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50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours ago"Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated," he said. The Civil Rights Act was...
Democrats should use billboards to spotlight 'horrible' votes on women's rights | Opinion
Gannett via AOL· 20 hours agoIt would have prohibited any laws that...something the US Supreme Court ruled on in Griswold v. Connecticut of 1965. This is the same case that in 2022 ...
1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 4 days agoFollowing that law, US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed landmark civil rights bills including the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing <...
World Premiere Of Civil Rights Opera IS THIS AMERICA? Presented In Boston This September
Broadway World· 23 hours agoCelebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant opera, activist performing arts company White...
A new documentary tells the story of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer in her own words
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago· 5 days agoFannie Lou Hamer started as a sharecropper but would go on to become one of the most passionate...
Editorial: Affirming reproductive rights is a message worth supporting
Bangor Daily News· 7 days agoIt may not have seemed necessary for the U.S. Senate to pass a bill protecting Americans’ right to...
American history turned upside down — and that’s the point - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 6 days agoIt turns out Nikki Haley stumbling over the cause of the Civil War was not a one-off. The...
100 years of citizenship: Tribal advocates urge more Native voter participation
Tulsa World· 2 days agoThis year is the 100th anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act, yet tribal leaders and advocates...
Why contraception remains a battlefront in the war on reproductive rights
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBaird. In 1965, 26 states prohibited birth control for unmarried women. Griswold vs....
Reproductive rights | News, Sports, Jobs - Maui News
The Maui News· 4 days agoSenate on Wednesday failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, a straightforward bill that would guarantee a federal right to safe ...