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Jan 25 2024
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Texas civil rights groups petition the U.N. over LGBTQ ‘human rights crisis'
Civil rights organizations in Texas have filed a formal letter with the United Nations, raising the alarm on a "deteriorating human rights situation" for LGBTQ+ people in the state. Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, and the University of Texas at Austin School of Law Human Rights Clinic submitted the joint letter. In a press release, political advocacy
Dallas-Fort Worth NewsMar 18 2024
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AG Civil Rights Unit Investigating Portsmouth Assault on Black Man, Ex-Cop Arrested
PORTSMOUTH – Former Portsmouth police officer Aaron Goodwin has been arrested in what the victim called a racist attack as he was leaving a Portsmouth diner four months ago. Arrest warrants for simple assault and disorderly conduct were also issued for Kevin Goodwin and Shannon Goodwin, both of Dundalk, Md. in the alleged assault on Mamadou Dembele, a Black man who is a vice president of
In Depth NHApr 19 2024
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"Civil War" is unsettling — especially if you live in D.C.
Actors Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, and Cailee Spaeny walk into a re-creation of the White House in the movie, "Civil War." Photo: Murray Close Earlier this week I did something extremely out of character: I left my couch to see a movie IRL at a theater — the much-discussed "Civil War," the final D.C.-based act of which was pretty triggering, to say the least. The big picture: The movie
AxiosFeb 28 2024
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3 Mississippi prisons violate civil rights with violent, unacceptable conditions, the DOJ says
Mississippi prison officials are not doing enough to protect incarcerated people in their care, federal investigators said, and living conditions are unsanitary and unsafe. The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday released its report on an investigation into three Mississippi prisons. During a news conference to announce the report, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who oversees
The Clarion-LedgerJan 31 2024
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8th Circuit won’t revisit ruling on Voting Rights Act
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday declined to reconsider its decision that would prevent private groups from suing under a key section of the Voting Rights Act, prompting a potential fight before the U.S. Supreme Court over a ruling that civil rights groups say erodes the law aimed at prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals denied
Minnesota LawyerMar 27 2024
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Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot dating rule is legal under civil rights law, appeals court says
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A requirement for Pennsylvania voters to put accurate handwritten dates on the outside envelopes of their mail-in ballots does not run afoul of a civil rights law, a panel said Wednesday, overturning a lower court ruling. A divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to uphold enforcement of the required date on return envelopes, a technical mandate that caused
Associated PressJan 31 2024
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Lawmakers kill a bill removing gender identity as a civil right
Rep. Jeff Shipley, R-Birmingham, speaks in support of a bill removing gender identity protections from civil rights law on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Michelle Gutierrez/The Register Courtney Reyes, executive director for One Iowa, looks over the crowd of protestors on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Michelle Gutierrez/
Des Moines RegisterOct 08 2014
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Reflecting on Race in America 50 Years after the Civil Rights Act
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act, landmark federal legislation that prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, gender, or national origin. Fifty years later, the Civil Rights Act is widely regarded as some of the most significant set of laws enacted in American history.
Brookings InstitutionMar 17 2024
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Civil rights activists afraid Fort Collins City Council is trying to silence them with updated rules
A special session meeting of the Fort Collins City Council to discuss changing meeting rules is scheduled for Monday night. That meeting has civil rights activists afraid that the city council is trying to silence them. On Tuesday, the scheduled Fort Collins City Council meeting barely got going when it was interrupted. Protestors wanting the council to pass a resolution calling for a
CBS News (Online)Feb 07 2024
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City of Akron settles civil rights lawsuit with Jayland Walker protesters
SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The City of Akron has reached a settlement in a civil rights lawsuit with Jayland Walker protesters. According to a news release, the city agreed to pay $747,000 to the plaintiffs. Jayland Walker, 25, of Akron, was shot and killed by Akron police on June 27, 2022 after an attempted traffic stop. There were multiple protests throughout the city after the shooting. “
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