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Really want to honor Martin Luther King Jr.? Negotiate a more just police contract.

by Tiffany O’Neill, Jerry William Dailey and Patrick Jones January 18, 2021January 17, 2021

Commentary: Upcoming police union contract negotiations present an opportunity for San Antonio to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.

Attendees shop for flags at the PRIDE Bigger Than Texas Festival.

Study: Statewide LGBTQ anti-discrimination law could yield billions in government revenue

by Iris Dimmick October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

It’s Nice Commemorating MLK, But We Still Have an Ugly History We’re Not Talking About

by Rick Casey January 21, 2020January 31, 2020

Lupe Salgado waves a United Farm Workers flag at Milam Park. Photo by Scott Ball.

New Institute to Document San Antonio’s Place in Mexican American Civil Rights History

by Camille Garcia October 7, 2019January 31, 2020

Castro and Prosper: Key to Women Empowerment is Childcare

by Iris Dimmick September 24, 2019

The room is full for the Chicana Activism panel during Holding Up the Mirror: The 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hearing on Mexican Americans in the Southwest held at Our Lady of the Lake University.

Civil Rights Conference at OLLU Looks at 50 Years of Progress – and Work Still Needed

by Yvette Benavides November 18, 2018January 31, 2020

(from left) Rev. Irene Monroe; National Black Justice Coalition Executive Director David Johns; HU.G.S. Movement founder Marsha Bonner; actress/model Amiyah Scott; Kiera Johnson, deputy executive director, National LGBTQ Task Force; Center For Black Equity President/CEO Earl Fowlkes Jr.; businesswoman/actress Angelica Ross. Moderator (in blue) was Shijuade Kadree, public policy and advocacy senior director, The Center.

NAACP Panel: Black Community Must ‘Strive for Inclusion’ of LGBTQIA Members

by Edmond Ortiz July 17, 2018January 31, 2020

Writer Margaret Atwood gives an interview at Hotel Emma.

Margaret Atwood – Author, Activist, And Polymath – Comes to San Antonio

by Beth Frerking March 10, 2018January 31, 2020

(From left) Becky McMillan, Joyce Champion, and Torchie Champion take a selfie in front of San Fernando Cathedral at the San Antonio Women's Rally.

San Antonio Women’s Rally Brings Hundreds Downtown

by Bonnie Arbittier January 20, 2018January 22, 2018

Trinity University Student Camille Johnson speaks at NAACP Forward at Ella Austin Community Center.

San Antonians Urge NAACP to Increase Voter Education, Youth Engagement

by Edmond Ortiz November 15, 2017January 31, 2020