New Head of Leadership Conference Says Now a “Bleak Time” for Civil Rights
"Nothing Like a Crisis to Sharpen One�s Thinking" -- a profile of new CEO of Leadership Council on Human Rights, Vanita Gupta....
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Aug
13
Aug
Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in Charlottesville
State police and National Guardsmen watched passively for hours as self-proclaimed Nazis engaged in street battles with counter-protesters. ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson was on the scene and reports that the...
23
Jun
More Than 100 Federal Agencies Fail to Report Hate Crimes to the FBI’s National Database
The FBI has identified at least 120 federal agencies that aren't uploading information to the database in violation of a longstanding legal mandate....
21
Jun
GOP Health Bill—How We Got Into This Mess
Amid the scoreboard coverage of the GOP health bill, historians remind us of how the unique U.S. system became such an insurance-based mess....
16
May
Outside Washington, A ‘More Powerful’ Immigrant Rights Movement Emerges
Despite the cloud of fear hanging over immigrant communities, there is a growing and increasingly organized resistance....
17
Apr
UA3411: On Being a Randomly Picked Asian
A video surfaced of a Vietnamese American, David Dao, being forcefully dragged from a United Airlines flight departing Chicago for Louisville, Kentucky. Dao, 69, had allegedly refused to voluntarily give...
31
Mar
Richmond Challenges White House Threat to Defund Sanctuary Cities
The City of Richmond has filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump challenging an executive order that would deny federal funding to sanctuary cities....
13
Feb
Backlash Against Muslim Ban Offers Hope, But Immigrants Still Vulnerable
The same week the Ninth Circuit decision was announced in San Francisco, ICE arrested approximately 160 people in Southern California....
08
Feb
Ending DACA Would Leave Hole in Economy, Study Says
Studies show that Pres. Trump's ending the DACA exemption for young undocumented Dreamers would cost the U.S. economically....
03
Feb
Trump’s Definition of Deportable ‘Broad’ and ‘Vague’
Under the expanded definition, nearly any undocumented immigrant could be considered a target....
26
Jan
‘A Time of Hope’ – Richmond Youth Look Back on Obama Era
Now that Barack Obama has left office, the nation reflects on how history will remember the 44th president. Richmond Pulse reporters weigh in on how will they will remember the...
12
Jan
Thank You, President Obama
Last night that man said goodbye, urging Americans as he brushed away tears to continue to push for the change his presidency had promised....
13
Dec
Bias Hinders Diversity in Hiring for Environmental Organizations
Diversity at the leadership level in the environmental sector remains low despite a high proportion of well-educated and qualified people of color....
24
Aug
A Mexican Rosie the Riveter: People of Color and Our Parks
A first-of-its-kind national survey commissioned by New America Media (conducted by Bendixen & Amandi International in July) found that 4 out of 5 minority voters support initiatives that would increase...
22
Jul
Activists Give Trump his Wall in Cleveland
Hundreds of demonstrators from across the nation gathered in front of the Republican National Convention in an attempt to “wall off Trump.”...
