Watch: Sarah Sanders Offers Stunning Lies to Attack Kavanaugh Accusers — And Democrats
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-09-27
Sarah Sanders Says Accusers Refuse to Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee. That's a Lie. | Sarah Huckabee Sanders sat down with the "Today" show's Savannah Guthrie Thursday morning, just hours before one of the most consequential Senate hearings in modern history is about to begin. And she delivered astonishing lies. According to the White House press secretary, F. . .
alternet.org/watch-sarah-sanders-offers-stunning-lies-attack-kavanaugh-accusers-and-democrats

NAACP Ramps up Voter Outreach Campaign on National Voter Registration Day
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-09-25
NAACP Ramps up Voter Outreach Campaign on National Voter Registration Day Power of 5 Campaign Looks to Translate Personal Networks into Votes during Midterm Elections BALTIMORE (September, 25, 2018)– NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, is looking to mobilize personal networks, activists and supporters to energize its base ahead of the 2018 midterm elections on […] | The post NAACP Ramps up Voter Outreach Campaign on National Voter Registration Day appeared firs…
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Prisons' Refusal to Provide Adequate Opioid Treatment Is Cruel and Unlawful
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-25
In Massachusetts, people in prison are denied adequate care for opioid use disorder, increasing risk of relapse. | Geoffrey Pesce tried everything to overcome his addiction to opioids: detox at least four times, Suboxone, Naltrexone. | In 2016, after overdosing three times in less than 48 hours, he was scared for his life and committed to recovery. That's when his physician prescribed methadone, a prescription medication approved by the FDA for treatment of opioid use disorder. | For nearly two years, Geoffrey has invested in his recovery, rededicated himself to his young son, rebuilt his relationships with his p…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/medical-and-mental-health-care/prisons-refusal-provide-adequate-opioid

Trump Administration Targets Children, Families and Communities of Color in Latest Immigration Regulation
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-09-24
Contact: Malik Russell / mrussell@naacpnet.org Changes to Public Charge Could Put Health and Immigration Status at Risk for Millions BALTIMORE (September 24, 2018)– On September 22, the Trump Administration Department of Homeland Security announced it would issue a proposed regulation that would severely curtail the ability of immigrants to secure a green card by expanding […] | The post Trump Administration Targets Children, Families and Communities of Colo…
naacp.org/latest/trump-administration-targets-children-families-communities-color-latest-immigration-regulation/

Congress Needs to Take Responsibility for Fixing Harassment in Its Own Halls
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-24
Members of Congress have a duty to protect their staffers from harassment by reforming the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. | It's been nearly one year since the #MeToo movement came into public consciousness and months since the Senate and House of Representatives each passed legislation to reform the way Congress handles claims of harassment in its own workplace. But further action on the bills has stalled, and even after sitting members had to resign over their own misconduct, our elected officials have stil…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/womens-rights-workplace/congress-needs-take-responsibility-fixing-harassment-its

Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-24
Trump's assault on international cooperation and human rights is ultimately self-defeating. His U.N. address Tuesday will likely be more of the same. | On Tuesday, President Trump will make his second appearance at the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly, where he will reportedly use the international spotlight to deliver a speech that centers on favoring U.S. "sovereignty" over our commitments to the global community. | The world has now witnessed the human costs of Trump…
aclu.org/blog/human-rights/five-ways-trump-administration-has-attacked-un-and-international-human-rights

NAACP PARTNERS WITH 13 LEADING SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO LAUNCH DIGITAL AD IN OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT NOMINEE, BRETT KAVANAUGH
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-09-21
John Legend issues a Call to Action in the new campaign urging the public to #StopKavanaugh BALTIMORE (September 21, 2018) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's foremost civil rights organization joined forces with 13 leading social justice organizations to release a Call to Action issued by singer-songwriter and […] | The post NAACP PARTNERS WITH 13 LEADING SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIO…
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Michael Moore: Are We Going to Be Like the "Good Germans" Who Let Hitler Rise to Power?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-21
In his new documentary "Fahrenheit 11/9," filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump's policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a "crime against humanity." Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/21/michael_moore_are_we_going_to

Recap: NAACP National Call to Action Tele-Townhall
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-09-20
Thousands of concerned Americans participated in the NAACP National Call to Action on September 19. Participants heard from NAACP leaders on how they can help push back […] | The post Recap: NAACP National Call to Action Tele-Townhall appeared first on NAACP.
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2 Native American Teens Were Reported to Police for Joining a Campus Tour. Now We're Stepping In
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-09-20
We're demanding that Colorado State University change policing practices after the racial profiling of two young Native-American teenagers. | Last spring, Kanewakeron Thomas Gray and Skanahwati Lloyd Gray, two Native American brothers, drove from their home in New Mexico to Colorado State University, excited to tour the college where they hoped to enroll. Their excitement and hopes soon turned to something else. A white parent on the tour called the CSU police department to repor…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-inequality-education/2-native-american-teens-were-reported-police

American Prison: Shane Bauer Traces History of U.S. For-Profit Prisons from Slavery to Today
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-20
"American Prison." That's the name of the new book by award-winning journalist Shane Bauer, who dives deep into the profit-earning motives of U.S. prisons, from convict labor in colonial-era settlements all the way to present-day mass incarceration, including Bauer's own stint as an undercover prison guard at the privately owned Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana. We speak with Shane Bauer in New York City.
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/20/american_prison_shane_bauer_traces_history

'Want more shootings? Listen to the ACLU, Black Lives Matter & Antifa' — Jeff Sessions tells cops
RT | rt.com | 2018-09-20
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Chicago officers that the anti-police rhetoric of the ACLU, Black Lives Matter, and Antifa is partly responsible for the city's spiralling murder rate.
rt.com/usa/438927-sessions-chicago-murder-aclu/

Blavity Op-Ed: Millennials Can Be The Power Bloc In November Elections — If We Choose To Be
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-18
NAACP Youth and College Division leader Tiffany Dena Loftin penned a piece for Blavity the importance of millennial voters in the upcoming midterm elections: "School is back in session for the NAACP's Youth and College Division, members are entering the school year after a tough and emotional summer. While young folks should have been enjoying summer jobs […] | The post Blavity Op-Ed: Millennials Can Be The Power Bloc In November Elections — If We Choose To Be appeared first on
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Immigrants Seeking Shelter After Hurricane Florence Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-09-18
While the worst of Hurricane Florence is over, officials say the most dangerous flooding is yet to come for residents of the Carolinas and Virginia, as thousands have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds more have sought rescue from rising floodwaters. But undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has reallocated nearly $10 million from FEMA's budget to ICE to pay for detention space and deportations. We speak with Laura Garduño García, a DACA recipient and Greensboro-based organizer with Siembra N…
www.democracynow.org/2018/9/18/immigrants_seeking_shelter_after_hurricane_florence

NAACP President to Commemorate African Maafa
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-09-17
Event to honor ancestors and mark African holocaust in Brooklyn, NY Baltimore, MD — On Tuesday, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will speak at the 24th Commemoration of The Maafa at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York at 7pm EST. President Johnson will address the relevance of the African Maafa and the current […] | The post NAACP President to Commemorate African Maafa appeared first on NAACP.
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The Movement Against Prison Abuse–From the Inside
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2018-08-29
Janos Marton of the ACLU's Smart Justice program talks about a growing public awareness of the rampant inequality perpetuated by prisons, jails, arrests, and prosecutions, and what people on the outside can do.
progressive.org/dispatches/janos-marton-prisons-180829/