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U.S. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, delivers remarks during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on February 01, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House GOP kills civil rights panel

Rae Hodge
A photo of Tyre Nichols is positioned prior to a press conference on January 27, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The public consumption of Black pain

Chauncey DeVega
Dominique Anderson, sister of Keenan Anderson, who died after he was tased and restrained by LAPD, and his cousin and Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors hold a press conference demanding LAPD reforms at LA City Hall on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

Police thuggery is getting worse

Chauncey DeVega
A cemetery stands in stark contrast to the chemical plants that surround it October 15, 2013. 'Cancer Alley' is one of the most polluted areas of the United States and lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes. (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

EPA calls out environmental racism

Lisa Song, Lylla Younes - Grist
A trans rights protester stands outside of Boston Childrens Hospital to face off with anti-trans protesters across the street. (Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Gruesome record for anti-trans violence

Matthew Rozsa
Emmett Till Murder Case - Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Milan (left) and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bryant during trial (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Still no justice for Emmett Till

D. Watkins
82nd Attorney General of the U.S. Eric Holder speaks onstage during City Of Hope Spirit Of Life Gala 2019 on October 10, 2019 in Santa Monica, California. (Lester Cohen/Getty Images for City of Hope)

Eric Holder: Justice is coming for Trump

Chauncey DeVega
US journalist Carl Bernstein (Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Carl Bernstein: "Truth is not neutral"

Andrew O'Hehir
Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor-Greene and Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans still love Jim Crow

Chauncey DeVega
Rev. Dr. William Barber (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Rev. Barber on America's moral crisis

Chauncey DeVega
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images)

Texas Dems win suit against Gov. Abbott

James Barragán - The Texas Tribune
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill., walks down the House Steps with other members of Congress following a vote on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. (Bill Clark/Roll Call/Getty Images)

Jesse Jackson Jr. warned us about this

David Masciotra
United States Attorney General Merrick Garland (Al Drago/Getty Images)

DOJ takes aim at right's election laws

Jon Skolnik
George Romney, Mitt Romney, Martin Luther King and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The two Romneys, Republican renegades

Matthew Rozsa
Former U.S. President Donald Trump (James Devaney/GC Images)

Nothing's sacred to GOP — except him

Lucian K. Truscott IV
A Mississippi Civil Rights Museum mural of Freedom Riders who were arrested (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

11 facts about the Freedom Riders

Mark Mancini - Mental Floss
A woman protests outside the Hennepin County Government Center, where the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin is being held, on March 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. - A store clerk said on March 31 at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin that he regretted accepting the fake $20 bill from George Floyd that led to his arrest and eventual death. "If I would have just not taken the bill, this could have been avoided," Christopher Martin said on the third day of Chauvin's high-profile trial. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Chauvin trial: Questions we need to ask

Lewis R. Gordon - The Conversation
Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WV), chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, gives opening remarks at the confirmation hearing for Rep. Debra Haaland, (D-NM) President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of the Interior, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, at the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. Rep. Haaland's opposition to fracking and early endorsement of the Green New Deal has made her one of President Biden's more controversial cabinet nominees. (Leigh Vogel-Pool/Getty Images)

Manchin demands may worsen obstruction

Igor Derysh
Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin and Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A short history of the filibuster

Matthew Rozsa
Dr. Clarence F. Holmes and Dr. Howard Thurman, 1950 (Dave Mathias/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

The Black thinker who saw this coming

Peter Eisenstadt
Argia B's Mumbo Bar-B-Q (Photo illustration by Salon)

The captivating story of mambo sauce

Ashlie D. Stevens
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Muslims can sue over no-fly list

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Donald Trump | 2020 Census form (Getty Images/Salon)

Supreme Court allows Trump to end census

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

6-3 Supreme Court: a dramatic shift

Morgan Marietta - The Conversation
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