Israel Law Center Wins Historic Judgment for Christian Minister Kidnapped by North Korea
Reverend Kim Dong-Shik, a Christian missionary, human rights activist and U.S. citizen, has been missing since 2000.
Tag: civil rights
Alabama Chief Justice Moore Rallies with African-American Pastors against Same-Sex Marriage
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore joined with an African-American pastors coalition and other conservative leaders Monday to defend the Texas constitutional ban against same-sex marriage.
Obama Administration’s ‘Race-Based’ Discipline Policies Increase School Violence
A year after the Obama administration issued new school discipline policies based on the concern that students of color are “disproportionately impacted” by suspensions and expulsions, a journalist proposes the liberal policies–based in social justice ideology–are making schools less safe.
Sen. Dick Durbin: GOP Asking Lynch ‘To Sit In The Back Of The Bus’
Sen. Dick Durbin, Democrat from Illinois, reaches for Civil Rights-era language to attack Republicans. The Senate won’t vote on Loretta Lynch’s nomination to be attorney general until after it passes a human trafficking bill that Democrats are filibustering.
WaPo’s Jonathan Capehart: ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Was ‘Built on a Lie’
In a stunning reversal, progressive Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart admitted Monday that the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” mantra adopted by Black Lives Matter protesters is built on a lie.
CAAP Calls on Justices Ginsburg and Kagan to Recuse Themselves from Same-Sex Marriage Decision
The founder and president of a coalition of black pastors has called upon U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to recuse themselves from the same-sex marriage case that is currently before the high court.
Black Pastors Coalition Leader: Obama’s Comparison of Civil Rights and Gay Marriage Struggles a ‘Disgrace to the Black Community’
The president of a black pastors coalition has expressed his anger that President Barack Obama compared the civil rights movement to that for same-sex marriage at the 50th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march, when black American citizens were beaten while demanding voting rights they were being denied.
Eric Holder ‘Echoed’ Obama Speech in Selma
Attorney General Eric Holder’s remarks in Selma, AL, “echoed”—according to a report by The Hill—Obama’s comments on Saturday that “the march is not yet over.”
Black Unemployment Rate Nearly Twice the National Average On Eve Of Selma Anniversary
The African American unemployment rate for the month of February was 10.4 percent, compared to the white unemployment rate of 4.7 percent and national average of 5.5 percent.
George W. Bush to Accompany Obama to Selma on Civil Rights Trip
For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present.
Trayvon Martin’s Mother Disappointed with DOJ Clearing George Zimmerman
The mother of Trayvon Martin says she’s disappointed that federal prosecutors decided not to charge a neighborhood watch volunteer with a hate crime for killing her son three years ago.
DOJ: No Charges for George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin Death
George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin in a 2012 confrontation with the teenager, will not face federal charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday
Ginsburg: ‘Blind’ To Think Racism Legacy Solved, Criticizes Congress
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that those who thought the legacy of past racism has been solved were “blind” and criticized Congress for its lack of work on civil rights and bipartisanship while expressing a wish that “we
Obama Planning ‘Bloody Sunday’ Visit to Selma
The White House has announced that President Obama will visit Selma on the day that went down in history as “Bloody Sunday.”
ASU to Fire Campus Police Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing
An Arizona State University Campus police officer—cleared of wrongdoing in arresting English professor Ersula Ore on May 20, 2014—has now been told ASU will terminate him “effective January 21.”
