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Save the Date: Register for Next Gen Summit, Human Rights Conference
Young CWA activists will meet in Detroit on July 19-July 21 for the 2016 Next Generation Summit.
Orlando mass shooting an ‘act of terror, act of hate’
The mass shooting in Orlando early Sunday, the worst in U.S. history, seemed designed to press as many hot buttons as possible in a nation already on edge from an ugly election campaign.
Judge Blocks Kansas' Proof-Of-Citizenship Voting Registration Requirement
In the latest development in a long-standing disagreement between Kansas election officials and the federal Election Assistance Commission, a judge in Kansas has ruled that the state can't require people to show proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote at a motor vehicle office.
Lynch: NC transgender law part of civil rights struggle
In suing her home state for discriminating against transgender people, Attorney General Loretta Lynch invoked the defining civil rights struggles of the last century and made clear that the federal government sees its dispute with North Carolina as about far more than bathrooms and showers.
The Retreat From Voting Rights
On Monday, Judge Thomas D. Schroeder of Federal District Court in Winston-Salem, N.C., upheld legislation passed in 2013 that imposed far-reaching restrictions on voting across this state, including strict voter-identification requirements.