| Jul 2, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyJuly 2 marks the 50th anniversary of the day President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The landmark legislation outlawed discrimination and segregation based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. First introduced by President John...
| May 7, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyIn a disturbingly lopsided 6-2 vote, the United States Supreme Court once again became a willing accomplice in the recent onslaught of attacks on 60 years of civil rights progress. Less than a year after it effectively dismantled the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the...
| Jan 15, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyA new year brought a new mayor and new hope for progressive change to America’s largest city. “We are called to put an end to economic and social inequalities that threaten to unravel the city we love,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at his...
| Dec 11, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyNelson Mandela’s heroic struggle for a free, non-racial, and democratic South Africa inspired freedom-loving people around the world but was especially intertwined with the spirit of our nation’s Civil Rights movement. African Americans felt a special...
| Nov 20, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyWhen 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick jumped to her death from an abandoned concrete plant tower in early September after intense bullying by two other girls, it made headlines around the world. While some teen-on-teen bullying was once accepted as a rite of passage, we...
