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- The Enlightenment philosophers advocated for God-given rights of life, liberty, and property, which led to their inclusion in the Bill of Rights. This is the basis for the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement in the United States is the essence of what it means to fight for freedom.
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Jun 29, 2018 · 1. The Declaration of Independence. Writing of Declaration of Independence. More than a year after fighting broke out between colonial militia and British forces in April 1775, the...
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- The Rev. William J. Barber II. Speaking up for the poor. The newsmaking actions of Rev. William J. Barber II are founded on the idea that being a person of faith means fighting for justice—whether by working beside a conservative mayor to protest the closing of rural hospitals or by calling for an NAACP boycott of the state in response to the legislature’s actions… —Mary C. Curtis.
- Angela Doyinsola Aina. Empowering black mothers. The U.S. spends much more on health care than any other developed country does, and yet women in the U.S. are dying of -pregnancy-related causes more than they used to and more than in other developed nations.
- Greg Asbed, Lucas Benitez and Laura Germino. Justice for farmworkers. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) began in the 1990s as a collection of Florida-based farmworkers organizing to fight long-standing labor abuses.
- Dina Bakst. Helping working women. For many American women, especially low-wage workers in physically demanding fields, having kids means jeopardizing their jobs—so much so that they may be forced to choose between a paycheck and a healthy pregnancy.
Amy Slipowitz. Key Findings. Global freedom declined for the 17th consecutive year. Moscow’s war of aggression led to devastating human rights atrocities in Ukraine. New coups and other attempts to undermine representative government destabilized Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Peru, and Brazil.
Aug 25, 2020 · By Annelien de Dijn. August 25, 2020 1:00 PM EDT. W e tend to think of freedom as an emancipatory ideal—and with good reason. Throughout history, the desire to be free inspired countless...
Apr 30, 2019 · Even before American independence, some individuals were drawn across the Atlantic and onto the front lines of the American Revolution to fight for these ideals. Here are six brave souls, whose decision to leave their home lands and fight for the Patriot cause made them American heroes.
Aug 14, 2019 · With federal troops tempering widespread white violence, black Southerners started branches of the Equal Rights League — one of the nation’s first human rights organizations — to fight ...
May 26, 2022 · The freedom to dissent and protest without fearing the consequences is central in the fight for change. But it’s getting more dangerous for activists and advocates to speak out.
