NBA legacies: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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In this article, we are going to talk about the incredible career and life of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Search Results for civil rights
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Climate, energy news roundup
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This edition offers articles and perspectives from sources and voices other than “mainstream media”. So, no articles from the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Guardian!
ACLU of Virginia staff unionize, receive voluntary recognition
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Washington-Baltimore News Guild announced this week the voluntary recognition of its employees’ union.
Warner, Kaine seek updates from DOJ Elections Threats Task Force
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined colleagues in a letter to the Department of Justice seeking an update on the actions of the Department’s Election Threats Task Force.
Herring files discrimination lawsuit against Newport News landlord
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring has filed the first lawsuit under the systemic discrimination provision in the Virginia Fair Housing Law that gives the AG’s office the power to address systemic housing discrimination in the Commonwealth.
Kaine, Klobuchar introduce voter protection bill in Senate
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine has joined U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar to introduce the Freedom to Vote Act, legislation to improve access to the ballot for Americans.
New Dominion Bookshop to host poets Nin Andrews, Amy Woolard
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New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host an in-person reading with poets Nin Andrews and Amy Woolard on April 2, 2022, from 7-8 p.m.
Lambda Legal sues DOC on behalf of incarcerated trans man denied care
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Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections on behalf of a transgender man incarcerated at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women who has been denied medically necessary and gender-affirming care.
Herring pushes HUD on housing discrimination protections
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Attorney General Mark R. Herring is urging the HUD to reinstate a rule on disparate impact liability that would protect people from discrimination in housing
Virginia, Maryland, D.C. repatriate historic African American gravestones
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Historic African American gravestones were removed from a Washington, D.C., cemetery and dumped to control erosion on the Potomac River generations ago.
