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NYC parents
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks agoThe Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Decision Hinges on a Case You've Never Heard Of
The 1844 Lynch v. Clarke case, involving an Irish child born in New York, may determine whether millions of American-born children of undocumented immigrants retain birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month agoToday in History: March 2, Black teen refuses to give up her bus seat
On March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks' more famous act of defiance, Claudette Colvin, a Black high school student in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white passenger.
History
US politics
fromThe Nation
1 month agoClarence Thomas Just Struck Another Blow to Black Power
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ruled in USPS v. Konan to shield the post office from liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act, blocking a Black woman's discrimination lawsuit over mail delivery disruption.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month agoCourt clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect
In the opinion released Friday, the court said it was too early to make a judgment call on the constitutionality of the law. That's partly because it's not yet clear how prominently schools may display the religious text, if teachers will refer to the Ten Commandments during classes or if other texts like the Mayflower Compact or the Declaration of Independence will also be displayed, the majority opinion said.
US news
fromThe American Conservative
2 months agoRelive The Civil Rights Era. Send in The Troops
In any liberal morality play, Democrats always get to be the shivering, oppressed black people, while Republicans have to play the part of Bull Connor, Birmingham, AL's racist commissioner of public safety. Except the facts are exactly the opposite. I'm sure you're bored of hearing this, but Connor was a Democrat, as were all the politicians promising "massive resistance" to racial integration. Republicans were the ones forcing Democrats to abide by federal law, along with a few John Fetterman- style Democrats.
Right-wing politics
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