Activists Gain Resolve From Civil Rights Vets Post-Election

As Trump’s election sets in, some dispirited black and Latino liberal activists are looking to — and finding inspiration from — the veterans of civil rights movements.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Activists Gain Resolve From Civil Rights Vets Post-Election

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It became clear to Javier Benavidez that Donald Trump would win the presidency around 2 a.m. after polls closed on Election Day. The Albuquerque activist had helped organize two anti-Trump protests in New Mexico and strongly opposed the Republican's views on immigration. He went to bed around 4 a.m. and expected to be

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New Lawsuit Challenges Efforts To Stamp Out African-American Vote In NC

North Carolina is ‘ground zero in the intentional, surgical efforts by Republicans to suppress the voice of voters’

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
President Barack Obama casts his ballot during early voting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 25, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

With just over a week to go before Election Day, the North Carolina NAACP on Monday filed a lawsuit to stop what it describes as a Republican-led effort to snuff out the African-American vote. "This is our Selma and we will not back down and allow this suppression to continue," said Rev. William Barber II, president of the

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Court Rules NC Voter ID Law ‘Intentionally Discriminatory’

‘With surgical precision, North Carolina tried to eliminate voting practices disproportionately used by African-Americans’

Nika Knight
By Nika Knight

A federal appeals court on Friday struck down North Carolina's controversial voter ID law, ruling that the 2013 law was created "with discriminatory intent." Civil rights groups hailed the decision as a major victory. "With surgical precision, North Carolina tried to eliminate voting practices disproportionately used by

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Tensions Escalate Between Civil Rights & Pro-Police Groups

Are Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter mutually exclusive? Theoretically, no. In reality, it’s looking more like it every day.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Counter-protesters carry confederate flags past a Black Lives Matter rally in Oklahoma City, Sunday, July 10, 2016.

WASHINGTON  — Kaylin Luces found herself in a difficult position last week: In one moment, she was texting her sister, a police officer, telling her, "Be careful out there. Cops are getting shot." In another, she sent a text to her two young nephews to be mindful of how they act when in the presence of police. Luces' comments to her loved ones

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The Disabled: America’s Forgotten Civil Rights Movement

The largest lobbying group for nursing homes spent almost $1 million so far this year ensuring they keep their share of funding. Mnar Muhawesh, host of ‘Behind the Headline,’ explains why disabled activists say they’d ‘rather go to jail than die in a nursing home.’

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Texas My Medicaid Matters Protest 2013-03-05 11.09.28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48-8m8i-38U MINNEAPOLIS --- When we hear about civil rights movements, we often don’t think of the disabled -- but it’s a demographic that has been fighting to live freely in American communities for over 50 years, and their struggle is rarely covered in the media. They’ve received far less attention than

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South Carolina Town Bans Saggy Pants

“It is indecent. My 8-year-olds have pointed out to me men with their belt buckles right over their privates. That, in my eyes, is very near exposure.”

USA Today
By USA Today
Saggy Pants

Better pull those breeches up! A South Carolina town passed an ordinance on Tuesday banning saggy pants that "intentionally" display undergarments, according to local reports. The Timmonsville Town Council approved the new rules on Tuesday night in a 5-1 vote, WBTW-TV reported.  The ordinance bans people from being naked in public, showing

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