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Lambda Legal responds to confirmation of Gorsuch to SCOTUS
David Badash of The New Civil Rights Movement reports this statement by Lambda Legal Director of Strategy Sharon McGowan: The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but…
Haley on Syrian chemical attack: US may act if UN does not
https://youtu.be/-5ALihbCVoU UN Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke eloquently at an emergency meeting at the UN on the horrific chemical attack in Syria that killed dozens of children among others. It is…
Council passes Councilmember Allen’s Emergency Legislation Protecting Women’s Health From Federal Threats
We applaud DC councilmembers advocating for women’s rights and proactively ensuring the healthcare quality for all women. Yesterday, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen introduced this legislation along with the 12…
Neil Gorsuch, plagiarist?
(Photo of Neil Gorsuch by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) David Badash writes at The New Civil Rights Movement: Judge Neil Gorsuch appears to have copied portions of another author’s work in…
Seventh Circuit: Civil Rights Act Protects Gay Workers
Matthew Haag and Niraj Chokshi report in NYT: In a significant victory for gay rights, a federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects…
AU on Transgender Day Of Visibility
Rokia Hassanein of Americans United for Separation of Church and State writes in the Wall of Separation blog: Today is Transgender Day of Visibility – a day dedicated to empowering…
Trump Meets with SCOTUS Candidate Who Likened Gay Sex to Pedophilia
Trump Meets With One of His Top SCOTUS Candidates, a Federal Judge Who Likened Same-Sex Sex to Pedophilia https://t.co/XW2zxzJsSy #noh8 #p2 pic.twitter.com/Q7wkgj5uIb — New Civil Rights (@newcivilrights) January 19, 2017
Trump meets with SCOTUS candidate who likened gay sex to pedophilia
Trump Meets With One of His Top SCOTUS Candidates, a Federal Judge Who Likened Same-Sex Sex to Pedophilia https://t.co/XW2zxzJsSy #noh8 #p2 pic.twitter.com/Q7wkgj5uIb — New Civil Rights (@newcivilrights) January 19, 2017…
President Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning
President Obama largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning https://t.co/idlDyabmsV — The New York Times (@nytimes) January 17, 2017 President Obama today shaved 28 years off the sentence…
President Obama commutes sentence of Chelsea Manning
President Obama largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning https://t.co/idlDyabmsV — The New York Times (@nytimes) January 17, 2017 President Obama today shaved 28 years off the sentence…