Political Rights - Page 3

August 6, 2023

Ron Dermer, Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs discusses country's judicial reforms

Israel's former ambassador to the US and now minister of strategic affairs responds to US and international criticism to country's judicial reforms.

July 18, 2023

Virginia Gov. Youngkin considers criminal circumstances in restoring voting powers to nonviolent offenders

Gov. Youngkin is considering how civil rights could be restored to Virginia’s convicted felons. Youngkin may be less likely to restore rights for those who committed crimes with a gun.

June 26, 2023

Civil rights icon James Meredith falls outside Mississippi Capitol during his 90th birthday event

James Meredith, a civil rights icon and Black voting rights activist, fell outside the Mississippi Capitol as he celebrated his 90th birthday but did not suffer any visible injuries.

June 6, 2023

GOP lawmakers demand hearing after emotional roundtable with detransitioned Americans

GOP lawmakers in the Anti-Woke Caucus held the intimate and emotional event on Capitol Hill Monday

March 29, 2023

Mel King, Boston civil rights figurehead and former mayoral candidate, dead at 94

Mel King, a prominent civil rights figurehead in Boston credited with much of the city's progress on integration in the 1970s and 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 94.

January 16, 2023

Florida school sends permission slips to learn Black National Anthem, not Holocaust: reports

College Park Elementary School in Ocala, Florida sent permission slips to parents of third, fourth, and fifth graders to teach the Black National Anthem.

November 12, 2022

Biden student loan handout troubles due to separation of powers issue: Katie Cherkasky

Constitutional law attorney Katie Cherkasky unpacks developments in legal blocks against President Biden’s student loan handout.

November 5, 2022

NAACP, ACLU sue to force Pennsylvania counties to accept undated or wrongly dated mail ballots

The NAACP, ACLU and other political activist groups are filing a lawsuit in Pennsylvania to force the counting of undated and improperly dated ballots.

November 2, 2022

'The Five': Is affirmative action a 'national security imperative'?

'The Five' co-hosts discuss how the Supreme Court could stop race-based college admissions. 

August 21, 2022

Wisconsin school board votes to ban pride, BLM flags from classrooms

The Kettle Moraine School Board voted last week in favor of banning political messaging from classrooms, prohibiting LGBTQ pride and Black Lives Matter flags.