Tag: discrimination

Few were likely surprised Friday when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) capitulated to the so-called "religious right" and announced it would...

Next they came for the sick. The Trump administration's war on immigrants--particularly those with brown skin--took another twisted turn this week when U.S. Citizenship and...

How would you like to be denied a job because you're Muslim, or Jewish, or an atheist? What about if you're LGBTQ? What if you're an...

Earlier this year, Alabama opened the proverbial reproductive flood gates after governor Kay Ivey signed the most restrictive abortion ban in the nation. Under this legislation,...

Dr. Seyed Shahram Iranbomy's 20-year-old son Irman, a college student living in Falls Church, Va., died in a car accident in Washington, D.C. on...

Ask any right-winger about laws in Utah, New York, Vermont, and Washington allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain drivers’ licenses and you are likely to...

The Trump administration has failed in its attempt to keep concealed its dirty little secret about concentration camps on the Southern border where prisoners are held in...

1,995. That is how many children were separated from 1,940 parents at southern border crossings in just the six weeks between April 19 and May 31, according...

“NO MORE DACA DEAL!” This is the message Donald Trump sent from his Mar-a-Lago resort Sunday one hour after he wished us all "Happy Easter." In...

On this sacrosanct day on which we celebrate the inimical Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's timeless legacy, it's normal to reflect on the ways...

Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi received praise from many, but the Alt-Right is not among them. Disney's modern take on the Star Wars franchise drew backlash...

Over the weekend, a young boy named Keaton Jones became famous. A video of young Keaton circulated on social media. It showed an emotionally...

Well, they did it. Thursday, congressional Republicans passed a non-binding budget resolution that threatens to cut $473 billion from Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid so the...

It's safe to say that we've all heard people speaking Spanish or another language at one time or another in our lives, and the...

A woman in Utah says she's had it with white supremacists and other hate groups who identify themselves with the American Confederacy and Nazi...

A new poll released by Public Policy Polling shows that most of President Donald Trump's core group of supporters feel discriminated against. The poll asked respondents...

On August 15, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) (likely his staff) put out a tweet from his verified account condemning white supremacy...

The white nationalist protest at the University of Virginia has become so volatile that an African-American pastor who was talking to MSNBC's Joy Reid...

Samantha Heaton works as a waitress at Buffalo Wild Wings in Rockport Illinois. She is hardworking and like many other waitresses earns minimum wage. Most...

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...