The name of Rosa Parks is known wherever the American civil rights struggles of the sixties is retold. But who has heard of Claudette Colvin? Nine months before Rosa Park, Claudette Colvin also refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
38 Degrees members have identifies the future of the NHS as their top concern, and are mobilising to challenge Andrew Lansley’s plans as their top priority.
For all the legitimate concerns with High Speed Rail, it’s still worth pressing ahead with, writes Richard George, roads and climate campaigner at the Campaign for Better Transport.
Shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh outlines the government’s failures in their bid to become the “greenest government ever” – especially on sustainable development.
Parts of the Special Educational Needs green paper have been hailed by the right wing press – but some of the measures proposed today should be greeted with cautious optimism by progressives.
Pretty much everybody apart from hard-right Tory backbencher Philip Davies and groups funded by the tobacco industry support the government’s plans on tobacco advertising.
As the Welfare Reform Bill receives its Commons second reading today, cancer charities have joined the increasing chorus of those concerned about the potentially disastrous impact of the legislation.
Responding to today’s publication of the Windsor Review, Tom Gash, a Fellow of the Institute for Government, says police pay reform should promote performance – not penny-pinching.
Neil Coyle of Disability Alliance writes how the proposed cuts to diasability allowances (ESA) will exacerbate poverty and remove support for the disabled.
Tony Dykes of Action for Southern Africa asks if the focus on aid – how much, and who to – is the right one, and asks for the decision to cut the UK aid budget to Lesotho be reviewed.
