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Apr 23 2024
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Arkansas group pushes for constitutional right to transparency
Transparency advocates are circulating petitions to get two measures on the November ballot to strengthen the state's sunshine laws. Why it matters: Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) protects the public's right to access many government documents. Journalists, interest groups and citizens frequently use it to hold officials accountable. Context: As part of an extraordinary
AxiosDec 28 2023
News
AMC Sorry for Kicking Civil Rights Leader Out of Its Theater
AMC Theaters has apologized to the Rev. William J. Barber II, a minister and prominent civil rights leader, after he was booted out of a screening of at one of its North Carolina theaters this week. The 60-year-old said the incident had occurred at a Tuesday afternoon screening in Greenville that he’d attended with his 90-year-old mother. His assistant attempted to set up a special chair—which
Daily BeastDec 28 2023
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Judge rules against civil rights groups in Georgia redistricting appeal
A federal district court judge ruled on Thursday that new maps for Georgia’s House, Senate and Congressional districts complied with an order issued on Oct. 26 that sought to give greater power to Black voters. The maps will be allowed to take effect for the upcoming 2024 election season. "The committee hearing transcripts show that the General Assembly created the 2023 Remedial Plans in a
Savannah Morning NewsJan 16 2024
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U.S. Civil Rights Commission: Illegal Immigration Makes Black Americans Poorer
Mass immigration, and primarily illegal immigration, disproportionately makes black Americans poorer by reducing wages and crowding out the workforce, the United States Civil Rights Commission detailed in a briefing report from 2010.
The bombshell report, conducted in 2008 and published in 2010 by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, interviewed several experts and researchers reviewing
Breitbart NewsApr 15 2024
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Hundreds Rally For Abortion Rights In Arizona
Hundreds of abortion rights supporters gather outside Phoenix, Arizona, days after the southwestern state's conservative Supreme Court rolled back reproductive rights to the Civil War era, saying an 1864 ban on abortion was valid. "Folks are mad as hell" about the court's decision, says Chris Love, a spokesperson for the Arizona for Abortion Access campaign, the...
Barron'sApr 21 2024
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Provocative 'Civil War' prevails at the box office in its second weekend
Alex Garland’s “Civil War” fended off incursions from new movies to retain its box office title for the second weekend in a row. The provocative film, from independent A24, is expected to generate about $11.1 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada through Sunday, bringing its total domestic box gross to $44.9 million, according to Comscore. The R-rated dystopian thriller, also written
Los Angeles TimesApr 15 2024
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Exclusive: NAACP joins lawsuit against Arkansas LEARNS Act in attempt to fight anti-DEI efforts
"The NAACP will continue to use every tool" to fight, the organization said. The Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP and the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights are calling on a federal court to enact an injunction against the state of Arkansas over its Literacy, Empowerment, Accountability, Readiness, Networking and School Safety Act, known as the LEARNS Act, which is intended to prohibit
ABC News (Online)Apr 12 2024
Opinion
‘Civil War’ and Its Terrifying Premonition of American Collapse
Going into Alex Garland’s astonishing new film, “Civil War,” I expected to be irritated by the implausibility of its premise. I’m not talking about the idea that America could devolve into vicious internecine armed conflict. That seems possible, if not probable. In one 2022 poll, 43 percent of Americans said they thought a civil war within the next decade was at least somewhat likely. I wouldn
Michelle GoldbergApr 19 2024
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Prosecutor questions validity of Trump's $175 mn civil fraud bond
Donald Trump’s $175 million bond to cover a possible civil penalty for fraud is inadequate because the company underwriting it is too small and opaque, New York’s attorney general said in a filing Friday. The 77-year-old real estate magnate, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, is facing unprecedented legal headwinds in New York where he is also on criminal trial for allegedly
Breitbart NewsApr 15 2024
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Frisco voters to consider adding civil service protections, collective bargaining for firefighters
Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election Frisco voters to consider adding protections, benefits for firefighters in May 4 election FRISCO — Frisco Firefighters Association President Matthew Sapp told CBS News Texas after city leaders rejected using meet and
CBS News (Online)