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"What to the Slave is 4th of July?": James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass's Historic Speech

Protests Erupt After Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Philando Castile

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"What is it going to take? I'm mad as hell right now, yes, I am," said Philando Castile's mother Valerie

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Former NAACP Head Ben Jealous Enters MD Governor's Race Campaigning for Economic and Social Justice

Democracy Now!

(Photo: Brian Witte/ AP)

Ben Jealous, the youngest person to ever head the NAACP, has entered the race...

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Trump's Muslim Ban 2.0, "Dripping With Intolerance," Ruled Unconstitutional

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump's revised...

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Of Confederate Monuments, NOLA's Mayor Asks: "Is This Really Our Story?"

Supreme Court Ruling Smacks Down North Carolina's Racial Gerrymandering

Reversing Progress, Sessions Order Embraces 'Vicious Cycle of Incarceration'

Wisconsin ID Law Kept 200,000 Voters From Polls—And Trump Won by Just 22,748 Votes

'Love Outnumbers Hate' as New Orleans Parade Confronts Confederate Statue Protectors

'Affront to Justice': Protester Faces Year in Jail for Laughing During Sessions Hearing

Impacted Communities Draw 'Red Line' for Mother Earth Across US Capitol

Climate Movement to May Day Strikers: "We've Got Your Back"

'Old Boys Club' Fox News Slapped With Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

After Thursday's attack, Marine Le Pen immediately invoked "a war against us." (Photo: Getty)

Le Pen Accused of Exploiting Paris Shooting Days Before Election

'No Regard for Human Rights': Sessions Slammed for Order on Police Conduct

Seeking 'To Create a Police State,' AG Sessions Threatens Sanctuary Cities

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Kaepernick vs. Trump: Making America Great Again

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Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Civil Rights Attorneys: Racial Disparities Persist in NYPD Stop and Frisk

ACLU

ACLU Challenges Unconstitutional Debtors’ Prison Practices in South Carolina County

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

73 National Groups Demand OFCCP Remain Intact

Center for Popular Democracy

CPD-Action Launches $80 Million National Network to Resist Trump Administration’s Agenda, Build Political Power in Working Class Communities of Color

ACLU

State Legislator Joins ACLU Lawsuit Against Stop-and-Frisk Program by Milwaukee Police Conducted Without Reasonable Suspicion and Based on Racial Profiling

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Civil and Human Rights Coalition Blasts Sessions' Reboot of Failed 'War on Drugs’...

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Chad Williams

100 Years Ago African-Americans Marched Down 5th Avenue to Declare That Black Lives Matter

Leonard Pitts Jr.

For Republicans, Fear and Loathing is a Winning Message

Rebekah Barber

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Andrea Armstrong

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Robert C. Koehler

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David Korten

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Julie Kohler, Nicole Rodgers

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Chris Hedges

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Xoài Phạm

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