Civil Rights

To Save 'Democracy in Peril,' 150 Civil Rights Groups Release Visionary Blueprint to Restore and Protect Voting Rights

Confirmation of Steven Menashi to Federal Appeals Court 'Should Send Shockwaves Across America'

Julia Conley, staff writer

Approval of Trump nominee called "disturbing," "offensive," and "another dark day" for nation's judicial system.

US Agencies Sued Over Secretive Use of Facial Recognition and Other 'Dystopian Surveillance Technology'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The camera is seen on a facial recognition device

"Face and other biometric surveillance technologies," one ACLU expert warns, "...

'What an Unexpected, Unpleasant Situation for Students,' Says NAACP Leader Regarding Trump Visit to Historically Black College

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

President Donald Trump answered questions from the press while departing the White House on Nov. 26, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

Days after "lynching" comment, the president addresses a forum at Benedict...

Ahead of CNN Town Hall, Warren and Buttigieg Unveil Their Plans to Protect and Expand LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ Advocates Flood Capitol Hill on Day One of Supreme Court's First Trans Civil Rights Case in US History

'Chilling': Mississippi City Claims Undocumented Man Killed by Police Had No Constitutional Rights

'Democracy for Some, But Not for All': Report Reveals Nearly 1,700 Polling Places Closed Since Supreme Court Weakened Voting Rights Act

'Vision for Justice': 117 Rights Groups Offer Roadmap to Transform US Criminal-Legal System

Praising Sanders for His Call to Ban Law Enforcement Using Facial Recognition Tools, Digital Rights Group Urges All Presidential Hopefuls to Follow Suit

Rights Group Warns Against Amazon Marketing to Law Enforcement 'Dangerous and Invasive' Facial Recognition System It Claims Can Detect People's Fear

#WhiteSupremacyKills: 100+ Civil Rights Groups Rally to Reject GOP's Excuses for Massacres and Demand Concrete Action

17 Million Americans Purged From Voter Rolls Between 2016 and 2018, Analysis Finds

'Good News!': With Unanimous Vote, Oakland Joins Growing List of Cities to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

Rejecting 'Rainbow Capitalism' of Corporate-Saturated Pride Parade, Tens of Thousands March for Queer Liberation in NYC

'Virginia Voters Are Finally Getting Fair Maps': Rights Advocates Celebrate US Supreme Court Ruling on Racial Gerrymandering

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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.