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John Lewis: voice of civil rights leader rings out one final time at lying-in-state | Civil rights movement
John Lewis was a gentle man but a stentorian speechmaker. On Monday, for the last time, his courageous voice echoed in the halls of the Capitol and brought all who heard it to a standstill. As the recording of Lewis ended, Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker, took her seat and the Rotunda erupted in applause. …
John Lewis, civil rights giant, crosses infamous Selma bridge one final time
As a student at Fisk University in Tennessee, Lewis helped organize sit-ins at segregated lunch counters. He was one of the original Freedom Riders in 1961, taking buses from the North to the Deep South to protest segregation at interstate bus terminals. At 23, Lewis was the youngest person who spoke at the 1963 March …
Oregon attorney general sues federal agencies for allegedly violating protesters’ civil rights
Department of Homeland Security agents have swarmed the city in recent days, arguing that they are needed to restore order after nearly two months of demonstrations. But local officials, including Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D), have implored the agency to step down, with the mayor calling the police force …
John Lewis, Towering Figure of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 80
But Mr. Lewis lost his family’s good will. When his parents learned that he had been arrested in Nashville, he wrote, they were ashamed. They had taught him as a child to accept the world as he found it. When he asked them about signs saying “Colored Only,” they told him, “That’s the way it …
Human Relations Commission draws activists, health specialists, artists, gun rights advocates
Two months ago County Supervisors unanimously agreed to revive the region’s long-defunded Human Relations Commission and a month later tasked the commission with defining the scope and mission of a new countywide Office of Equity and Racial Justice. That office will likely play a role in directing millions of dollars in taxpayer funds, making the …
Facial recognition technology prevents crime, but at what cost to human rights and privacy?
As technology evolves, it always creates new moral and ethical problems for us. Key points: Facial recognition technology is being trialled in Australian cities and towns A US researcher found that darker-skinned faces were more likely to be misidentified IBM has pulled out of the facial recognition business due to concerns about the technology It …
Gorsuch draws personal attacks for breaking ranks on gay rights
Now some on the right are suddenly turning on Neil Gorsuch. They are bitterly disappointed that he and another conservative justice, John Roberts, joined the liberal majority in ruling that employers cannot legally discriminate against gay and transgender people. The 6-3 decision was a landmark that stunned even gay rights advocates. Now I can understand …
Neil Gorsuch just protected LGBTQ rights
It is a watershed moment from an unlikely author that means gay, lesbian and transgender workers are protected by federal civil rights law. It is a stunning defeat for judicial conservatives who worked to ensure Gorsuch’s nomination and Republicans, including Donald Trump, who stymied President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, liberal Merrick Garland …
Maine Voices: Individual rights do not trump state public health protections
President Trump holds a swab while speaking Friday with an employee of Puritan Medical Products during a tour of the factory in Guilford. Trump’s actions while in Maine flouted the scientifically based regulations of both state officials and his own public health experts Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer President Trump’s call to “liberate” Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia – …
The Technology 202: Mark Zuckerberg spoke with civil rights leaders about Trump’s posts. It didn’t go well.
with Tonya Riley Top Facebook executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, spoke with civil rights leaders last night as the company confronts a wave of backlash over its decision not to moderate President Trump’s controversial posts. But the roughly hour-long call, intended to show the company takes concerns from the black community seriously, only further inflamed tensions. …
