States Can't 'Immunize' Themselves from Civil Rights Suits, Supreme Court Says
"As the Court has explained, States possess 'no authority to override' Congress’s 'decision to subject state' officials 'to ...
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Cherokee Freedmen served the tribe after gaining rights of Cherokee
Black History Month in February is celebrated by the Cherokee Nation as this year marks the 159th year of Cherokee Freedmen ...
A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...
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The DEI Divide: An Overview of the Varying Positions on Corporate DEI Policies Across the U.S.
As corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (“DEI”) face increasing legal and political scrutiny, a deep divide ...
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Advocating the Dream: 7 notable mass gatherings of the Civil Rights Movement
As part of the successful effort to advance racial equality, many mass gatherings and actions were performed over the ...
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Black History Month Minute: Pioneers of public education in America
Black politicians during the Reconstruction era played a critical role in the creation and development of the U.S. public ...
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A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
1866, Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson’s veto to enact the nation’s first civil rights law. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared freed Black Americans were citizens entitled to ...
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Why the Argument for Birthright Citizenship Is Not the Slam Dunk Many Say It Is
By Paul D. Thacker, RealClearInvestigationsFebruary 19, 2025 President Trump often trumpets American exceptionalism, but an ...
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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act vs. Trump’s Executive Orders on Environmental Justice
Environmental justice advocates’ work just got even more difficult, but powerful legal statutes leave them with some support.
To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class
The federal civil service that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling has been a way for people of color, in ...
Rock Island police lieutenant alleges racial, gender discrimination in federal lawsuit
The lawsuit was filed in federal court by Dytanya Robinson, the first Black woman police officer in Rock Island history who ...