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Salamanca hosts annual Memorial Day ceremony
Salamanca Press· 7 days agoOvercast skies and occasional sprinkles of rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those who gathered at Veterans Memorial Park Monday for the annual Memorial...
Can State Supreme Courts Preserve—or Expand—Rights?
The New Yorker· 4 hours agoOn many issues, he writes, “the state courts in recent years have gone from being civil-rights followers to leaders.” In 1997, glad, along with two Vermont lawyers, filed a lawsuit on behalf ...
Is Nonviolent Resistance Past Its Prime?
New York Times· 1 day agoIn “We Refuse,” Kellie Carter Jackson explores the many forms of activism that oppressed people have resorted to and offers a more nuanced picture of...
10 years later, Portland attorney recalls milestone for marriageequality in Oregon - Portland...
The Business Journals· 6 days agoIt’s been 10 years since a federal judge struck down Oregon’s constitutional ban on same-sex...
Melinda French Gates Is Making A Power Play To Change The Course Of Women’s Rights
Forbes· 2 days agoThis Friday, Melinda French Gates will officially end her tenure as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda...
Ángeles Flórez Peón, heroine of the Spanish Civil War who spent half a century in exile – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoÁngeles Flórez Peón, who has died aged 105, was thought to be the last militia woman of the Spanish...
People camping outside Sacramento federal courthouse calling for end to Israel funding
KCRA 3 Sacramento· 6 days agoMultiple people are camping outside the federal courthouse in Downtown Sacramento after reported...
Ángeles Flórez Peón, heroine of the Spanish Civil War who spent half a century in exile – obituary
Daily Telegraph· 4 days agoReleased on parole in August 1941, Ángeles Flórez Peón joined her sister in the Basque town of...
Remarks by President Biden at the 156th National Memorial Day Observance | Arlington, VA | The White...
The White House· 7 days agoOne hundred and sixty years ago this month, in the midst of the Civil War, the first American...
Decriminalizing same-sex relations is an imperative for universal human rights
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe historic decriminalization of same-sex conduct in Dominica joins a growing global trend,...