YOU WONT BELIEVE: 16 - You Need To See This

Trump Removes MLK Day From Free Park List, Adds His Birthday Instead - Newsom Fires Back

Trump administration cuts MLK Day from national park free entry days, adds Flag Day - his birthday. Newsom responds by opening 200 California parks.

International Business Times UK · Jan 19

Religious Employment and Title VII: Part 1—Civil Rights Law and the Tensions between Liberty and Equality

Understanding Title VII as a law designed to advance both liberty and equality helps to illuminate the statute's religious employer exemption.

Reason · Jan 19

MLK Day reminds us to harness ‘urgency of now’ as the US grapples with crisis

People across the US are moving on from the empty platitudes MLK Day often evokes – and embodying King’s words

The Guardian - US · Jan 19

Teen dead and three injured after shooting at historic New Orleans restaurant and civil rights landmark

Three bystanders visiting the city were injured after shooting victim was chased inside 85-year-old landmark

The Independent UK · Jan 17

The life of civil rights hero Claudette Colvin should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops

Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17

12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year

One year after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a pattern emerges. Across dozens of executive orders, agency memos, funding decisions and enforcement changes, the administration has weakened federal civil rights law and the foundations of the country’s racially inclusive democracy.

The Conversation · Jan 16

Justice department loses bid to get sensitive information on California voters

Federal judge rules Trump administration’s efforts to obtain information on voters in the state is threat to democracy

The Guardian - US · Jan 16

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations as Trump dismantles it

The Education Department is opening fewer sexual violence investigations at schools and universities

The Independent UK · Jan 16

Renee Good's Family Retains George Floyd Legal Team: 'ICE Killed the Best of the Best,' Attorney Says

Romanucci & Blandin, who won $27M for George Floyd's family, now represent Renee Good's widow and relatives in a civil investigation into the ICE shooting.

International Business Times UK · Jan 15

Alarm as Trump DoJ pushes for voter information on millions of Americans

Officials ask at least 43 states for sensitive details as critics fear effort to sow doubt about midterm election results

The Guardian - US · Jan 15