Civil rights
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'The Tories will lose, and lose bad, unless they are tough on immigration'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By The Week UK Published
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The new civil rights frontier: artificial intelligence
The Explainer Experts worry that AI could further inequality and discrimination
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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The pros and cons of a total smoking ban
Pros and Cons Plans to phase out the sale of tobacco completely have won cross-party support
By The Week Staff Last updated
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NAACP, other rights groups warn tourists to avoid DeSantis' 'openly hostile' Florida
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By Peter Weber Published
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Biden commemorates Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
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By Justin Klawans Published
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The history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Speed Read The decades-long journey to honor Dr. King with a fully-recognized federal holiday
By Theara Coleman Published
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Is Iran issuing death sentences to Mahsa Amini protesters?
feature Authorities have issued first punishment in start of brutal crackdown on ‘greatest demonstration of dissent in recent years’
By The Week Staff Published
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The debate around abortion buffer zones
Talking Point Vote to block protests outside clinics has proven as divisive as the issue of abortion itself
By Chas Newkey-Burden Published
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Emmett Till's family seeks arrest after discovery of unserved warrant
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By Catherine Garcia Published
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How Black History Month began
In Depth Annual celebration dates back almost 100 years
By The Week Staff Published
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Family of Malcolm X claims letter proves FBI and NYPD involved in his murder
Speed Read Daughters of assassinated civil rights leader demand reopening of investigation
By Joe Evans Last updated
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What are the arguments to end the coronavirus lockdown?
Speed Read Cabinet ‘hawks’ and commentators say measures threaten economy and civil liberties
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Martin Luther King’s assassination 50 years on: who shot him and where was he killed?
Speed Read 4 April marks a half century since the civil rights leader was gunned down in Memphis
By The Week Staff Published
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Linda Brown: girl at centre of Brown vs. Board civil rights case dies aged 76
Speed Read Tributes pour in for ‘incredible’ woman who sparked a landmark desegregation ruling in 1954
By The Week Staff Last updated
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