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The cover of Paula Yoo's forthcoming book <em>From A Whisper To A Rallying Cry</em>
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How Vincent Chin's Death Gave Others A Voice

Mar 27, 2021
Paula Yoo discusses her new book From A Whisper to A Rallying Cry and how the 1982 death of Chin, a Chinese American man in Detroit, led a new generation of Asian Americans into political action.
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National
Charleston resident Tia Clark teaches tourists the coastal South Carolina tradition of catching blue crabs. She and her wife say the Equality Act would make it easier for them to adopt a child.
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Equality Act Would Extend Civil Rights Laws To LGBTQ People Throughout U.S.

Mar 24, 2021
South Carolina is one of about two dozen states that have few or no statewide LGBTQ protections. The federal Equality Act would change that, but some in the state say the bill goes too far.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced the latest executive action on Tuesday, sying, "We are a Commonwealth that believes in moving forward, not being tied down by the mistakes of our past."
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Virginia Governor Clears Path For Ex-Convicts To Regain Voting Rights

Mar 16, 2021
"Too many of our laws were written during a time of open racism and discrimination, and they still bear the traces of inequity," Gov. Ralph Northam said on Tuesday.
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Religion
Faith groups are deeply split over the Equality Act. Evangelicals, Catholics, Latter-day Saints and Orthodox Jews say it limits religious freedom. Mainline Protestants and other progressive faith groups support it.
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Some Faith Leaders Call Equality Act Devastating; For Others, It's God's Will

Mar 10, 2021
Some religious groups fear the Equality Act could undermine the freedom to exercise traditional faith beliefs. Other denominations say anti-LGBTQ discrimination cannot be tolerated.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Students chat while waiting for history class to start at Oak Ridge High School in September of 1955, when the once all-white high school was desegregated by order of the Atomic Energy Commission. The Tennessee city's school board is now formally includi
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Oak Ridge, Tenn., Will Teach History Of Its Black Students Who Helped End Segregation

Feb 23, 2021
"Today almost no one in America knows about this landmark Civil Rights achievement," the city council said last year, in a proclamation honoring the Oak Ridge 85.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Roy Austin Jr. has been named Facebook's vice president of civil rights, a new position within the company with the mandate to oversee its accountability on racial hatred and discrimination on its platform.
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Facebook Taps Former Obama Official As Vice President Of Civil Rights

Jan 11, 2021
Roy Austin Jr. will fill the new position, which was created by Facebook after a scathing audit released in July 2020 concluded the company's policies had caused "serious setbacks for civil rights."
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Negro Union Infantry corporal, holding a Colt model 1849 pocket revolver.
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From Negro Militias To Black Armament

Dec 22, 2020
Guns have always loomed large in Black people's lives — going all the way back to the days of colonial slavery, explains reporter Alain Stephens from The Trace.
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Religion
LGBTQ supporters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 8, 2019.
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Religious Freedom Arguments Give Rise To Executive Order Battle

Nov 16, 2020
Legislative remedies prove ineffective in reconciling religious freedom claims with concerns about discrimination, so the battle is waged via executive orders.
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National
After a false rumor circulated that Antifa agitators were coming to Sandpoint and nearby Coeur d'Alene to riot and loot businesses, armed vigilantes and Second Amendment supporters gathered in downtown Coeur d'Alene, alarming some of the residents.
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Are Paramilitary Extremists Being Normalized? Look To Idaho For Answers

Oct 17, 2020
The arrests of militiamen who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan's governor echo loudly in the Idaho Panhandle, a region long synonymous with anti-government extremism.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Poet and activist Christopher Coles addresses a crowd in Rochester, N.Y.
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Black Protest Leaders To White Allies: 'It's Our Turn To Lead Our Own Fight'

Sep 22, 2020
As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country, a lot of white people joined in to help the cause. In many cities Black leaders are being deliberate about the roles "white allies" play.
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Deloris Melton Gresham in her home in Drew, Miss., holding photographs of her parents Clinton and Beulah Melton.
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Clinton Melton: A Man Who Was Killed In Mississippi Just 3 Months After Emmett Till

Aug 27, 2020
The murder of Emmett Till 65 years ago this week became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Radio Diaries tells a lesser-known story of a Black man killed in a nearby town three months later.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at a press briefing Thursday in Kenosha, Wis., in the parking lot of Bert and Rudy's Auto Service, where two protesters were shot and killed Tuesday night.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson Addresses Jacob Blake Shooting In Kenosha, Wis.

Aug 27, 2020
In his remarks, the civil rights activist evoked a series of Black victims of violence, from George Floyd to Breonna Taylor,
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A flag drapes across looted shelves in a hardware store during widespread unrest following the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020 in Philadelphia, Penn.
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One Author's Argument 'In Defense Of Looting'

Aug 27, 2020
In her new book, writer Vicky Osterweil argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.
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Erica Vital-Lazare
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Every Voice: Race, Protest, and Power in Las Vegas

Aug 01, 2020

A roundtable on racial justice in Las Vegas.

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How Has Life Changed For The LGBT Community

Jul 30, 2020

Nevada’s LGBT citizens have been fighting for equality since statehood was established in the 1800s. 

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Obituaries
In November 2016, Congressman John Lewis viewed for the first time images and his arrest record from a March 5, 1963, nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segregated lunch counters.
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Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Never Gave Up Or Gave In

Jul 19, 2020
The longtime Georgia congressman died Friday of pancreatic cancer. Lewis, who devoted his life to activism and the civil rights movement, was known as "the conscience of the Congress."
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
The civil rights experts Facebook hired to review its policies faulted CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to prioritize free speech over other values.
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Report Slams Facebook For 'Vexing And Heartbreaking Decisions' On Free Speech

Jul 08, 2020
A two-year investigation concludes the social network's leaders made decisions that were "significant setbacks for civil rights."
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under pressure to take bigger steps to curb hate speech and crack down on harmful content on the social network.
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In Reversal, Facebook To Label Politicians' Harmful Posts As Ad Boycott Grows

Jun 26, 2020
The social network is under pressure from a growing group of its advertisers to do more to curb hate speech and other harmful content.
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Juneteenth March Extends Black Lives Matter Protests Into Week 3

Jun 22, 2020

Last Friday’s march for the Black Lives Matter movement marked th

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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
In 2018, GirlTrek members gathered for a weekend retreat in Rocky Mountain National Park as part of their #StressProtest.
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GirlTrek Uses Black Women's History To Encourage Walking As A Healing Tradition

Jun 16, 2020
As part of a 21-day series of walking meditations to honor black women freedom fighters, GirlTrek founders are tackling issues such as the coronavirus pandemic, voter suppression and police violence.
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Shots - Health News
Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services, has long argued that "sex discrimination" protections in the Affordable Care Act aren't meant to encompass protections for transgender people.
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Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration

Jun 12, 2020
Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.
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Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Josie Johnson.
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'Marchers Are Full Of Hope': Civil Rights Leaders See Progress In Today's Movement

Jun 08, 2020
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Josie Johnson reflect on the civil rights movement and the protests following the death of George Floyd. "We're not going to give up. We're not going to stop," Jackson says.
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LEFT: Leaders of a march of about 255 people stare at police officers who stopped the group from marching on city hall in Pritchard, Ala, on June 12, 1968. RIGHT: A protester shows a picture of George Floyd from her phone to a wall of security guards nea
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1968-2020: A Tale Of Two Uprisings

Jun 03, 2020
I remember how tumultuous 1968 felt. Cops in riot gear and flaming storefronts are nothing new—but this time around, things feel even more dire.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Zoom has become an essential tool for millions during the pandemic, but civil rights groups say the company must act aggressively to stop harassment on its platform.
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Racial Slurs And Swastikas Fuel Civil Rights Pressure On Zoom

Apr 10, 2020
Civil rights groups warn that white nationalists and others are using the video-meeting platform Zoom to target people based on their race, sexuality and religion.
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StoryCorps
In her StoryCorps interview in September 2018, Olivia Hooker talked about her experience as the first black woman to enter the Coast Guard.
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Before Making Military History, She Witnessed One Of History's Worst Race Riots

Feb 28, 2020
Olivia Hooker advocated for the military to open its doors to women of color. But even after policies started to change, "nobody seemed to be joining," she said. So she decided to join herself.
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