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Malcolm X's daughter is reportedly working on a TV show about his life
According to Variety, it'll be based on two novels, "X: A Novel" and "The Awakening of Malcolm X," …
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife have both been admitted to hospital with COVID-19
The 77-year-old civil rights leader was vaccinated against COVID-19 in January and received his fir…
Joshua Zitser
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Derek Chauvin said he 'wishes all the best' for George Floyd's children before being sentenced to 21 years in prison on federal charges of violating Floyd's civil rights
As part of his plea deal, Chauvin will be moved to federal prison where he will serve his federal a…
Ashley Collman
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7 shots in the back: How 3 minutes with police ripped apart Jacob Blake's life and rekindled his family's push for justice
Jacob Blake was paralyzed from the waist down after a police officer shot him in the back seven tim…
Aisha I. Jefferson
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America's obsession with secret societies is a mainstay of our democracy and it resurfaces whenever there's a renewed push for civil rights, the author of a new book says
Colin Dickey, author of "Under the Eye of Power," told Insider that belief in secret societies incr…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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16 iconic moments in the LGBTQ rights movement from the last decade
In the last decade alone, many of the issues like marriage equality, same-sex adoption, and the rig…
Canela López
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A 75-year-old woman who led far-right extremists accused of an elaborate coup plot to topple the German government
A 75-year-old retired schoolteacher known in the German press as "terror granny" led an armed far-r…
Isobel van Hagen
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George Santos criticized gay marriage on his own wedding anniversary: 'It should have been a civil union'
"To force that on society was a problem," said George Santos, who said that he was "an opposer" of …
Bryan Metzger
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Russia could exploit its ties with US white nationalist groups to encourage election violence, experts warn
Russia wants to internally divide the US, and experts fear that it may leverage its influence with …
Tom Porter
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On a former cotton plantation in Louisiana, a Black farmers' cooperative is reclaiming the land and money their ancestors lost
In the 20th century, Black farmers in the US lost 90% of their land. New initiatives like Jubilee J…
Trisha Gopal
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Ottawa police say they've started arresting 'Freedom Convoy' protesters
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday declared a national emergency over the ongoing pro…
Jake Epstein
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A noted political scientist warned that the US could be under the rule of a right-wing dictator by 2030
In an op-ed, Canadian professor Thomas Homer-Dixon warned that American democracy may collapse if T…
Cheryl Teh
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At Rosemead High, generations of students were harassed or groomed for sex as they tried to get an education
Unraveling 40 years of sexual misconduct at a single California high school.
Matt Drange
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Biden met with historians who warned him about threats to democracy and compared the current moment to the pre-Civil War era, report says
The historians warned President Joe Biden about the rise of totalitarianism around the world, sourc…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Harvey Weinstein is standing trial for rape again, 5 years after #MeToo went viral. His case captures the movement's growing pains amid new laws but louder online detractors
Harvey Weinstein's case offers a moment of reflection in the five years since the #MeToo hashtag we…
Azmi Haroun,Erin Snodgrass
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The head of the NAACP said the organization is 'reinvigorating' to attract younger members
The organization, which turns 113 in February, will place more attention on climate change, student…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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How lagging prosecutions and long jail stays are fanning the flames of Jan. 6 extremism
Fewer than one in ten of all Capitol riot defendants are in pre-trial detention. But calls to "Free…
Laura Italiano
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How China turned a Tiananmen Square memorial into one of the most sought-after sculptures in the world
The "Pillar of Shame" was meant to spread all around the world. It didn't — until now, thanks…
Cezary Podkul
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Keke Palmer reacts to comment that her newborn son's name sounds like he 'led a civil rights march': 'It's giving I marched with Martin'
On Monday, Palmer shared the first images of her newborn Leodis Andrellton Jackson, whom she shares…
Ayomikun Adekaiyero
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A look at Giorgia Meloni's ascent to power as a far-right leader set to become Italy's next prime minister
Meloni led the Brothers of Italy party to victory after co-founding the party in 2012 and becoming …