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Decades of civil rights advancement gone

We are witnessing a reversion back to Jim Crow

Salon

Nat King Cole’s often overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement

Six decades after Nat King Cole’s death in 1965, his music is still some of the most played in the world, and his celebrity transcends generational and racial divides. His smooth voice, captivating piano skills and enduring charisma earned him international acclaim.

The Conversation

Schools serving military service members’ kids are pulling books on civil rights history after Trump’s DEI threats

Defense officials give schools around the world until February 18 to remove books that don’t align with Trump’s ideological views

The Independent UK

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‘It is going to be terrible’: a senior in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ prepares for Trump’s dismantling of hard-won environmental progress

Robert Taylor recently lost his wife to a long-term illness he linked to chemicals produced by a nearby plant, and now the Trump administration is preparing to scrap pollution reforms in the area

The Guardian - US

US civil rights agency seeks to dismiss gender-identity discrimination cases

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission moves to withdraw cases that conflict with Trump order on two sexes

The Guardian - US

DOGE’s next target: federal officials monitoring civil rights and discrimination, report says

Leaked documents reveal the scope and speed at which Elon Musk intends to gut the workforce

The Independent UK

NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans

The NAACP, one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the country, has released an advisory notifying Black Americans of companies that have reversed course on past diversity, equity and inclusion commitments

The Independent UK

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EEOC seeks to drop a gender discrimination case, signaling a big shift in civil rights enforcement

The federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss its own lawsuit on behalf of a worker allegedly fired for his sexual orientation and gender identity, arguing that the case now conflicts with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order

The Independent UK

Trump's education secretary may be asked to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what it does

If Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants the former wrestling executive to “put herself out of a job.”

The Independent UK

Trump is disappearing immigrants into Guantanamo’s legal ‘black box,’ lawsuit says

Civil rights groups and families of detained immigrants are suing for access to the military prison

The Independent UK

ACLU sues for access to migrants flown to Guantanamo this month

Civil rights attorneys have sued the Trump administration to gain access to detained migrants who they say have been flown to Guantanamo Bay and held there without being able to consult lawyers or speak to relatives

The Independent UK

Malcolm X’s visit to West Midlands to be remembered in mural

Street art will mark 60 years since US civil rights leader’s trip to Smethwick shortly before his assassination

The Guardian - UK

Proposed ban on protest outside places of worship could prevent Town Hall rallies, Sydney mayor warns

Clover Moore says police would have power to block peaceful demonstrations and warns against eroding civil rights

The Guardian - AU

Trump Orders Top-Secret JFK, RFK, and MLK Assassination Files To Be Declassified To Public

Decades after the late US President John F. Kennedy (JFK), civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) and JFK’s brother Senator Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated in 1963 and 1968, respectively, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to release all information related to the murders in an…

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Education Department Prioritizes Antisemitism Complaints Under Trump Administration

The Trump administration's directive to prioritize antisemitism complaints at schools may overshadow other civil rights violations, sparking concerns about...

The Independent UK

Trump signs executive order banning trans women and girls from women’s sports

The president’s latest order joins a broad push to erase protections for LGBT+ Americans that civil rights groups have blasted as a manufactured crisis

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The Guardian - US

Abuse claims are rife in California detention centers. Now the facilities are poised to expand

A court has allowed one of state’s largest centers to resume operations, weeks after reports Ice wants to build new ones

The Guardian - US

No one is safe from Trump’s racist agenda

Trump’s attacks on civil rights don’t just affect people of color, they reach other citizens as well

The Independent UK

Trump would be ‘very happy’ to send ‘homegrowns’ to El Salvador’s prisons. It’s ‘incredibly illegal’

Immigration law experts and constitutional scholars are warning against the president’s threat to exile citizens in foreign jails

Salon

Trump's opening assault on diversity

Trump all-encompassing war on diversity is part of an effort to roll back the gains of the Civil Rights Movement

The Independent UK

Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges including Columbia and Berkeley

The Trump administration is opening new investigations into allegations of antisemitism at five U.S. universities including Columbia and the University of California, Berkeley

The Independent UK

Richmond's first Black mayor is remembered as a civil rights fighter and trailblazer

Current and former Virginia leaders are recalling the first Black mayor of Richmond for his trailblazing career and lifetime commitment to civil rights

The Guardian - UK

Bristol memorial service pays tribute to civil rights activist Paul Stephenson

Paul Boateng and Sir Trevor Phillips among those present to remember man who played pivotal role in 1963 bus boycott

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