civil rights
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However, some civil rights advocates note that Compliant Technologies has advised against using shock gloves on pregnant women, children and people with heart issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But when the Justice Department filed this civil rights lawsuit in March, it pointed to an extraordinary impasse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Today Title IX, the 1972 civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal money, has transformed women’s and girls’ athletics.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
One state he found surprising was Alabama, a place many in the UK associate with racial segregation and the struggle for civil rights as well as its pioneering space exploration programmes.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Imagine if civil rights organizations and African American leaders in the 1940s had not placed Jim Crow segregation at the forefront of their racial justice agenda.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
