Civil Rights
SUPREME COURT ISSUES RULING REQUIRING UNANIMOUS JURY VERDICTS FOR STATE CRIMINAL TRIALS
[U.S. Supreme Court\Ramos v. Louisiana] Ed Chung: “This ruling is a victory for civil rights and criminal justice. The laws allowing nonunanimous verdicts in ...
I SUPPORT SENATOR SANDERS’ PEOPLE FIRST CAMPAIGN WITHIN CONTINUING FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
[Commentary\Bernie Sanders’ Campaign] Sanders’ policies like Medicare for All are supported by a vast majority of the population. People seem to be voting for ...
SALEM UNITED ORGANIZATION KEEPS ALIVE “NEGRO ELECTION DAY” HISTORY
[Black History\Negro Election Day\Black Picnic Day] Doreen Wade: “In the 1740’s, freed black American’s and slaves in Massachusetts gathered on land given to Prince ...
NAACP ANNOUNCES ORGANIZATIONAL EXPANSION TO SUPPORT POLICY AND ADVOCACY PRIORITIES
[NAACP Expansion] Leon Russell: “Civil rights advocacy requires more robust engagement in public policy. We are embarking on a relentless pursuit to position the ...
ACLU PRAISES NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR MURPHY’S SIGNING OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL FOR PEOPLE ON PROBATION AND PAROLE
[New Jersey\Voting Rights] ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha:”People who have been disenfranchised in every sense of the word have regained their most fundamental power ...
CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS PRAISE CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS FOR BEING A CIVIL RIGHTS CHAMPION
[Remembering Congressman John Conyers] Congressman Dan Kildee: John Conyers was a fighter for civil rights who served the people of Detroit in Congress for ...
GREG PALAST: REPUBLICAN VOTER SUPPRESSION IS STEALING AMERICAN ELECTIONS
[Voter Suppression] Greg Palast on voter suppression: “Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, the dark art of vote stealing ...
TRUMP’S UNITED STATES OF HATE INCITES RISING WHITE BACKLASH
[Guest Editorial\Dr. Keith Magee] Dr. Magee: “The preaching of ‘whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also’, is ...
The Countdown: Trump Regime’s Census Ploys Will Promote Gerrymandering And Resource Diversion from Blacks and Latinos
Marc Morial. Photo: Facebook A leadership gap, inadequate funding and staffing and a deliberate campaign to intimidate immigrants and communities of color all ...
The Ballot or The Bullet: Taking the Struggle for Black Liberation to the United Nations–Malcolm X
Malcolm X, Malik El Shabazz. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Today is the anniversary of the assassination 54 years ago of Malcolm X on Feb. ...
