Tag: rights
Trump moves oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Education Department
WASHINGTON – In a significant shift within the U.S. education landscape, the Trump administration has announced its decision to transfer oversight responsibilities for special...
Baseball players ask for expanded free agency, salary arbitration rights, almost doubling minimum
NEW YORK – In a significant move signaling the beginning of what promises to be a protracted and contentious negotiation period, Major League Baseball...
Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86
WASHINGTON – Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted the most significant reforms...
NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights
WASHINGTON – The NAACP has recently launched a campaign called “Out of Bounds,” urging Black athletes and their supporters to boycott athletic programs at...
On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In 1965, Black Americans peacefully demonstrated for voting rights, facing brutal violence from Alabama state troopers. Two weeks later, they returned...
Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation
ATLANTA – Same fight. New generation.A multiracial coalition of civil rights leaders and activists is mobilizing to combat a predominantly white conservative alliance that...