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Civil Rights

'Setback for Voting Rights': Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter-Purge Process

Protesters gather during a rally held by the group Common Cause in front of the U.S. Supreme Court January 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Following Illinois's Overdue Vote on ERA, Momentum Surges for One of These 13 States to Ratify Amendment

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Anything is possible. We haven't had the momentum we have now."

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As Advocates See Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases Dismissed by Trump's Education Dept, National Groups Take on DeVos

Julia Conley, staff writer

"These were all complaints that were legitimate. I guess we have selective...

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Among Those Blocked by Trump on Twitter, Stephen King Says Maybe Better Not To Follow President

Jon Queally, staff writer

Novelist and master of horror tells Stephen Colbert getting blocked may have...

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Carson Pulls Tool Used by Officials to Identify Segregation

'Beyond the Pale': NRA Head Oliver North Says Attacks on Gun Lobby Worse Than Jim Crow Violence

Kyle Duncan speaking on Nov. 29, 2017 to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination by President Donald Trump to be judge of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. (Photo: CSPAN)

Confirmation of Latest Right-Wing Judge for Lifetime Post 'Should Send Shockwaves Across the Nation'

Putting Fair Housing Investigations on Back-Burner, Trump's HUD Abandons Core Mission

Top DOJ Civil Rights Lawyer Resigns. New Job: Battling DOJ Attacks on Civil Rights

As Lawmakers Accuse DeVos of Lack of Regard for Students, Her Own Staffer Admits 'Things Have Gotten Pretty Awful Here'

students from South High School

Ahead of Nationwide Walkout Demanding Action on Guns, ACLU Offers Primer on Students' Rights

Civil rights advocates and secretaries of states are warning against a provision in a DHS reauthorization bill that would let the president dispatch Secret Service to polling places. (Photo: Penn State/flickr/cc)

'Chilling and Unprecedented': DHS Reauthorization Bill Would Let Trump Send Secret Service to Polling Places

Repudiating Trump DOJ, Court Delivers Victory to LGBTQ Advocates in Workplace Discrimination Decision

young students attend education protest

'Mean-Spirited': DeVos Attacks Effort to Better Serve Students of Color and Those With Disabilities

On its latest Civil Rights Federal Legislative Report Card, the NAACP gave 51 senators an "F." (Photo: Naive Photography/flickr/cc)

284 Members of Congress Just Got an 'F' on Their Civil Rights Report Card

Trump's Department of Education Admits It Actively Doesn't Care About Transgender Students

Further

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.

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Credo Action

Republicans Own Trump’s Cruel Family Separation Policy

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil rights Under Law Issues Statement on Gill v. Whitford

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Letter to LA County Clerk Following Massive 118k-person Voting Error

National Organization for Women (NOW)

It’s Not About Cakes: Supreme Court Signals Approval for Discrimination Against Marginalized Communities

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Leading Civil Rights Organizations' Statement on Release of Report on Community Reforms to NYPD Practices...

American Federation of Teachers

AFT Statement on the Passing of Linda Brown

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Views

Hugh Handeyside

We’re Demanding The Government Come Clean on Surveillance of Social Media

Saurav Sarkar

Hundreds of Poor People's Campaign Activists Got Themselves Arrested for Racial Justice

Matt Cagle, Nicole Ozer

Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Facial Recognition Technology

Billy Corriher

How the Klan Act of 1871 is Fighting Voter Intimidation Today

Jason Opal

The Civil War Wasn’t Enough

Philip Lederer MD

Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayed on Freedom

Kenneth Glasgow

Marching Backwards for Freedom

Jeffrey Aaron Snyder

The Staying Power of Black History Month

Olivia Alperstein

Celebrate Black History Month by Fighting for Justice and Equity

Julie Goldscheid

Is Sexual Harassment a Civil Rights Violation? It Should Be.

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