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Mar 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 PressMar 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)Jan 31 2024
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Iowans erupt in cheers as lawmakers kill bill removing gender identity as a civil right
Iowans waved rainbow pride flags and erupted in cheers in the Iowa Capitol hallway Wednesday afternoon as lawmakers announced they would were killing a bill that would have removed gender identity protections from the state's civil rights law. All three members of an Iowa House subcommittee that considered House File 2082 Wednesday said they would not advance it to the full House Judiciary
Des Moines RegisterFeb 25 2024
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Faith and civil rights groups rally against Idaho's first execution since 2012
Civil rights advocates and communities of faith from across the state are holding organized protests in opposition to the first execution in Idaho since 2012. Thomas Creech is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, Feb. 28 for the murder of fellow inmate David Jensen in 1995. The "Conversations About the Death Penalty" event took place on Friday at the Ahavath Beth Israel synagogue in Boise
KBOI 2Nov 30 2023
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Federal Civil Rights Investigation Opened into Antisemitism at Harvard
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into allegations of antisemitism at Harvard University. The Ivy League institution has been in the headlines in recent weeks due to pro-terror, anti-Israel displays among students on campus in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The complaint against Harvard joins a growing list of federal
Breitbart NewsApr 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
AxiosOct 02 2023
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Federal Court: Atlanta-Based Grant Program Exclusively for Black Women Likely Violates Civil Rights Act - The Georgia Star News
An Atlanta-based venture capital firm’s grant program that is exclusively available to businesses owned by black women was blocked by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a Saturday injunction that prevents funds being dispersed for the “racially exclusionary” grant program. The 11th Circuit voted 2-1 to grant the injunction requested by the non-profit American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER
The Georgia Star NewsApr 29 2024
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April marks the beginning and end of the American Civil War
April is a good time to explore local sites that focus on the American Civil War, which began on April 12, 1861, with the attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor and ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox. Although local Civil War sites are not as well known as Manassas, Gettysburg, Shiloh or Vicksburg, they
Daily PressJul 31 2023
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The Civil-Rights Showdown Nobody Remembers
When the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, on May 17, 1954, it was big news. The Times gave the story banner headlines and ten pages of coverage. The case had been before the Justices since 1952, and it was common knowledge that a decision had been in the works. Many people probably anticipated the outcome, although maybe not that the opinion would be
The New YorkerApr 29 2024
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Court offering late fee forgiveness for civil infractions
Bloomfield Township’s 48th District Court is suspending late fees and penalties for civil infractions from May 1 through June 14. The late fee forgiveness is exclusively for 48th District Court cases. It has no bearing on original fines, costs and Secretary of State clearance fees which must be paid in full to take advantage of the program, and no payment plans will be set up. Also, bench
Oakland Press