Violence Under the Rug'

'We'll Fight This': Groups Outraged Over DeVos 'Gutting' Title IX Protections for Survivors of Sexual Violence

'Time Is of the Essence': After Wisconsin Fiasco, 150+ Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Protect 2020 Elections

'Truly a Civil Rights Hero': Rev. Joseph Lowery Dead at 98

'We Are Not That Stupid': Rev. Al Sharpton Says Black Voters Won't Be Fooled by Red-Baiting Attacks on Sanders

'Big Win for Justice' as Calif. Gov. Newsom Pardons Late Civil Rights Icon Bayard Rustin

Declaring That 'Disability Rights Are Civil Rights,' Sanders Unveils 'Most Progressive' Plan of 2020 Field

'Sit This One Out': FBI Slammed for Social Media Shoutout to Martin Luther King Jr.

Countering Annual Whitewash of His Legacy, Progressives Remember the 'Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Imperialist' Martin Luther King Jr.

US Government Lists Non-Violent 'Valve Turner' Climate Activists as Threat on Par With Murderous Neo-Nazis

With 2020 Endorsement, Racial Justice Group Says Movement Behind Bernie Sanders 'Will Change This Country'

Groups Call It 'Ludicrous' and 'Offensive' to Let Impeached Trump Continue Right-Wing Takeover of Courts

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Getting Into Good Trouble: John Lewis Got Busted 53 Years Ago For Using A 'White' Toilet

Change Happens (If Much Too Slowly) Dept: Civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) tweeted out his long-ago, self-assured mugshot today to commemorate his 1961 release from a Mississippi prison where he served 37 days for "disorderly conduct," aka daring to use a bathroom labelled "white." A leader of the Selma to Montgomery March, the tireless Lewis has been arrested over 40 times fighting for civil rights - he calls it "good or necessary trouble" - for which we thank him.