Viola Fletcher, the last living witness of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has passed away at 111. Her legacy of strength and survival will never be forgotten. 🕊️🙏🏾
Would you want oilfield wastewater watering crops or flowing into Texas waterways?
TCEQ is writing the rules that could determine whether treated wastewater is used on land, in waterways. Your voice can help shape the future of water in Texas.
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Today we honor James Byrd Jr., who was brutally murdered on this day 28 years ago. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed into law by former President Barack Obama 17 years ago.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy believed in something simple, yet powerful: the power of the people. He knew that each of us, through the smallest acts of courage, can send forth tiny ripples of hope that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression.
That belief is the foundation this Center was built on. Though the threats look different today than they did in 1968, the stakes have not changed. The right to speak. The right to gather. The right to be treated as equal under the law. But these freedoms do not hold on their own, they endure only when people are willing to defend them.
Today, we remember Senator Kennedy with that resolve. His ripple lives on in the countless lives he touched, and in the work we do every single day.
It’s D-Day. Trump’s first post on Truth Social is a bizarre AI video about how much people love Donald Trump. Not a word about the heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy.
That tells you everything you need to know about Trump.
Pride is not a threat; hate is.
At Human Rights Watch, we work for a world where all people can enjoy their rights fully. We must not stay silent — LGBT rights are human rights.
Happy #Pride! 🏳️🌈
Happy #PrideMonth. Pride is rooted in protest, solidarity, and the belief that everyone deserves to live free from fear, harm, and discrimination.
My mother, Coretta Scott King, carried that commitment forward, ensuring LGBTQ+ voices were included during the 20th anniversary of the March on Washington and speaking at Atlanta Pride in 1996
Pride is also a time to uplift LGBTQ+ people of color whose voices, leadership, and courage have too often carried this movement forward without enough recognition.
As #PrideMonth begins, we proudly embrace our 2026 theme: Connect with Pride. 🏳️🌈 Inclusion, empowerment and respect happen when we are given the chance to use our voice, are able to connect with others and when we feel a sense of one community where we live and work.
This USDA report is shocking and Sharkarosa should be closed, until all issues have been corrected and this Scott Edward’s is no longer the owner or in charge. I understand the lions have been relocated for proper care.
Gen. Mark Milley: We are unique among the world's militaries. We don't take an oath to a king or a queen, or to a tyrant, or a dictator, and we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We don't take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution. It is that document that all of us in uniform swear to protect and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We will never turn our back on the Constitution. That is our North Star.
Texas will have to spend billions “to prevent a total evacuation of the city” if water supplies are depleted in Corpus Christi this fall
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This image of rows of freshly dug graves for schoolgirls and their teachers is heavy for humanity. Each grave represents a child who should have been safe in a classroom, a future interrupted, a family changed forever.
My father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., warned that war robs us of both the present and the promise of tomorrow. When children become casualties of conflict, we must confront the moral failure at the heart of violence.
Nonviolence is not naive in moments like this. It is necessary. It calls us to protect innocent life, to restrain the impulse toward destruction, and to pursue justice without sacrificing our humanity.
In our shared World House, the loss of these girls is not distant. It is a wound to us all.
#MLK #Nonviolence #Peace #ProtectChildren
A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Texas Senate Bill 12 from banning LGBTQ+ student clubs in the Houston, Plano, and Katy school districts #NOH8