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‘Shut This Place Down’: Children Drugged and Given Forced Injections at Texas Detention Facility, Lawsuit Says

June 21, 2018 Staff 0

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Share: Facebook0Twitter1Google+0Linkedin “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist here; it looks like they’re trying to control agitation and aggressive behavior with antipsychotic drugs… That’s like the old Soviet Union used to do.” TEXAS—(ENEWSPF)—June READ MORE

‘Setback for Voting Rights’: Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Voter-Purge Process

June 11, 2018 Staff 0

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin The ruling, Justice Sotomayor writes in dissent, “entirely ignores the history of voter suppression against which the NVRA was enacted.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 11, 2018 By: Andrea Germanos, staff writer Civil rights groups are READ MORE

Supreme Court Clears Ohio Voter Rights Purge

June 11, 2018 Staff 0

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 11, 2018 Contact: Jay Young Statements of Common Cause Illinois on the Husted Decision: “Every American deserves the chance to make their voice heard in our elections without fear of election officials READ MORE

Congresswoman Robin Kelly Leads Chicago Delegation Members Opposing Freedom of Speech Restrictions by the Chicago Bears and NFL

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2018 By: James Lewis, Communications Director, Congresswoman Robin Kelly U.S. Representative Robin Kelly, along with U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congressmen Bobby Rush (IL-01) and Danny Davis (IL-03), sent a READ MORE

Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Wouldn’t Make Same-Sex Wedding Cake

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Advocacy group warns the ruling could invite “discrimination and further efforts to justify withholding service from #LGBTQ people.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2018 By: Andrea Germanos, staff writer Prompting calls for increased vigilance and READ MORE

As Advocates See Hundreds of Civil Rights Cases Dismissed by Trump’s Education Dept, National Groups Take on DeVos

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin “These were all complaints that were legitimate. I guess we have selective civil rights in the United States now.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2018 By: Julia Conley, staff writer Weeks after civil rights advocates READ MORE

Illinois Passes The ERA, Bringing Women One Step Closer To Constitutional Equality

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin ILLINOIS—(ENEWSPF)—May 31, 2018 Contact: Dee Donavanik NOW President Toni Van Pelt released the following statement follwing the Illinois House ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment: After 36 years, the Illinois House has finally moved READ MORE

Hundreds Arrested Nationwide as Poor People’s Campaign Demands ‘End to the War Economy’

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin “We have a long history of wars against other people, mostly people of color, around the world. It’s time we stopped calling it the Defense Department and started calling it what it is: READ MORE

Chicago Community Members Detail Racial Profiling at Day Labor Corner

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin After 20 to 40 workers and residents were detained last weekend, as part of a series of regional raids, immigrants pledge to expose ICE civil rights violations and make ‘every corner a Sanctuary’ READ MORE

Trump-Pence Domestic Gag Rule Would Deny Millions of Women Access to Health Care and the Ability to Make Medically Informed Decisions

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 24, 2018 By: Jamila Taylor Last night, the Trump administration issued a proposed rule that viciously targets Title X providers, including Planned Parenthood and the millions of women served by READ MORE