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Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are dishing on their crime thriller "By Any Means," which is based on the true story of mobster Greg Scarpa. "Extra" spoke with the two about the movie, which centers on the notorious mafia hitman (Wahlberg) and the young Black FBI agent (Abdul-Mateen) who teams up with him to investigate the murders of civil rights leaders in 1966 Mississippi. Wahlberg met with the hitman's family while researching his character. He shared, "For me...
Milo claims persecution after deportation, sparking debate over immigration law and court absences.
Screen Rant - 2 hours 58 min agoBolstered by strong performances, By Any Means' moral complexity and stylish touches make for a uniquely compelling Civil Rights era thriller.
Daily Signal - 3 hours 36 min agoThe Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division brought a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against a Kansas school district, applying decades-old laws to combat a new problem: gender-secrecy policies allowing school staff to hide a student’s claimed gender identity from parents or legal guardians. "Parental rights are paramount in the operation of America's public schools, and Kansas City, Kansas...
Elegance Bratton's civil rights drama in the Jim Crow south confronts you with almost unbearable brutality Black people officially won the right to vote in the US in 1965 but many still encountered hurdles on their path to the ballot box: eleven states in the south quickly introduced a poll tax requiring an annual fee to be allowed to vote. The practice unambiguously targeted poor Black communities in an early form of thinly-veiled racist voter suppression. Vernon Dahmer wouldn't stand for...
Unflinching campaigner for women's and civil rights who galvanised a generation of activists Gloria Steinem, who has died aged 92, was a writer, community organiser, political campaigner and a charismatic feminist activist who called herself "an entrepreneur of social change". She spent much of her life on the road, often accompanied by equally committed fellow campaigners. Steinem loathed public speaking, but during two years travelling in India in her 20s, she moved from village to...
Daily Signal - 23 hours 36 min agoThe First Amendment protects both freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, but those rights do not give activists carte blanche to invade a church and take over the service. Or so I thought. Now, however, a group of activists who did just that have filed a motion to dismiss federal civil rights charges, arguing...
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