Despite the Supreme Court’s resounding decision this week, full equality will still have to be fought for in courts and in Congress.
Civil Rights in America
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How Police Abolitionists Are Seizing the Moment
Police abolitionists say piecemeal reforms have been tried and didn’t work. They want to use this moment of resistance to center more radical change.
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Supreme Court Saves DACA, for Now
Chief Justice Roberts joins the Court’s liberals in ruling that the government failed to follow legal procedures in terminating the program protecting Dreamers from deportation.
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For the Mayor of Washington, Black Lives Matter; Defunding the Police Does Not
Mayor Muriel Bowser checked the president. Now city residents move to checkmate the mayor on a police budget increase.
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No Justice. No Peace.
Underlying the nationwide protests for Black lives is the racial wealth gap.
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D.C. Statehood—a Congressional (Well, a House) First
Today on TAP: No taxation without representation
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Antifa All Around
From civil rights protesters to elderly activists, Fox News and its viewers fear an imaginary invasion by the forces of anarchy.
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Bostock: What Two Conservatives Realized and Three Dissenters Missed
By following Antonin Scalia’s textualist criteria, Neil Gorsuch ruled that gay and transgender employees can’t be discriminated against.
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When Americans Don’t Riot, Politicians Feel Unrestrained
The backlash against the civil rights movement succeeded because riots dissipated.