The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government holds a hearing about “Oversight of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division” at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 5 to examine its mission and programs. Witness: Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice
In this episode of America’s Hope with Kelly Wright, we examine the issue of abortion. Two women who experienced abortions share their stories of the regret and remorse they felt over the loss of their children. See how they’re helping women today to choose life by providing counseling and pregnancy center care. Also, we’ll talk […]
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Tuesday to establish a national monument in honor of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African-American boy whose murder in 1955 marked a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. “When I was preparing these remarks, quite frankly—and my colleagues will understand this—I found myself trying to temper my anger,” […]
Former President Donald Trump was asked to surrender following the New York grand jury’s indictment. Trump and his lawyers responded. Trump’s attorney Jesse Binnal speaks with us about the indictment. He calls it a civil rights issue. Steven Allen also offers us his thoughts on Trump’s indictment. He says the indictment will have consequences for […]
It’s a big year for the Supreme Court. In addition to taking on abortion and gun laws, the justices just added another high stakes case to its docket: racial preferences in college admissions. The court will jointly consider a pair of lawsuits filed by Students for Fair Admissions. The group argues that Harvard University and […]
Racist attacks against Jews in America are disturbingly high, yet they get little attention, despite society’s heightened sensitivity to racism. Anti-Jewish sentiment is particularly rife on college campuses, where staff hired to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, often promote antisemitic attitudes. In terms of hate crimes, the FBI’s most recent statistics will probably surprise a […]
MINNEAPOLIS—Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin appears to be on the verge of pleading guilty to violating George Floyd ‘s civil rights, a move that would remove him from a federal trial but could significantly increase the amount of time he’ll spend behind bars. A notice sent out Monday by the court’s electronic filing system […]
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of police in two cases in which plaintiffs argued that officers used excessive force, overturning lower court rulings that allowed law enforcement to be sued over civil rights complaints.
“Critical race theory isn’t so much a thing as a way of looking at a thing,” Kimberlé Crenshaw assured MSNBC host Joy Reid last month. Crenshaw is a law professor at UCLA who, as a law student at Harvard, was one of the founders of critical race theory in the 1980s. The cable news segment—headlined […]
When did the civil rights movement go off the rails? The answer is when proponents went from justly demanding equal rights to unjustly demanding equal results. As to exactly when this occurred, that’s more difficult to answer. But consider statements, made five years apart, from the Kennedy brothers, John F. and Robert F. Neither brother […]
ATLANTA—Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died, according to a statement from his daughter. He was 85. “My father passed away last night around 10 pm surrounded by loved ones his wife […]
Over half a century ago, an American Baptist minister from Georgia became one of the most important figures in U.S. history. People from across the country came together to honor the civil rights leader and his legacy. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the civil rights movement to successfully call for the end of racial segregation. […]
SELMA, Ala.—The body of civil rights icon John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, decades after his “Bloody Sunday” beating there drew a national spotlight to the struggle for racial equality. A military honor guard carried his American flag-draped casket from Brown Chapel AME Church to a horse-drawn carriage, which crossed the rose-petal […]
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) voiced his support for Joe Biden as a presidential candidate. “He will be a great president,” Lewis said of Biden in a conference call with reporters on Monday, according to CNN. “He will lead our country to a better place. He would inspire another generation to stand up, to speak up, […]
The Reverend Joseph Lowery, a key ally of Martin Luther King in the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s, died late on Friday at the age of 98, his family said in a statement. “Our beloved, Rev. Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery, made his transition peacefully at home at 10 p.m., Friday, March 27, at […]
School board of the San Francisco George Washington Highschool voted unanimously to paint over 16.000 square feet of murals depicting ‘The Life of Washington’ after pressure by civil rights groups. The work was created in 1936 Russian-American artist Victor Arnautoff that portrayed the life of George Washington in a critical manner, yet it was deemed degrading and offensive.
