Black History Month

Civil Rights

This black queer legal pioneer helped launch Ruth Bader Ginsburg onto the Supreme Court

Ginsburg named her as one of the co-authors in a career-defining legal brief, even though Pauli Murray had no hand in writing it.

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Here’s what it will take to get Trump enablers to support progressive values

White people will support social justice when they see that there is something in it for them.

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Hobby Lobby’s antigay lawyer is about to be rewarded with a lifetime appointment as a federal judge

His record of attacking women's rights is well documented, but Duncan's record on LGBT issues is particularly nightmarish.

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Trump’s murky new guidelines worry advocates for transgender students

What's not clear is what exactly schools are supposed to do when faced with a student who identifies as transgender.

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Trump grants antigay clergy ‘free speech & religious liberty’ protections

The president declared he's directed the Department of Justice to "develop new rules" to ensure religious free speech.

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Judge compares transgender teen Gavin Grimm to civil rights icons

The judge used an inconsequential ruling to recognize the 17-year-old as a transgender rights champion, comparing him to the Virginia couple that fought the interracial marriage ban.

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He’s 19 & running for office in Georgia after being mocked for his ‘lifestyle’

If elected, Andrew Niquette will make history as the youngest member of Georgia's General Assembly.

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Opposition to Trump, HB2 boost NAACP’s annual ‘Moral March on Raleigh’

The Rev. William Barber, state NAACP president and driving force behind the rally, portrayed Trump's election as a right-wing response to recent expansions of equality and justice.

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Trump White House starts scrubbing LGBTQ pages from State Department website

"The Trump administration appears to be systematically scrubbing the progress made for LGBTQ people from official websites."

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Evangelicals propose truce over LGBTQ rights in hopes of ‘Fairness for All’

"Both sides of the debate actually get more of their priorities put into law when they work together."

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