Human Rights and Equality Archives

South Carolina Prisoners Were Left In Cells as Florence Descended. Why Weren’t They Evacuated?

South Carolina officials are coming under fire for refusing to relocate prisoners in mandatory evacuation zones even as Hurricane Florence barreled down on the state. Prisoners were instead put to work behind bars making sandbags…

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South Carolina: Two Women from Mental Health Facility Drown in Flood During Transport by Deputies

Two women being transported by sheriff’s deputies to a mental health facility drowned Tuesday in South Carolina when the van they were riding in was overcome by floodwaters. The two sheriff’s deputies in the vehicle…

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Mustafa Santiago Ali Keynote - Netroots Nation 2018

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Senior Vice President of the Hip Hop Caucus, fires up the crowd at Netroots Nation 2018 by connecting the dots between environmental devastation, systemic racism, and runaway capitalism.

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Deb Haaland Keynote - Netroots Nation 2018

Congressional candidate Deb Haaland (D, NM-01) tells Netroots Nation 2018 about her bid to become the first Native woman in Congress, sharing her personal history as a single mother and a descendent of indigenous people…

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Gina Ortez Jones Keynote - Netroots Nation 2018

Democratic Congressional Candidate Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23) makes her case to Netroots Nation for why she should become the first Filipina member of Congress, and Texas’s first out LGBT person and Iraq war veteran in…

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Aimee Allison with Imara Jones - FSTV at Netroots Nation 2018

Aimee Allison, president of Democracy in Color, speaks with Imara Jones about the "New American Majority," and why the true "swing voter" is not one who moves from red to blue, but one who goes…

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How The Last Fifty Years Treated Women Who Spoke Out Against Assault

As accusations of assault came forward against Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by Professor Christine Blasey Ford and now at least one other woman. A caller joins the The Thom Hartmann Program to…

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Botham Jean’s Family: Are Dallas Police Smearing His Reputation to Protect Officer Who Killed Him?

Protests continue in Dallas after the shooting and killing of a 26-year-old black man in his own apartment by a white Dallas police officer. Police officer Amber Guyger has been charged with manslaughter after she…

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Guantanamo For Kids: Senator Jeff Merkley Refuses to Let Trump Separate Families

Senator Jeff Merkley is not going to let Donald Trump construct Guantanamo Bay style prisons for children his administration is separating from their families.

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A New Form of Slavery? Meet Incarcerated Firefighters Battling Calif. Wildfires For $1 An Hour

DN! goes behind the scenes of California’s raging climate-fueled wildfires with the hidden men and women on the front lines of the state’s ever-growing fire season: prisoner firefighters. Of the 13,000 firefighters battling blazes across…

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"Rainbow Wave": LGBTQ Candidates Coming After Bigots in Power

Christopher Massicotte, Chair of Victory Fund campaign board and a partner at DSPolitical, joins the Thom Hartmann program to discuss the more than 400 openly LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) politicians running to fight…

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Roe v. Wade in Danger: Released Docs Reveal Kavanaugh Thinks Abortion Decision Is Not “Settled Law”

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing took a series of dramatic turns Thursday, as Democratic senators began releasing confidential documents from Kavanaugh’s work at the George W. Bush White House. The New York Times…

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"Unapologetic": Charlene Carruthers on Her Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Charlene Carruthers, national director of the Black Youth Project 100, joins us for a wide-ranging discussion upon the publication of her timely new book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements. She…

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“A Beautiful Moment”: Arundhati Roy Hails Indian Court Legalizing Gay Sex, Overturning Colonial Law

India’s Supreme Court has overturned a law criminalizing consensual gay sex, in a major victory for LGBTQI groups. The ruling voids a portion of the Indian Penal Code written by Britain’s colonial government in the…

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Kavanaugh Nomination Could Mean The End of Legal Safe Abortion in United States

Dawn Laguens the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Federation of America says there is no silver lining to Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. who will overturn Roe v Wade along with other landmark…

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Colin Kaepernick Is the New Face of Nike

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who was involved in the national anthem kneeling controversy, gets featured in a Nike ad and conservatives lose their minds.

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Boots Riley on His Anti-Capitalist Film “Sorry to Bother You,” the Power of Strikes & Class Struggle

Democracy Now! Aired an extended conversation with Boots Riley, writer and director of “Sorry to Bother You,” his new film about an evil telemarketing company, a corporation making millions off of slave labor, and one…

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Ending Family Separation Must Include Those Separated From Their Family by Prisons and Police

The war on African Americans is still being waged and it is far past time it has ended, can we as progressives help this process by showing solidarity with African Americans as we move toward…

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Ironworkers President Eric Dean on Unions, Labor Rights, and More

Eric Dean, President of Ironworkers, talks about unions, labor rights, and more — including how these issues correspond to Labor Day, and what the holiday really means.

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Betsy DeVos Wants To Redefine What “Sexual Assault” Means

A leaked proposal from the Department of Education would roll back the rights of sexual assault victims, and empower individuals accused of sexual misconduct, on college campuses.

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