June 28, 2021 - Declaration by civil rights activists / organizations:We appreciate the efforts of the lawmakers leading the negotiation of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. We were encouraged to see that the US House of…
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For Lorraine Jones, the first national celebration of June 10th as a federal holiday last week was a triumph in history. But now the civil rights activist says she wants state lawmakers in Harrisburg…
STATEN ISLAND, NY - “We've come a long way, but we still have a long way to go,” a phrase shared by various speakers during the New York City Racial Honing Juneteenth: Reflections on the Legacy of Racial Justice Justice Commission…
According to a report in the Daily Beast, Donald Trump urged his aides to get government attorneys to watch nightly television shows like Saturday Night Live because of the way they treated him.
Trump, whose stormy style was…
Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged to block any Supreme Court candidate President Joe Biden should submit if the GOP recaptures the Senate next year, and now Liberal Justice Stephen Breyer is pushing…
A new civil rights movement is emerging in Iran
June 10, 2021 - Ahead of Iran's June 18 presidential election, public discussions of victims of state repression - including vivid descriptions of prison torture and other human rights…
Politics was a tradition of the name Heflin in Alabama. Howell Heflin was a nephew of James Thomas Heflin, a well-known white racist in the state and also served as a U.S. Senator. He was also the great-nephew of Robert Stell…
The embattled US postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who was installed by then-President Donald Trump, is being investigated by the FBI for possible illegal fundraising campaigns.The Washington Post reported, citing sources, that the fundraiser…