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Just six days after being sworn in, President Trump , 鈥淭he hour of justice for the American worker has arrived.鈥�
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A generous, longtime supporter has decided to auction a cherished item from American music history to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Last fall, the Florida Senate agreed without objection to strip the Confederate battle flag from its official seal. Today, Florida lawmakers are hearing testimony on a proposal that would go further toward redressing the wounds of slavery: the of a Florida Slavery Memorial at the state Capitol.
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In response to the first question posed in his Senate confirmation hearing today, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch said that there is 鈥渘o such thing as a Republican judge or a Democratic judge 鈥� we just have judges in this country.鈥� My guess is that every senator on the Judiciary Committee, particularly the Republicans, knew that what he was saying wasn鈥檛 really true, and I鈥檓 sure that Judge Gorsuch knew it as well.
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Fifty-two years ago today, famed civil rights judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. issued a that prohibited Alabama Gov. George Wallace and a local sheriff from interfering with voting rights marchers.
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The 蜜桃传媒 has asked the federal government to release records that could show whether anti-LGBT extremists are influencing the Trump administration's policy decisions, including a yet-to-be signed executive order that threatens widespread discrimination against LGBT people under the guise of religious freedom.聽
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A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling allowing New Orleans to remove three Confederate monuments in the city 鈥� likely resolving the case in which the Southern Poverty Law Center and others filed a legal brief that urged the monuments鈥� removal and documented their connections to the Confederacy鈥檚 legacy of white supremacy.
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis led a gathering of congressional and civil rights leaders in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Civil Rights Memorial today to honor those who lost their lives in the struggle for civil rights.
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We opposed Senator Sessions鈥� nomination because of his regrettable record on civil rights and his association with extremist anti-immigrant organizations.
