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FBI Halted Renee Good Investigation After Warrant Labelled Her a 'Victim,' Whistleblower Claims

A whistleblower alleges the FBI blocked an investigation into Renee Good's death by ICE agents, with Director Kash Patel reportedly preventing her from being labelled a 'victim' in the warrant.

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South Carolina honors famed civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson

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Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling

Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of criminalisation

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‘He had a radiating aura’: Chicagoans say goodbye to hometown civil rights hero Jesse Jackson

Jackson’s body lay in repose at his Rainbow/Push Coalition headquarters as thousands visited to pay their respects

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People pay their respects to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, in photos

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began in Chicago, before events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born, to honor his long civil rights legacy. Jackson died on Feb. 17 at 84.

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Duke and Duchess of Sussex make surprise virtual appearance at NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors

The same day their tour of Jordan ended, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made a surprise virtual appearance at the NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors.

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Civil Rights agency rules against transgender Army worker who asked to use women's bathroom

A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, dismissing an appeal from a transgender woman who worked for the U.S. Army

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Jesse Jackson memorial services begin at civil rights icon’s Chicago headquarters

He will not lie in honor at the United States Capitol rotunda after Mike Johnson denied the request

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Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization

Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy

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'I am an immigrant': Trump aide Harmeet K Dhillon explains why she is against H-1B

Indian-American lawyer and the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the US. Department of Justice Harmeet K Dhillon said she is an immigrant and came to the US on a visa but the idea that the government is funding institutions that disproportionately hire H-1B visa and other legal immigrant…

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From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking their minds

Throughout the 20th century, college and university presidents spoke out on everything, from wars to civil rights struggles, with a sense of moral authority attempting to guide the course.

The Conversation

When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more

Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two white Minneapolis residents killed in January 2026 by federal agents while protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policy, have become household names. National media outlets continue to focus on their deaths and the circumstances around them.

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Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South Carolina

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is being honored in South Carolina, where he was born and where his civil rights work began as a teenager

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'This is not legal': Trump official says they will look into new 'H-1B only' job advertisement for New York State agency

Amid increased scrutiny of H-1B visa program in the US, a new job posting on LinkedIn by one Prasad DP has reached Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K Dhillon who called it illegal and vowed action against it. "This is not legal. We will look into this @CivilRights," Dhillon said, reacting…

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‘A global hero’: Jesse Jackson’s legacy of activism around the world

From opposing apartheid in South Africa to supporting Palestinian rights, the US civil rights leader left his mark across the globe

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Trump DoJ bids to join lawsuit alleging LA schools discriminate against a ‘new minority: white students’

LAUSD provides resources to diverse schools in an effort to combat segregation – Pam Bondi’s agency wants it to stop

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How Jesse Jackson’s ‘radically inclusive’ vision shaped the Democratic party we know today

The civil rights trailblazer imagined a future for America in which the marginalized became the center of US politics

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Coca-Cola company sued for excluding male employees from Women’s Forum event

The agency says the male workers suffered not only financial losses but ‘emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish’

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Jesse Jackson showed us how love can always be a potent force in public life

We can honor my mentor and the late civil rights icon by becoming the America we’ve never yet been

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From mom-and-pops to Goldman Sachs, Jesse Jackson’s vision for American business sparked a revolution

The civil rights leader, whose dealmaking skills pushed Wall Street to invest in minority-owned businesses, died on Tuesday.

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Norman C. Francis, civil rights champion and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies at 94

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How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today’s progressives

Jesse Jackson’s two campaigns for president, in 1984 and 1988, were unsuccessful but historic. The civil rights activist and organizer, who died on Feb. 17, 2026, helped pave the way for Barack Obama’s election a generation later as the nation’s first – and so far only – African American president.

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Rev. Jamal Bryant: Jackson is "my blueprint" for Black churches in the Trump era

For centuries, the Black church has been more than a place of worship — it's been a headquarters for resistance.

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The children of late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson honor his legacy a day after his death

Jesse Jackson’s children remember his civil rights legacy and describe him as a devoted father after his death at home

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