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Pride 2020 Brings Wins And Losses For LGBTQ Civil Rights
Trump reverses medical discrimination protections for trans people, while SCOTUS rules employers cannot fire workers for being gay or trans. The post Pride 2020 Brings…
Boycotting Israel Is Not A Crime, Says European Human Rights Court
The EHRC overturned the French court’s convictions of 12 BDS activists for “incitement to discrimination” in a watershed ruling for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions…
Independent Autopsy Concludes George Floyd’s Death Was A Homicide
An independent autopsy released by Floyd’s family raises serious questions about the previous findings, which implied underlying health issues were responsible for his death. Forensic…
Hegemonic Policing: The COVID-19 Law Enforcement Strategy
The Police Accountability Report talks with two victims of mass incarceration and police brutality, and reveals a distinct theory of how American policing has evolved…
Comcast Willing to Gut Civil Rights Law to Stop Byron Allen Lawsuit
Comcast Corp. v. National Association of African-American Owned Media might seem like a simple David and Goliath story of a Black entrepreneur fighting white-owned corporate…
Trump’s Attack on LA Homelessness Ignores the Causes
Jacqueline Luqman talks with LA Times reporter Gale Holland about how acknowledging the issues that contribute to a high percentage of African American homelessness in…
Corporate Interests Use Voter Purges To Disenfranchise Citizens
The SCOTUS decision in Shelby County v Holder ruled that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is unconstitutional. Greg Palast talks about…
Where Do the Politics of Reparations Go From Here?
This week, the first congressional hearing on reparations in nearly 12 years was held on Capitol Hill. As the discussion on reparations matures, what needs…
Congressional Hearing on Slavery Reparations Draws Huge Crowd
Large and passionate crowds gathered to witness historians, economists, academics, and politicians testify for the first time in nearly a dozen years on H.R. 40,…
US Public Education Still Segregated 65 Years After Brown
Sixty-five years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, a new report published by Pennsylvania State University reveals the persistent racial segregation in…
City Settles, Agrees to Reforms with Fired Black Police Chief who Claimed Discrimination
A black police chief whose controversial firing garnered national attention has settled with the for monetary damages and a promise to address racial bias in…
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