Civil rights

MLK was clear: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism - opinion

The question is not what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say today – he already told us. The question is whether we are prepared to listen.

|ByMARC SCHNEIER
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, US February 3, 2005.

Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer who defied bus segregation, dies at 86

Although she remained a largely unsung figure in the civil rights movement for decades, Colvin's 1955 act of rebellion inspired Parks and others.

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US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

Kennedy seeks to cut US children's access to gender-affirming care

Kennedy proposed rules barring hospitals that provide such care from participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs and prohibiting Medicaid from paying for it.

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VIEW OF Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The document promises that democratic Israel would uphold full social and political equality of all its citizens, the writer says.

Israel won't be democratic without equality for all citizens, including Palestinians - opinion

Most Palestinian citizens of Israel accept Israel being the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people but demand it should also be the state of all its citizens.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN

Decrying ‘social justice,’ 49 people sign ‘Jewish Harper’s letter’

The letter calls on Jews to take action against the “suppression of dissent” that is said to be dominating the United States

MAY 6, 2021ByASAF SHALEV/JTA
WRITING ABOUT one’s health publicly can have a similar effect.

Israel needs to practice inclusivity for disabilities - opinion

As Hollywood wakes up to disability inclusion, Israel should follow

APRIL 28, 2021ByJAY RUDERMAN
FROM LEFT: ‘Crip Camp’ co-directors and co-producers Nicole Newnham and disability rights activist James LeBrecht, and producer Sara Bolder arrive for the 93rd Academy Awards at Union Station in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.

Coercive compliance in the age of coronavirus - opinion

“Positive motivation for compliance” in the age of corona have been used in the form of impossible promises to get populations to comply with unreasonable, irresponsible demands.

APRIL 24, 2021ByMARY DAWOOD CATLIN
Israeli police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during enforcement of coronavirus emergency regulations, Jerusalem, January 26, 2021

Ramsey Clark, lawyer of Gaddafi, Hussein, Milosevic, dies at 93

As attorney-general, he helped shape US civil rights law.

APRIL 11, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Former US attorney-general Ramsey Clark holds a discussion on the probability of a death or life sentence for Saddam Hussein in Washington October 5, 2006.

Biden's attorney-general nominee Garland vows to prioritize civil rights

The Justice Department's mission to enforce the 1957 Civil Rights Act "remains urgent because we do not yet have equal justice," said Garland, whose confirmation hearing is scheduled to begin Monday.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021ByREUTERS
Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is seen in an undated handout picture

Over 170 US celebrities join Black-Jewish alliance

The aim of the organization is to stand together to counter antisemitism and racism within the industry.

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByKELLY HARTOG
MARKELL CASEY: In some cases we are opinion shapers and we have platforms that can influence a lot of young kids.

Citizens of Myanmar spark mass civil disobedience campaign - watch

Doctors around the country will refuse to work starting on Wednesday, in a show of defiance against the return of military dictatorship.

FEBRUARY 2, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Residents of Yangon light candles outside their houses to show their disapproval of the recent military coup in Myanmar, Feb. 2, 2021.

Roberta Kaplan: Lead attorney in civil lawsuits against Donald Trump

Kaplan, who splits her time between Manhattan and a country home she shares with her wife and teenage son, spoke to The Jerusalem Post.

JANUARY 27, 2021ByHALEY COHEN
Roberta Kaplan: I’m not in any kind of conspiracy with the Democratic party

California opens civil rights probe into Los Angeles Sheriff's Department

"Our department may finally have an impartial, objective assessment of our operations and recommendations on any areas we can improve our service to the community," Villanueva said.

JANUARY 23, 2021ByREUTERS
LAPD Officers wear face masks as they patrol Hollywood Blvd during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 18, 2020.

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. - an exemplary leader

When King spoke, he praised Israel as an “oasis in the desert.” He lauded the Jewish people for assisting the blacks in the early years of the century and now.

JANUARY 13, 2021ByDAVID GEFFEN
They came to assist Martin Luther King, Jr. in registering African Americans to vote: Peter Geffen and Mickey Shur.