Trump appoints anti-LGBTQ activist to US Commission on Civil Rights
J. Christian Adams previously served on Trump’s failed voter suppression commission.
By Josh Israel - August 12, 2020J. Christian Adams previously served on Trump’s failed voter suppression commission.
By Josh Israel - August 12, 2020Many of the lawsuits deal with immigrant rights, targeting the family separation policy, detention and deportation practices, and asylum policies.
By Associated Press - August 08, 2020In June, Trump said the benefits of abolishing slavery were ‘questionable.’
By Oliver Willis - August 04, 2020Lewis, who served 17 terms in the House, was a force behind civil rights and voting rights laws for decades.
By Associated Press - July 20, 2020‘There’s a backlash, that is fierce, against change,’ Obama said.
By Associated Press - June 24, 2020Plaintiffs say the Trump administration rule would allow discrimination against LGBTQ people in health care.
By Casey Quinlan - June 22, 2020Jacksonville, Florida, Mayor Lenny Curry thinks Trump’s renomination will be a ‘world class’ event.
By Josh Israel - June 10, 2020What antifa is — and what it isn’t.
By Associated Press - June 06, 2020A total of 95 House Republicans and 19 Senate Republicans voted with the NAACP less than 10% of the time last Congress.
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2020‘It seems strange to waste resources on discrimination against transgender people when so many people’s safety and livelihoods are threatened.’
By Casey Quinlan - May 19, 2020Civil rights activists say they’re concerned that their hard-won achievements are slipping away.
By Associated Press - March 14, 2020A proposed bill would allow police to demand information and ID from anyone they deem suspicious and detain and question them for up to two hours.
By Josh Israel - January 20, 2020The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act restores workers’ ability to file lawsuits against their employers.
By Josh Israel - January 15, 2020‘No one is above the law,’ the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights said, calling on Congress to impeach Trump.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 16, 2019A major news network is finally going to court over Trump’s war on the First Amendment — and the White House isn’t happy about it.
By Emily Crockett - November 13, 2018Trump wants to redefine ‘sex’ to allow discrimination against transgender people.
By Emily Crockett - October 21, 2018Homosexuality is illegal in many countries, but Trump is still forcing the same-sex partners of United Nations staffers to get legally married if they want to stay in the U.S.
By Emily Crockett - October 02, 2018Tens of thousands of people could end up stuck in the Trump administration’s border detention centers because of Jeff Sessions.
By Bernie Dennler III - September 21, 2018