Black Trans Lives Matter: Movement Pushes for Justice & Visibility Amid "Epidemic" of Violence & Goodbye, Columbus: Bree Newsome Bass on the Movement to Topple Racist Statues Across the Globe
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Supreme Court Bars Workplace Discrimination Against LGBTQ People; Ruling May Be Transformative ([link removed])
In a historic 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, forbidding workplace discrimination on the basis of sex, applies to ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Black Trans Lives Matter: Movement Pushes for Justice & Visibility Amid "Epidemic" of Violence ([link removed])
At least 15,000 people marched through Brooklyn Sunday to protest violence against Black transgender people, particularly women, who face disproportionate ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Goodbye, Columbus: Bree Newsome Bass on the Movement to Topple Racist Statues Across the Globe ([link removed])
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The Killing of Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta Police Shoot Dead Unarmed Man Who Fell Asleep in His Own Car ([link removed])
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In Long-Awaited Victory, SCOTUS Rules LGBTQ Workers Protected by the Civil Rights Act ([link removed])

Atlanta Mayor Orders New Police Rules After Killing of Rayshard Brooks ([link removed])

911 Dispatcher Raised Concerns About Police Treatment of George Floyd During His Arrest and Killing ([link removed])

Protester Shot in Albuquerque While Toppling Racist Statue; Right-Wing Militia Members Arrested ([link removed])

19-Year-Old BLM Protester Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau Found Dead One Week After Disappearance ([link removed])

Mourners Demand Justice for Killing of Black Teenager Na’Kia Crawford in Ohio ([link removed])

FBI, DOJ to Review Probes into Two Black California Men Found Hanging from Trees ([link removed])

U.N. Human Rights Body to Hold Urgent Debate on Racism and Police Brutality in the U.S. ([link removed])

Cities and States Adopt New Police Rules Amid Mass Uprising ([link removed])

SCOTUS Hands Down Decisions on CA Sanctuary Law, Second Amendment Cases, Atlantic Coast Pipeline ([link removed])

Trump Defends Hydroxychloroquine for COVID, Blames Testing for Surge in Cases ([link removed])

Latin American Countries Grapple with Surging Coronavirus Cases ([link removed])

Federal Gov’t Schedules Four Executions, Breaking Nearly 2-Decade Moratorium ([link removed])

Trump Admin Reinterprets Cold War Arms Treaty to Allow Saudi Arabia, UAE to Buy U.S. War Drones ([link removed])

Russian Court Sentences U.S. Citizen Paul Whelan to 16 Years for Espionage ([link removed])

South Korea Reports North Korea Blew Up Liaison Office as Tensions in Region Mount ([link removed])

Hundreds of Nigerian Refugees in Netherlands Missing, Likely Victims of Trafficking ([link removed])

European Human Rights Court Grants Victory to Palestinian Rights Activists, Says BDS Is Free Speech ([link removed])


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