Deborah Berry
Washington Correspondent at USA Today
National correspondent for USA TODAY covering civil rights, voting rights, politics. Class of 23 Nieman Fellow, @UofMaryland grad, @washpressclub bd president
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Deborah Berry
WASHINGTON ‒ A coalition of civil rights leaders kicked off a weeklong campaign to rally around the national African American museum and push back against what it calls efforts by the Trump administration to erase Black history. “We should be clear that these efforts are intentional.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Deborah Berry
WASHINGTON _ Despite recent efforts to remove or rename Confederate memorials, there are still more than 2,000 symbols in places across the country, according to a report released Thursday. “We should not honor those who fought to continue slavery and tear apart our democracy,” Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Deborah Berry
WASHINGTON ‒ A new Trump executive order could undo years of hard-fought gains against discrimination, civil rights leaders and Constitutional law experts said. The 60-year-old landmark Civil Rights Act outlawed segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion or national origin. Other major federal civil rights laws followed, including one protecting the right to vote for all citizens and another banning discrimination in housing.
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3 weeks ago |
freep.com | Riley Beggin |Deborah Berry
Riley Beggin Sarah D. Wire Deborah Barfield BerryUSA TODAYIllinois Sen. Richard Durbin is retiring at the end of next year after more than four decades in Washington in a move that also will set off a leadership fight among his colleagues in the Senate Democratic caucus. "The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy. I truly love the job of being a United States Senator.
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3 weeks ago |
capecodtimes.com | Riley Beggin |Deborah Berry
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is retiring at the end of next year after more than four decades in Washington in a move that also will set off a leadership fight among his colleagues in the Senate Democratic caucus. "The decision of whether to run for re-election has not been easy. I truly love the job of being a United States Senator. But in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch," the 80-year-old Durbin said in a video postedto social media on April 23.
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These are America's most endangered historic sites. Can they be saved? https://t.co/wYhoe2jdc7 via @USATODAY, @SavingPlaces
RT @dannowicki: "Trump’s early agenda dismantles Civil Rights Act, advances Project 2025, activists say." (via @dberrygannett) https://t.co…
Judy Richardson said Trump’s moves go beyond just rolling back civil rights gains and attacks all Americans: “It’s important that we, who organized in the 1960’s civil rights movement, don’t view this as just ‘another rodeo.'' https://t.co/GI6S2phSW6 via @usatoday , @SNCCLegacy