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Native Families' Right to Stay Together is at Stake at the Supreme Court

The Indian Child Welfare Act — a law that protects Native children from forced removal from their families, tribes, and culture — is currently under attack.

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UN Racial Justice Review Gives Biden Opportunity to Center International Human Rights

The administration claimed significant progress in its report and presentation to the United Nations, but true progress has been sluggish.

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Political Censorship Has No Place in South Dakota Classrooms

Public schools are not ideological political battlegrounds.

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Waniya Opposes Classroom Censorship

South Dakotans are rising up. They want students to be able to learn the full history of their state and this country.  

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Karlee Jo Opposes Classroom Censorship 

South Dakota students are rising up. They want to learn the full history of their state and this country.  

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The Most Racist Supreme Court Cases You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Why does the Biden administration's Department of Justice continue to rely on cases that presume people in the territories are “alien races” composing “savage tribes”?

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One Year Later: How the Biden Administration is Doing on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Across our issue areas, the Biden-Harris administration has made some progress — but much work remains to be done.

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