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Letters from an American – January 18, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, January 18, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 18, 2026 You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left. When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin…
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Dr. King and the Smithsonian – January 19, 2026
From my email, from the Smithsonian today: “On the third Monday in January, Americans pause to reflect on the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. A prominent minister and civil rights leader, King promoted peaceful action to advance desegregation, voting and labor rights, and other efforts supporting African American equality.” Dr. Martin Luther…
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Can ICE Do That? – The New York Times
Newsletter The Morning Can ICE Do That? Times reporters answer readers’ questions about immigration and deportation. By Adam B. Kushner I am the editor of this newsletter; Jan. 18, 2026, 8:04 a.m. ET You’re reading The Morning newsletter. Your daily guide to understanding what’s happening — and why it matters. Hosted by Sam Sifton, for readers…
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A court ruling could shrink Black representation in Congress – NPR
Politics A Supreme Court ruling could bring historic drop in Black representation in Congress January 8, 2026, 5:00 AM ET By Hansi Lo Wang The United States could be headed toward the largest-ever decline in representation by Black members of Congress, depending on how the Supreme Court rules in a closely watched redistricting case about…
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How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights – US Supreme Court – The Guardian
Analysis How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights By Sam Levin in Los Angeles If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protectionsMon 12 Jan 2026 07.00 EST The US supreme court will consider…
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CBS Sunday Morning – September 21, 2025 – Excerpts
Editor’s Note: These are two of the fine work and treatments of very large, emotional issues in our Nation right now: Civil Rights and Freedom of Speech. I hope you enjoy these stories, and remember let’s not repeat history, nor erase it. Civil Rights Freedom of Speech
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Preserve truth: The importance of NMAHC in American history | AFRO American Newspapers – AFRO News
Commentary Defending the African American Museum of History and Culture is defending America’s truth by Frances Toni Draper AFRO Publisher, August 20, 2025 https://everlit.audio/embeds/artl_8Kw5rCpqlqP?client=wp&client_version=2.3.0 By Dr. Frances Murphy Draper, AFRO Publisher and CEO America cannot afford to whitewash its past. Yet that is exactly what is at stake in the current review of the National…
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Trump administration flips civil rights mission for schools – The Washington Post
Under Trump, the Education Dept. has flipped its civil rights mission The administration is prioritizing allegations that transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages while a backlog of other cases grows. Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT, 10 min Workers leave the Department of Education building during a rain storm in Washington on…
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Civil Discourse – Losing DOJ’s Civil Rights Division – Joyce Vance – April 23, 2025
On Tuesday, Reuters reported that leadership at the Department of Justice has reassigned “about a dozen senior career attorneys” in the Civil Rights Division to perform perfunctory tasks usually assigned to lower level attorneys, like responding to FOIA requests. Three senior career attorneys who managed offices that handled cases involving excessive force and other abuses…
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Trump wants to undo all kinds of race and gender progress. Here’s what stands in his way – Los Angeles Times (paywall)
Voices By Robin Abcarian, Columnist, March 9, 2025 3 AM PT The Trump administration is hell-bent on “restoring” this country to an entirely fictional time when white people succeeded based purely on merit, people of color got ahead solely because of affirmative action and women understood that they were the inferior sex. Trump’s hostility to…
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Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations — ProPublica
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and sexual and racial harassment on hold.by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi…
