civil rights
DOJ report could push Chicago closer to community control of police
February 1, 2017Community groups are pushing for a Civilian Police Accountability Council, which would replace Mayor Emanuel’s appointed “task force.”
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Lewis Lubka, 90: North Dakota peace activist and communist
January 31, 2017There was hardly a demonstration in Fargo, ND where you wouldn’t see Lewis Lubka. In fact, Mark Froemke of The Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Union told People’s World, “If Lew wasn’t there, the...
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Americans protest Trump’s Muslim ban at nation’s airports
January 30, 2017"How dare they? U.S. policies have made their world hell and now this order says ‘sorry you have to go back to hell’?"
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Trump’s America: States set to outlaw protesting
January 30, 2017“It's the Donald Trump trend at the state level."
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Voting rights advocates ponder strategy
January 18, 2017Advocates of enforcing and advancing voting rights are faced with an incoming hostile GOP government.
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