Tag: Civil Rights

The nation is transforming right before our eyes. Despite states re-opening after months of lock down, the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic is still infecting thousands every day,...

President Donald Trump attended the grand opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Saturday morning, touring the museum and delivering prepared remarks. However, there...

Upon assuming her role as the nation's education advocate, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos decided to rescind support requiring the U.S. Education Department to investigate loan servicing companies’...

In America, we believe everyone should be educated. An educated populace is the backbone of democracy. To that end, we promise to all children the right...

It's hard to believe that anyone could have watched footage of Salt Lake City police detective Jeff Payne attempt to arrest University of Utah...

Anyone who sees footage of a Salt Lake City police detective try to bully a nurse at University of Utah Hospital into letting him...

According to the Trump administration, there's a a serious problem plaguing our colleges and universities. It isn't student loan debt. It isn't campus sexual assault. It isn't...

On Monday, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) called for Betsy DeVos to remove her acting civil rights chief, Candice Jackson, for "callous" comments about campus...

Well, everyone knows we are not fond of President Donald Trump here at Liberal America. However, we are also not fond of the Republican "Saint"...

As if this administration didn't have enough white supremacists, another one is about to join. White Privilege Secretary of State Betsy DeVos informed the world about...

In the last year-and-a-half, Donald Trump has said some really chilling things in public, and fired off some really scary posts on social media....

There's a reason many African-Americans of a certain age cringed at Donald Trump's blatantly racist dog whistles during the campaign. It brought back memories...

Twas the night before Trump's inauguration, when all through Facebook, over 200 thousand people were watching a live broadcast. It began: "This is a crime story. The...

Maine Republican Governor Paul LePage said Tuesday that Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, should thank Abraham Lincoln and other Republican presidents...

Just days before the end of Attorney General Loretta Lynch's term, she stood at the pulpit of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church in the shadow...

When it comes to Donald Trump and his coterie of spokespeople and advisers, it sometimes seems as if they're all living in an alternate...

A 13-month investigation into Chicago’s police department revealed that the city’s police force has systemically violated the civil rights of residents through use of...

On April 8, 1968, just four days after Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed, thousands of people marched through Memphis, Tennessee. That...

Donald Trump's presidential victory has left may progressives wondering what they can do to help. We see dark days ahead, and progressive groups need...

A racist fool decided to interrupt a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest on the campus of Eastern Tennessee University. On Wednesday afternoon, activists were holding a...