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President Biden says best way forward is to pass torch to new generation, saving US democracy in people's hands
US President Joe Biden emphasised that he has decided to pass the torch to a new generation, adding…
ANI
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Historical photos capture the strength of Asian American activism and its impact throughout US history
See the power of Asian American activism through photos from the 1960s to the 1980s, contrasting th…
Momo Takahashi
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Tesla cars aren't union made, but they are the most American made
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she's looking to trade in her Tesla for a union-made EV as her f…
Graham Rapier
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Donald Trump claimed that the Civil War could have been 'negotiated'
Donald Trump asserted that then-President Abraham Lincoln could have negotiated the issue of slaver…
Alia Shoaib
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Cheerleader at the center of Supreme Court free speech case says she felt 'isolated' when her school punished her for cursing on Snapchat
"I felt like I couldn't express how I felt without getting in trouble," says Brandi Levy, who was s…
Jacob Shamsian
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Kids in cages: What family separation was, what happened to the children, and what the Biden administration can do today
The ACLU's Lee Gelernt sits down with Insider to discuss the Trump administration's family separati…
Charles Davis
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New Hampshire's second largest teacher's union asks the education commissioner to resign over new discrimination law
The call comes after the state's education commissioner created a webpage to report teachers for al…
Emily Walsh
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The Oath Keepers promised to defend liberty and ended up trying to overthrow American democracy
The Oath Keepers branded themselves as defenders of liberty. In the end, they tried to keep the los…
Charles R. Davis
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Transgender woman at center of the Supreme Court case fighting for LGBTQ workplace rights has died at 59
Aimee Stephens' case was the first time the Supreme Court heard arguments for civil rights by a tra…
Lauren Frias
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DeSantis speaks at summit for Moms for Liberty, a conservative group working to elect their own candidates to school boards and minimize the influence of teachers unions
Republican lawmakers attended the first national gathering of Moms for Liberty in Tampa, Florida, w…
Isabella Zavarise
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Black Lives Matter and the ACLU are suing the Trump administration for forcing peaceful protesters out of his way with tear gas before his church photo op
Civil rights groups say the removal of protesters in Washington, DC's Lafayette Square was a violat…
Sinéad Baker
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Putin is rehashing his nuclear threats — but this time, he may be threatening nuclear catastrophe in an effort to sway American voters
Russian President Vladimir Putin deployed a new nuclear threat this week, threatening the West over…
Erin Snodgrass
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US visa seekers will now have to submit their social media handles
Cracking down on the immigration further, the Trump government has introduced a new layer to the co…
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At least 7 state legislatures are proposing 'book ban' legislation, prompting concern from civil liberty advocates
Insider identified nine bills in state legislatures across the country aimed at prohibiting certain…
Madison Hall
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Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington but was nearly written out of civil rights history because he was openly gay. He was also my life partner.
Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington and was one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s closest a…
Yoonji Han
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'Americans are right to be skeptical of this': Coronavirus contact tracing could threaten privacy, employment, and health resources say some experts
Lawmakers and experts across the country are concerned that the contact-tracing system is fraught w…
Isaac Scher
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib on why she's rallying progressives to fight back against calls for sweeping new government surveillance powers after the Capitol attack
Rep. Tlaib spoke with Insider about why she's leading the charge to defend civil liberties amid cal…
Anthony L. Fisher
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Dozens of civil rights and civil liberties organizations call on Biden to immediately commute the sentences of inmates on federal death row
Biden is the first sitting US president to publicly oppose the death penalty. Now, more than 80 org…
Connor Perrett
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Historian Annette Gordon-Reed on Juneteenth: 'It has been just amazing to see the holiday happen'
In "On Juneteenth," Gordon-Reed uses historical context and her personal background to explore how …
John L. Dorman
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Biden creates a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 murder was a catalyst for the civil-rights movement
"For only with truth comes healing, justice, repair, and forming a more perfect union," Biden said …