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August 7, 2019 3:57 pm | By 62609White Supremacist Terrorism and the History of Anti-Latino Racism in Texas
This post originally appeared on Medium. Before he opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas on August 3 and killed 22 people in a hate-fueled massacre, the gunman posted a screed online that reportedly stated his motive: “This…
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July 23, 2019 4:52 pm | By 41753For Trump, Racism is an Election Strategy. For the Republican Right, it’s a Path to Power.
This post originally appeared on Medium. Most Republican leaders sat in shameful silence after President Trump told four women of color in the House of Representatives — three of them born in the U.S — to “go back” to the…
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July 17, 2019 10:38 am | By 28186Robert Bork’s America is Becoming Donald Trump’s America
This piece originally appeared on Take Care. When Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy announced his opposition to Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court 32 years ago this month, he spoke chillingly on the Senate floor about what “Bork’s America” would be…
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July 17, 2019 10:01 am | By 28191Our Immigrant Prisons are an Atrocity.
Children are suffering and dying. Enough is enough. This post was republished from Otherwords.org Over the past several weeks, the brutal terror that immigrants face at the hands of our government has come into even sharper focus. As reports surface…
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May 16, 2019 10:53 am | By 62609Abortion Restrictions Aren’t about Life – They’re About Power
This piece originally appeared on Medium. On May 15, the Alabama Senate passed the country’s most restrictive abortion ban to date. The state’s new bill, which Republican governor Kay Ivey signed into law later that day, effectively bans all abortions…
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March 26, 2019 2:57 pm | By 41734Everyone Deserves Full Protection Under the Law
It's time to update our nation's civil rights laws to protect LGBTQ+ people. This post originally appeared on OtherWords.org. Our country has made significant strides in advancing LGBTQ+ rights over the last 15 years. The 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling affirming marriage equality offered…
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February 27, 2019 11:10 am | By 67501It’s Time to Start Talking About The Supreme Court in the Presidential Primary
During Stacey Abrams’ response to the president’s State of the Union address, she pointed out the need to confirm fair-minded judges to our federal courts. During the 2020 presidential primary, progressives should follow Abrams’ lead and call for 2020 presidential…
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February 13, 2019 4:52 pm | By 28185Stacey Abrams Starts a Conversation About One of the 2020 Primary’s Most Pressing Issues: The Supreme Court
This piece originally appeared on Medium. Last week, Stacey Abrams’ response to the president’s State of the Union address brilliantly laid out not just a sharp rebuttal of Donald Trump’s agenda of bigotry and division, but a powerful proactive vision…
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February 11, 2019 2:13 pm | By 28183What Blackface Makes Clear About the Path to Racial Justice
This piece was originally published on Medium. The recent revelations about Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s and Attorney General Mark Herring’s history of dressing in blackface serve as an unneeded reminder that despite the Black community’s hard-won social rights, racism still…
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January 9, 2019 2:02 pm | By 28184Conservatives’ Dishonest Use of ‘Religious Bigotry’ To Deflect Attention From Nominee’s Disturbing Records
This post originally appeared on Medium. Happy New Year! Well, for most of us it should be — unless you are fighting to protect our courts. New year, same old tactic by conservatives, who are hoping to insulate narrow-minded judicial nominees from…
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January 2, 2019 5:40 pm | By 64126Elliot Mincberg: Conservative Supreme Court could reverse decades of First Amendment law
Although separation of church and state is a well-established pillar of First Amendment law, with Justice Kavanagh confirmed and the Supreme Court now swinging further right, this fundamental principle is under attack. In a new op-ed published by The Hill,…
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January 2, 2019 1:34 pm | By 28184We’re Learning the Truth About ‘Voter Fraud’
There’s no moral difference between suppressing the vote through the law and literally stealing ballots. Both may have happened in North Carolina. This post originally appeared on Otherwords.org. For years, Republicans in North Carolina have tried to roll back voter…
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October 18, 2018 4:47 pm | By 28183It’s Our Time to Make America Great
This post originally appeared on Medium. In late August, progressive candidate Andrew Gillum made history when he won Florida’s Democratic primary in a shocking upset to become the state’s first Black major party nominee for governor. Soon after Gillum’s win,…
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October 2, 2018 3:02 pm | By 28186Kavanaugh’s Testimony Further Demonstrates Why He Should Not Be Confirmed
This post originally appeared on Medium. Both Republicans and Democrats deserve credit for insisting on an FBI investigation into allegation s of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. That FBI investigation may not fully resolve these serious allegations,…
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September 28, 2018 12:07 pm | By 28188I Believe Her.
I watched Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's moving testimony to the Judiciary Committee this morning, and I am still shaken up by it. Hearing her voice, watching her face ... She was telling the truth, and she was 100% clear on…
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September 4, 2018 11:40 am | By 45417, 41753Norman Lear: The Religious Right Has Co-Opted the First Amendment
This piece originally appeared as a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter. It’s bad enough that the Religious Right has spent decades claiming ownership over faith, family and freedom. But now we have to watch conservative preachers and political activists…
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August 21, 2018 8:49 am | By 53561Kathleen Turner: “Raise Hell” on Brett Kavanaugh
The saying goes “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.” Affiliated PFAW Foundation Board Member and Academy Award-nominated actor Kathleen Turner has boldly embodied this motto for decades, but another feeling is sinking in: fear. Far-right Republicans have long…
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August 6, 2018 9:33 am | By 62196SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Record Depicts Dangerous Conservative Judicial Activism
Regardless of which court they occupy, the central quality of any judge should be impartiality. But Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s conservative ideology and judicial record indicate that rather than taking a fair-minded approach on the bench, he is…
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July 25, 2018 4:55 pm | By 28186Kavanaugh Misleads on Significant Cases in Responding to Senate Judiciary Committee
This post originally appeared on Medium. One important question on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s questionnaire for Supreme Court and other judicial nominees asks them to describe the ten most significant cases they have decided. In his response to the questionnaire he submitted…
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July 5, 2018 4:26 pm | By 62196Hypocrisy on Freedom of Religion at the Supreme Court
In its 7-2 ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the baker, asserting that a statement made by a member of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission about the his religious…