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The Respect Rundown
250 Years of Seeking Reparations
by Jodi L. Miller The concept of the U.S. government paying reparations for wrongs it has committed is not a new one. In 1980, the U.S. Supreme Court awarded the Sioux Nation a $100 million judgment...
What’s the Price for Righting A Wrong?
by Phyllis Raybin Emert When a wrong has been committed, it is natural for the injured party to seek reparations to right that wrong. Compensation can be in the form of cash; however, when the...
Transgender Military Ban Tests Limits of Who Can Serve
by Maria Wood The military stands as a model of integration, with people of all races and ethnicities serving together for the common purpose of protecting the nation. But it wasn’t always that way....
A Fair Fight Against Voter Suppression
by Jodi L. Miller Changes in voting practices or requirements to vote often seem minor. But those minor changes can have a big impact and are, in fact, examples of voter suppression. For instance,...
The Battle Over Voter Rights—and Wrongs
by Michael Barbella With the 2018 mid-term election, former felons in Florida regained their long-lost right to vote when 64 percent of Florida voters backed the passage of State Constitutional...
Women and the Draft, A Decades-Old Debate
by Toni Sutton-Deangelico History was made on December 3, 2015 when Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter announced that all combat roles in the military would be open to women. This new inclusion...
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Still Fighting Voter Suppression in 2018 [UPDATED]
There is no mention of an “affirmative right to vote” in the U.S. Constitution; however, countless lives have been lost in the pursuit of obtaining the franchise. While many believe the country is...
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Texas Racial Gerrymandering Case
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once wrote: “Voting is the foundation stone for political action. Our vote would place in Congress true representatives of the people who would legislate for the Medicare,...
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Debt Paid, Voting Restored [UPDATED]
Across the country, more than six million people have been disenfranchised because of a felony conviction, according to The Sentencing Project, a Washington, D.C. non-profit that addresses...
Voter Suppression Still Cause for Concern
In the fall 2017 edition of Respect, we tackled the issue of voter suppression and reported on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Since then, that commission, which only met...
Courts Will Decide Issues of Transgender Discrimination
The current White House Administration has issued policies that target the transgender community. Most recently, Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a memo advising of the White House’s position...
Voter ID Laws—Blocking Access to the Ballot
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 34 states have laws requiring voters to show some form of ID at the polls. Some state laws specifically require photo identification,...