equal rights

The United Straights

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Martin Luther King Jr. Hoped to Be Conscience of All Political Parties Instead of President (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 4, 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. believed civil resistance movements could force officials to effect change. Forty-eight years after his death, King's nonviolent, transformative legacy lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Houston Equal Rights

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Tony Auth

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Truthdigger of the Week: Anderson Cooper

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2012 Coming out as gay in a society full of elements that work to suppress the rights of homosexuals means one more voice for the persecuted and oppressed, and the bigger the voice, the better. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Statue of Equal Rights

Milt Priggee, Cagle Cartoons, www.miltpriggee.com Jul 1, 2011 Dig deeper

Obama Promises End to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Again.

Staff / Truthdig Oct 11, 2009 President Obama, echoing many of the claims he made on the campaign trail, promised at a Human Rights Campaign gala Saturday to overturn "don't ask, don't tell" and called for "full [legal] equality" for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and an end to anti-gay discrimination On Sunday, thousands descended on Washington in a march whose organizers said the LGBT community will not accept a piecemeal approach to civil rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )