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May 01 2024
Fact Check
Biden’s Dubious Civil Rights Arrest Anecdote
In his interview with SiriusXM radio’s Howard Stern, President Joe Biden revived a dubious anecdote about having been arrested as a teenager while standing in solidarity on the porch of a Black family amid a desegregation protest.
As it has in the past, the story came up as Biden recalled mulling Barack Obama’s offer to join the 2008 Democratic ticket as vice president and discussing it
FactCheck.orgJun 10 2020
Opinion
The Civil Rights Act of 2020
There are images of police officers joining protesters in dancing the Cupid shuffle, taking knees and hugging little girls.
There have been images of members of Congress donning kente cloth stoles, Joe Biden taking a knee and Mitt Romney marching with protesters.
There have been images of a rainbow of races and ethnicities marching through streets with Black Lives Matter posters
Charles BlowApr 06 2024
Analysis
The coming civil war on Europe’s Right
With the European Parliamentary elections just two months away, the final result seems all but decided. “A far-Right takeover is underway,” warn the experts of Foreign Policy. “This time, the far-Right threat is real,” add the prophets of Politico. And, give or take their hyperbolic use of “far-Right”, these cautions are warranted. Even though the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP)
UnHerdApr 19 2024
News
Nashville celebrates Diane Nash's civil rights legacy
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AxiosApr 24 2024
News
COMIC: The roadside marker unlocking a forgotten civil rights murder
Historical markers are an iconic part of the American landscape. They appear by the sides of roads, in towns, at rest areas and even in the middle of nowhere. If you drive down U.S. 11, a couple of miles past Gadsden, Ala., you'll find a marker about the life and death of William Lewis Moore, who was murdered on a civil rights protest walk. The silence around Moore's murder bothered one man
NPR Fact CheckApr 23 2024
News
Nashville CM Zulfat Suara pushes for Civil Rights museum
Nashville leaders stand around Diane Nash at a ceremony honoring her last weekend. Photo: Nate Rau/Axios On the same day Nashville celebrated civil rights legend Diane Nash, Metro Councilmember Zulfat Suara called on the city to expand its efforts to memorialize and preserve its past. • The city named the plaza in front of the historic Metro courthouse in Nash's honor. At a ceremony on
AxiosApr 28 2024
News
State Civil Rights Commission wants to hear about housing discrimination
Yahoo NewsApr 20 2024
News
Plaza renamed after Civil Rights Icon, Diane Nash
Diane Nash cuts the ribbon commemorating the naming of “Diane Nash Plaza” in front of the Historic Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, April 20, 2024. Nicole Hester / The Tennessean Sen. Charlane Oliver, D- Nashville, stands and applauds as Diane Nash walks out to speak during the ceremony commemorating the naming of “Diane Nash Plaza” in front of the Historic Metro Courthouse in
The TennesseanApr 17 2024
News
Sandhills area midwife files civil lawsuit challenging Nebraska's midwife act
Heather Swanson, a certified nurse midwife with a doctor of nursing practice degree, and her business, Oneida Health, sued Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Charity Menefee, director of the Division of Public Health for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. The suit seeks to block two provisions of Nebraska's Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act, which forbid
Lincoln Journal StarApr 27 2024
News
Mixed-Media Experience ‘Noire’ Tackles Civil Rights Struggle With Literary, Theatrical Pedigree
Given the NewImages Festival’s remit to welcome diverse artistic voices into the immersive space, programing “Noire” was an obvious choice. An augmented reality adaptation of a lesser-known case from the Civil Rights era, “Noire” brought much pedigree to this year’s Paris XR showcase. The project tracks the true story of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in the segregated South who refused
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