On August 12, 2017,white supremacist demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginiaturned deadly whenHeather Heyer, a civil rights activist, was murderedin what the Justice Department called a "hate-inspired act of domestic terrorism." Mr. Biden has long traced his decision to run in...
But without knowing about the destruction of Black neighborhoods from the bulldozer or reckoning with the heavy pandemic toll on minority communities, he said, “It’s hard to know what systemic racism looks like. These are civil rights issues. That’s where people want to see acti...
Biden on Race and Civil Rights: Biden opposed court-ordered busing (he has said he opposed the court mandate, not desegregation itself) and spoke at a eulogy for Sen. Strom Thurmond, aSouth CarolinaRepublican who was a segregationist candidate for president, a fact that has offended some fell...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday his party still had a path to win a majority with many races still not yet called.Control of the House remained in questionWednesday as remaining votes were tallied. "The path to take back the majority now...
Which states vote on Super Tuesday 2024? Full list of who votes today Here's the fulllist of statesthat are voting across the country on Super Tuesday: Republican primaries or caucuses are being held in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Car...
Attack on civil libertiesSee also: Biden/Harris attack on civil liberties, Obama/Biden FISA abuse, and Police stateDark BrandonWeeks after the seizure of power, chief procurator Merrick Garland and Biden lifted President Trump's ban on harassment of political opponents and executed a warrant on ...
Victor highlighted Trump’s attacks on civil servants, whom he has criticized as part of a “deep state” obstructing his agenda. “We are talking about civil servants, many of them scientists,” Victor said. “They are non-partisan and work in the administration from president to president....
“Every generation of Americans has faced a moment when they’ve had to defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedoms. Stand up for the right to vote and our civil rights,” he says. “And this is our moment.” But Biden’s campaign will also ride on promoting the achievements ...
Harris, whom Biden appointed to lead the administration’s work on voting rights, is joining the President on the visit alongside several members of Congress, local officials and civil rights leaders. Changing the filibuster rules in the Senate, which require 60 votes to end de...
When we think about it, India is the oldest democracy in the world – so that is part of my background, and without question has had a great deal of influence on what I do today and who I am. AH: Would it be true to say then that the roots of your civil rights activism began...