Boston, MA - Today, President Trump extended the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) program for Liberians for twelve months, through March 31, 2020. This decision comes hours ahead of an emergency hearing in federal court in a lawsuit filed by the national Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Lawyers for Civil Rights calling for the administration to reverse its decision to terminate DED, a life-saving immigration program, for Liberian immigrants. The lawsuit, the first of its kind in the country, was filed on behalf of African Communities Together (ACT), the UndocuBlack Network, and over a dozen affected individuals, including Liberians raising U.S. citizen children. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.. This is a major win for families and communities impacted by the administrations discriminatory decision to terminate a humanitarian relief program that provided a safe haven for thousands of Liberian immigrants who have been ...

The Wall of Tolerance digitally displays the names of more than half a million people who have pledged to take a stand against hate and work for justice and tolerance in their daily lives. Their names flow continuously down the 20-by-40 foot wall within the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Alabama.. Visitors to the Civil Rights Memorial Center have the opportunity to take the pledge and add their names to the Wall during their visit.. By placing my name on the Wall of Tolerance, I pledge to take a stand against hate, injustice and intolerance. I will work in my daily life for justice, equality and human rights - the ideals for which the Civil Rights martyrs died.. Visitors to the Civil Rights Memorial Center have the opportunity to take the pledge and add their names to the Wall during their visit.. The Wall of Tolerance demonstrates that individuals, not government or organizations, are responsible for continuing the march for social justice. It stands as a dynamic representation of ...

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, Sept. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. civil rights leaders on historic trip through Mauritania, West Africa to support anti-slavery leaders and initiatives.

A Detroit-based nonprofit has filed a landmark civil rights complaint with the states environmental regulatory agency over the disproportionate number of hazardous waste sites in...

The Health Care Case: The Supreme Courts Decision and its Implications - A new book on last years controversial Supreme Court decision on Obamacare is now available for pre-order at Amazon. The book is edited by Columbia law professors Nathaniel Persily, Gillian Metzger, and Trevor Morrison, and published by Oxford University Press. It contains essays on numerous aspects of the health care decision by a wide range of scholars, including VC-ers Jonathan Adler, Randy Barnett, and myself. There is also a large number of contributions by leading scholars on the other side of the issue, including Jack Balkin, Jamal Greene, Andrew Koppelman, Gillian Metzger, and Neil Siegel, among others. The Oxford University Press website has a complete table of contents here.. My own contribution to the volume addresses the Courts analysis of the Necessary and Proper Clause, and explains why the individual health insurance mandate was not proper even if it could be considered necessary. An earlier version of ...

The United States Supreme Court announced last week it will hear a second case on the constitutionality of affirmative action, this time concerning a ban in Michigan similar to one that already exists in California.. Affirmative action consists of policies that favor underrepresented groups based on factors such as race, color, sex or religion.. The outcome of the Michigan case, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, could affect Californias universities if the Supreme Court decides states cannot enact affirmative action bans like Michigans Proposal 2, which prohibits the use of racial preferences in state university admissions.. Though it is unlikely, UCLA Law Professor Jonathan Varat said a Supreme Court ruling that declares all state affirmative action bans unconstitutional would be sweeping and shocking. Such a decision would make Californias voter-approved affirmative action ban, Proposition 209, unconstitutional, he said.. Schuette v. Coalition comes from the U.S. Court ...

Episcopal News Service] The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 4 that the state of Colorado violated a bakers rights when its Civil Rights Commission said that he had to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.. Colorado courts had upheld the commissions finding that baker Jack Phillips refusal went against the states anti-discrimination laws. The U.S. Supreme Court disagreed because of the way the commission reached its conclusion.. The Civil Rights Commissions treatment of his case has some elements of a clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs that motivated his objection, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the 7-2 majority. He said that comments by some of the commissioners were clearly hostile to Phillips and his claims.. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, writing that those comments should not be taken as sufficient evidence that the commissions ruling was flawed. They noted that the commissions ruling had been upheld by other ...

The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment. The act significantly widened the franchise and is considered among the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. Part of the law was overturned by a Supreme Court decision in 2013.. Civil Rights Activist and Representative John Lewis (D-GA) will speak about the Voting Rights Act - its tumultuous beginning and the events leading to its passage, and the impacts it has had after 50 years. Rep. Lewis has recently introduced legislation that will update the Voting Rights Act making the law more applicable to the issues faced by contemporary society and overcoming the decision of the Supreme Court. John Lewis will speak on Friday, October 16 at 6 p.m. in the University Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Information ...

On June 16, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case involving a Virginia man who could legally purchase a firearm and did so for an uncle from Pennsylvania. Even though the Pennsylvania man who ultimately bought the gun was not legally prohibited from owning a firearm and passed a background check, the Court, in a 5-4 decision, said the transfer violated federal straw purchase law.. The ruling has resulted in confusion among federal firearm licensees (FFLs), particularly relating to gift purchases of firearms.. NSSF has asked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to provide clarification on the Supreme Courts decision for its firearms retailer members. As soon as ATF responds, NSSF will provide the information to all FFLs.. Meanwhile, it is our understanding that the Supreme Court ruling does not make it illegal for a consumer to purchase firearms as gifts. As expressly noted in the instructions on the Form 4473 for Section 11.a. Actual Transferee/Buyer: For purposes of this ...

The following contribution to our post-decision symposium on the health care cases is written by Erwin Chemerinsky. Erwin is the founding dean and distinguished professor of law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, with a joint appointment in Political Science. His areas of expertise are constitutional law, federal practice, civil rights and civil liberties, and appellate litigation. He is the author of seven books, most recently, The Conservative Assault on the Constitution (October 2010, Simon & Schuster), and nearly 200 articles in top law reviews. Should we be surprised by the Supreme Courts decision to uphold the individual mandate and most of the Affordable Care Act? From the perspective of constitutional doctrine, the Supreme Courts decision follows from 75 years of unbroken precedents.. Since 1937, no major federal social welfare law has been declared unconstitutional as exceeding the scope of Congresss authority. From the late 19th century until 1936, the Supreme ...

Matt Hudson - Science - May 2, 2017: …A new study shows that computers can do a better job than legal scholars at predicting Supreme Court decisions, even with less information. Several other studies have guessed at justices behavior with algorithms. A 2011 project, for example, used the votes of any eight justices from 1953 to 2004 to predict the vote of the ninth in those same cases, with 83% accuracy. A 2004 paper tried seeing into the future, by using decisions from the nine justices whod been on the court since 1994 to predict the outcomes of cases in the 2002 term. That method had an accuracy of 75%. The new study draws on a much richer set of data to predict the behavior of any set of justices at any time. Researchers used the Supreme Court Database, which contains information on cases dating back to 1791, to build a general algorithm for predicting any justices vote at any time. They drew on 16 features of each vote, including the justice, the term, the issue, and the court of ...

Few courts have sufficiently defined what novel scientific evidence actually means. The reference to Websters Dictionary by the Illinois Supreme Court in Donaldson certainly did nothing to assist trial judges in determining what is novel, original or striking. Presumably, courts must initially determine whether the method or technique is generally accepted before they can answer whether it is novel in the first place. Such circular reasoning seems illogical and further establishes that the exception is more artificial than substantive. The recent state supreme court decisions summarized here also seem to demonstrate a trend toward diminishing or eviscerating the application of the Frye general acceptance standard by creating various exceptions. Whether it is the artificial pure opinion exception outlined in Kuhn and Logerquist, or the failure to even apply Frye as in Logerquist, these exceptions diminish the rigidity of the Frye standard and seem to create the arbitrary distinctions critics ...

Milestone Supreme Court Decision for WikiLeaks Case in Iceland The decision marked the most important victory to date against the unlawful and arbitrary economic blockade erected by US companies against WikiLeaks. Icelands Supreme Court upheld the decision that Valitor (formerly VISA Iceland and current Visa subcontractor) had unlawfully terminated its contract with WikiLeaks donations processor…

In the 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger Supreme Court case, Justice Sandra Day OConnor stated that while institutions of higher education have a compelling interest in promoting diversity, affirmative action should ideally be unnecessary within 25 years. During that time, it adopted a socioeconomic-based affirmative action program and implemented the 10 percent rule, which did improve the universitys racial and ethnic diversity. [...] we should not forget what Justice Harry Blackmun wrote in the seminal 1978 Bakke case concerning affirmative action in higher education: In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. The Supreme Court should not remove overnight the tools that universities use to create the diverse campuses that not only benefit their students, but aim to improve the nation as a whole.

On Monday, June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-to-3, that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects employees from discrimination based on sex.

Joel Teitelbaum, J.D., LL.M., is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management as well as the director of the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. He is the former vice chair for Academic Affairs in the Department. Professor Teitelbaum also serves as the co-principal investigator of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at GW. He has taught graduate courses on health care law, health care civil rights, public health law, minority health policy, and long-term care law and policy, and an undergraduate survey course on health law. In 2009 he became the first member of the SPHHS faculty to win the University-wide Bender Teaching Award, and he received an SPHHS Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008 for his graduate coursework. He has authored or co-authored many articles, book chapters, policy papers, and reports on civil rights issues in health care, insurance law and policy, health ...

The seven-million strong American Muslim community was dismayed Tuesday (Dec 4) over the U.S. Supreme Courts decision to allow President Trumps Muslim Ban 3.0 to be implemented until the court makes a final decision.

The AAFP is recognizing a Supreme Court decision upholding all provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, saying in a prepared statement that as a result of this decision, more Americans will have access to meaningful insurance coverage and to the primary care physicians who are key to high quality, affordable health services.

NEW YORK, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Alzheimers Foundation of America Comments on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Healthcare Reform: Some...

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NOTE: Bukidnon Online is posting this full text of the Supreme Court decision regarding the Vizconde Massacre case. Today, December 14, 2010, accused Hubert Jeffrey Webb, Antonio Lejano, Michael Gatchalian, Hospicio Fernandez, Miguel Rodriguez, Peter Estrada and Gerardo Biong got ACQUITTED. We believe this case was and is an important case in Philippine history.. READ AND BE INFORMED.. ~oOo~. EN BANC. ANTONIO LEJANO, G.R. No. 176389. Petitioner,. Present:. CORONA, C.J.,. CARPIO,. CARPIO MORALES,. VELASCO, JR.,. NACHURA,. LEONARDO-DE CASTRO,. - versus - BRION,. PERALTA,. BERSAMIN,. DEL CASTILLO,. ABAD,. VILLARAMA, JR.,. PEREZ,. MENDOZA, and. SERENO, JJ.. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,. Respondent.. x --------------- x. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, G.R. No. 176864. Appellee,. - versus -. HUBERT JEFFREY P. WEBB,. ANTONIO LEJANO, MICHAEL. A. GATCHALIAN, HOSPICIO. FERNANDEZ, MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ,. PETER ESTRADA and GERARDO Promulgated:. BIONG,. Appellants. December 14, 2010. x ------------------------------ ...

After being convicted at a jury trial for violating A.R.S. s 32-261, Plaintiff appealed his conviction to the Superior Court of Maricopa County where his conviction was upheld and he was sentenced to 15 days in the Maricopa County jail. He then filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of Arizona. In his petition, he raised three issues: (1) A.R.S. s 13-2002, a statute permitting any person acting on behalf of the prisoner to file an application for a writ of habeas corpus, authorized petitioners representation of the individual habeas applicant; (2) Plaintiffs conviction violated his First Amendment right to freedom of speech; and (3) A.R.S. s 32-261 is unconstitutional because its terms are too vague and indefinite to meet constitutional standards ...

The files located in the Tennessee Supreme Court Cases represent an especially valuable resource for historical and genealogical research at the Tennessee State Library and Archives [TSLA].. ...

N.A.A.C.P. To Continue Fight in Sipuel Case Court Denied Recent Motion Not To Give Up Efforts To Obtain Admission to U of Alabama Truman Hailed by Gov. Hastie Greeted in Virgin Islands as Champion of Human Rights LEADS FIGHT FOR HARMONY IN SAID TO BE SPLIT IN G.O.P.; IN CIVIL RIGHTS QUIZ Urging support of President Trumans 10-point Civil Rights Program, Howard Van Arsdale, head of the Progressive Republican party here, this week listed fourteen politically important persons and concerns in Kentucky, who he charged either failed to answer telegrams or took no stand on the controversial issue. The Louisville attorney who spear-heads a fight which he says will bring about harmony to a split party in Kentucky, declared the endorsement of Senator John Sherman Cooper for the Republican Vice-Presidential candidacy, would heal the breach brought about by election defeat last November. In a telegram to President Truman, Van Arsdale said, In memory of Abraham Lincoln and for all American citizens, I ...

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In the 10 days following the November election, SPLC has collected 867 hate-related incidents from almost every state. Anti-immigrant hate incidents targeting Latinos, Asians and Africans made up the largest number of claims, followed by anti-black and anti-Semitic incidents. More than 10,000 teachers reported more than 2,500 fights and threats related to election rhetoric, and an increase in slurs and derogatory language, swastikas, Confederate flags and Nazi salutes.

The legendary civil and womens rights activist died early Tuesday at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She was 98. Height, who spent her life championing equal rights causes, consulted with presidents from Eisenhower to Obama and was an inspiration to many women.

The facts for this article, but not the legal conclusions, come from an article in Mlive.com in Flint, Michigan, on 16 August. It seems to be affiliated with a Michigan newspaper, but that could not be established on its website. It was reported on the site that the ACLU wrote a strong letter to the Flint Housing Authority objecting to drug tests for public housing residents. Then the site opened the subject up for public comments.. The Director of the Housing Authority said he would like to have a zero-tolerance policy on drugs, but there were no current plans to conduct any drug tests of residents. What is interesting here is the reactions from residents to the announced ACLU attack on the Authority.. They follow a common theme. If people choose to subsist on public benefits, then they should expect to follow the rules for conduct laid down by those public authorities.. From numero407: Greg Gibbs of the ACLU should drive through the Howard Estates in the evening. The only people who have a ...

On June 4, 2009, the district court held that after a rocky start, the Commonwealth, had made progress. The court noted that in 2003, the defendant had begun submitting quarterly reports outlining the status of operations at the Adult Correctional Facility, Immigration Detention, Juvenile Detention Unit, Rota Detention, and Tinian Detention. Coordination had been ongoing between the Commonwealth and the DOJ in the form of formal reports as well as frequent, informal exchanges of information between the parties. Substantial progress had been made by the Commonwealth including a collaborative, constructive relationship with the DOJ. Following the on-site visit to all of the governed facilities by counsel and retained experts on behalf of the DOJ, progress continued on the issues identified by the parties. The district court ordered the Commonwealth to provide information regarding their medical system to the DOJ for review to assess substantial compliance and the long-term sustainability of the ...

Email: [email protected]. All complaints of alleged sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination will be promptly investigated under the oversight of the Colleges Title IX Coordinator.. Students may also file a complaint with the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights by using the online complaint form at the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights website.. Please refer to Policy FFDA (Local), Freedom from Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation, Sex and Sexual Violence, for further information.. The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) imposes obligations on colleges and universities under its Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE Act) provision, Section 304. Although it is called the Violence Against Women Act, people of all genders are protected under this federal legislation. People of all genders can be perpetrators as well.. The Clery Act requires annual reporting of statistics for various criminal offenses, ...

Cosby is set to go on trial next June on charges he drugged and sexually violated Temple University employee Andrea Constand at his home in 2004. He could get 10 years in prison if convicted.. In bringing up race, his legal team took aim at celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents about half the women who have agreed to testify against Cosby.. Allred calls herself a civil rights attorney, but her campaign against Mr. Cosby builds on racial bias and prejudice that can pollute the court of public opinion, the lawyers said in a statement.. Mr. Cosby is no stranger to discrimination and racial hatred. When the media repeats her accusations - with no evidence, no trial and no jury - we are moved backwards as a country and away from the America that our civil rights leaders sacrificed so much to create.. Allred called the tactic desperate.. It is ironic that a man who has chastised the black poor for making race an excuse would now have to lean upon that as part of his defense strategy, ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1866, 14 Stat. 27-30, enacted April 9, 1866, was the first United States federal law to define US citizenship and affirmed that all citizens were equally protected by the law. It was mainly intended to protect the civil rights of African-Americans, in the wake of the American Civil War. This legislation was enacted by Congress in 1865 but vetoed by President Andrew Johnson. In April 1866 Congress again passed the bill. Although Johnson again vetoed it, a two-thirds majority in each house overcame the veto and the bill ostensibly became law ...

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) does not discriminate in any of its programs in relation to these protected classes as defined by State of Oregon law and federal law ...

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) This material was partially funded by USDAs Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP - and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). SNAP is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service and the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA/NIFA ...

Prime Minister Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling served as the first black Premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands, from 1967 - 1973 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas, from 1973 - 1992, as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party. He was also a Privy Councilor and knighted by the Queen in 1983. A lawyer by profession, he held a law degree from the University of London. He was both a Barrister of the Middle Temple and an attorney of the Bahamas Bar. Pindling led the Bahamas to black majority rule in 1967 and Independence in 1973. He was the longest elected leader in the Western Hemisphere. The popular prime minister emphasized public aid to education and the continued attraction of foreign investment, international banking and tourism. He fought vigorously for equal rights. Sir Pindling is revered as the most dominant figure in Bahamian politics and is respected as the Father of the Nation.. ...

Mintzs Sue Finegan discusses the access to justice movement by appellate lawyers using the due process clause of both the state and federal constitutions to advocate for a constitutionally based right to counsel.

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC) will conduct a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar for attorneys and legal professionals Friday, February 13, 2015 at Indiana University Elkhart Center Campus, 125 East Franklin Street - Rooms 220 & 221, Elkhart, IN 46517.. The training, which is just $35.00 to attend, is titled Discrimination Focus on the Unequally Paid, Sexually Harassed and the Pregnant and is worth 3.0 CLE credits* for Indiana attorneys.. Click here to register.. For questions, call (317) 232-2624 or e-mail [email protected] .. The CLE in Elkhart is the second in a series of 12 seminars in the ICRCs 2015 Statewide Continuing Legal Education Program. Each of the programs seminars are just $35.00 to attend and will focus on local, state and federal anti-discrimination laws.. *pending approval from the Indiana Commission on Continuing Legal Education.. Indiana Civil Rights Commission ...

What is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)?. The SPLC touts itself as a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry by using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy. It was founded in 1971 in Montgomery, Alabama, as a civil rights litigation firm to fight the ongoing resistance to equal treatment for AfricanAmericans. The SPLCs main target early on was the Ku Klux Klan, which it successfully sued for financial damages for the victims of Klan violence. Despite its laudable origins, over time the SPLC has morphed into a bitterly partisan actor that tries to play the role of political referee while simultaneously engaging in progressive activism. It does this by using smear tactics, intimidation, ritualized defamation, and a knack for fundraising to silence its political opponents. As of October 2017, the SPLC has 302 employees, four state offices, and an endowment fund of more than $432.7 million.. Read more.... ...

The occurrence of AIDS led in every Western European country to exceptional innovations in prevention, patient care, health policy and questions of civil rights. This exception can be explained above all by the fact that not only was a health catastrophe feared but also civilizational harm in the field of civil rights. Despite national differences, this brought about similar exceptionalist alliances consisting of health professionals, social movements and those affected. With the failure of a catastrophe to arise, signs of fatigue in the exceptionalist alliance and increasing possibilities of medical treatment, exceptionalism in Europe is drawing to a close. Four phases are distinguished between in this process, given nationally different patterns of development: Approx. 1981-1985: emergence of exceptionalism. The reasons underlying exceptionalism are investigated. Approx. 1986-1991. consolidation and performance of exceptionalism. The investigation centers on the exceptionalist policy model. ...

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4. Much of this debate is not really about civil rights, but a desire for approval. The fact that 70% of blacks supported Prop 8 shows they dont believe it is a civil rights issue. Gays in California already have their rights. What they desire is approval and validation from those who disagree with them, and they are willing to force it by law if necessary. Any disapproval is quickly labeled hate speech. Imagine if we held that standard in every other disagreement Americans have? There would be no free speech. Thats why, on the traditional marriage side, many saw Prop 8 as a free speech issue: Dont force me to validate a lifestyle I disagree with. It is not the same as marriage. And many saw the Teachers Union contribution of $3 million against Prop 8, as a effort to insure that children would be taught to approve what most parents disapprove of ...

All of these incidents are stark reminders of why we must speak out when hate, violence, and systemic racism claim - too often with impunity - Black Lives.. The LGBTQ Movements work has earned significant victories in expanding the civil rights of LGBTQ people. But what good are civil rights without the freedom to enjoy them?. Many of our organizations have made progress in adopting intersectionality as a core value and have committed to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. But this moment requires that we go further - that we make explicit commitments to embrace anti-racism and end white supremacy, not as necessary corollaries to our mission, but as integral to the objective of full equality for LGBTQ people.. We, the undersigned, recognize we cannot remain neutral, nor will awareness substitute for action. The LGBTQ community knows about the work of resisting police brutality and violence. We celebrate June as Pride Month, because it commemorates, in part, our resisting police ...

The first part of 20th century is distinguished in history as the strongest anti-Semitic period of all time and Romania makes no exception. Before the First World War, the Jewish issue was still unsolved. They had no elementary civil rights, despite the international pressure and the fact that they were born in Romania. In the war they could fight, they could die but they could not become officers.. More than that, in the World War II period, the fascist rulers introduced an abusive policy of anti-Semitism being strongly influenced by the German Nazis and frantically trying to purify the multicultural Romanian nation. Restrictive measures were taken and the Jews had lost all their rights. They were considered foreigners, could not work in any of the public institutions, their belongings became state property and were forbade to marry a Romanian. The lack of safety and civil rights led to outrageous actions against Jewry, including plundering, murdering and deportations.. The 40s stand out as ...

The Delaware Department of Justice, Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust issued the following report regarding the officer-involved shooting of Shane Swider in 2019 Scope of Investigation This is the final report of the Delaware Department of Justice, Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust...

Listening to Jennie Wilson and her daughter, Alice Wilson, on what they went through while living in Kentucky, a pattern shows up. A pattern of actions that the white population took on the African Americans living there at the time appears. The white Americans had no problem being mean to the black community; anything and everything was okay. Through the stories told by Jennie Wilson and her daughter it is seen that these actions were repetitive and can be seen throughout history and throughout Kentucky.. Jennie tells of the third Monday of every month being a time of fear. On these Mondays, the whites in the community would get drunk and come around to where Jennie, her family, and other black families lived. They would come drunk and with guns prepared to kill those who they especially didnt like. Shootings and brutal acts against the black community occurred all over Kentucky. In Corbin county whites have a long history of blaming blacks for events that didnt happen and in Frankfort alone ...

The family of an Ohio inmate whose troubling execution more than a year ago led to an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in the state is dropping their civil rights lawsuit. The adult children of executed inmate Dennis McGuire, who snorted and gasped when put to death with a never-tried 2-drug combo, asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss the lawsuit filed against the state and an Illinois drugmaker.. The family of an Ohio inmate whose troubling execution more than a year ago led to an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment in the state is dropping their civil rights lawsuit ...

CHICAGO - Landmarks Illinois will mark the 15th anniversary of the Legendary Landmarks Celebration on March 5, 2020, in Chicago. The annual event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Landmarks Illinois, the only statewide historic preservation nonprofit helping people all across Illinois save the treasured places in their communities.. Each year, the Legendary Landmarks Celebration attracts more than 750 people to honor cultural and civic leaders who make a positive impact on our city and state. This year, Landmarks Illinois will pay tribute to 2020 Legendary Landmark Honorees Timuel D. Black Jr., civil rights leader and educator; Joseph P. Gromacki, Senior Partner of Jenner & Block LLP; and Matthew and Daniel Walsh, Co-Chairmen of The Walsh Group.. Whether its bringing forward stories of the struggle for civil rights, connecting people with resources or training them with new skills, our 2020 honorees shape our city - and its history - by investing in others, said Bonnie McDonald, ...

Melissa Harris-Perry speaks to 8-year-old Radiance Ransom about wanting to be part of Sundays march in Selma and what she wants to hear from leaders.

As discussed in my recent article Pro-Choice Doesnt Have to Mean Pro-Roe, the overturning of Roe v. Wade would allow all states to make their own abortion restrictions. Because of this decision from the Kansas Supreme Court, the state of Kansas would not be able to pass any additional abortion restrictions even if Roe was overturned, as the Kansas Supreme Courts decision is binding within the state. Now, if Kansans want to nullify the courts decision, they will need to pass an amendment to the Kansas Constitution protecting the right to life for unborn children.. Each state has different criteria for ratifying a new amendment to its state constitution. The process for amending the Kansas Constitution is very similar to that of the United States Constitution, as it requires two-thirds of both houses of the legislature to vote in favor of an amendment for it to be passed for ratification.. The Kansas Supreme Courts decision serves as a helpful reminder that local politics can be more important ...

2007-2008 E 1800.5 S372p 2007/08 c.3 SANDY GARRETT State Superintendent of Public Instruction Oklahoma State Department of Education School Personnel Records Information Booklet Accreditation Standards/Personnel Records It is the policy of the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability in its programs or employment practices as required by Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Civil rights compliance inquiries related to the OSDE may be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Room 111,2500 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4599, telephone number (405) 522-4930; or, the United States Department of Educations Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. Inquiries or concerns regarding compliance with Title IX by local school districts should be presented to the local ...

2007-2008 E 1800.5 S372p 2007/08 c.3 SANDY GARRETT State Superintendent of Public Instruction Oklahoma State Department of Education School Personnel Records Information Booklet Accreditation Standards/Personnel Records It is the policy of the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability in its programs or employment practices as required by Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Civil rights compliance inquiries related to the OSDE may be directed to the Affirmative Action Officer, Room 111,2500 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105-4599, telephone number (405) 522-4930; or, the United States Department of Educations Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. Inquiries or concerns regarding compliance with Title IX by local school districts should be presented to the local ...

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One of the only bloggers who understands that the war on drugs is and always will be a violation of private property rights and our 4th amendment.Civil rights have replaced our constitutional rights. The wealth that America accrued in the 20s and the 80s was magnificent .Want to control drug use ? Take away the social welfare safety net. How did .Karl Marx fat ugly loser who never saw a factory in his life write about economics and workers rights ? Once we transferred one penny of wealth through military and social programs...America crossed a line of no return .Social welfare is a prison of limits and caps .The state now runs the capitalism...not the people .... Siding with Stain after WW2,the spoiled rotten ,dirty hippies , trading with Communist China , MLK s Civil Rights act....the Patriot act ........ should tell you all you need to know .All helped get us here.We have been taken over from within with fluffy sounding words and a humiliating racist witch hunt just like they did during ...

I hope I will not be obliged to spend too much time on my friends address. I dont think I shall need to.. First, I deny his statement that every mans heart tells him it is wrong to kill. I think every mans heart desires killing. Personally, I never killed anybody that I know of. But I have had a great deal of satisfaction now and then reading obituary notices, and I used to delight, with the rest of my 100 percent patriotic friends, when I saw ten or fifteen thousand Germans being killed in a day.. Everybody loves killing. Some of them think it is too mussy or them. Every human being believes in capital punishment loves killing, and the only reason they believe in capital punishment is because they get a kick out of it. Nobody kills anyone for love, unless they get over it temporarily or otherwise. But they kill the one they hate. And before you can get a trial to hang somebody or electrocute him, you must first hate him and then get a satisfaction over his death.. There is no emotion in any ...

This is true whether the recovery is by way of judgment, settlement or otherwise. The statute is very clear on this point. For years, this meant that the carrier was entitled to subrogation and/or reimbursement from any third-party recovery, regardless of the elements of damages recovered. This is because courts are bound by the statutory language which gives the carrier a subrogation interest in the total proceeds. Breen v. Caesars Palace, 715 P.2d 1070 (Nev. 1986). In 1986, the Supreme Court issued a strong decision in Breen, which was likewise very clear on this point. Unfortunately, politics and judicial activism have appeared on the Nevada horizon as of late, putting this clear announcement in Breen and the clear dictate of the Nevada legislature into some question.. In what seems like a decision out of Bizarro World, on April 7, the Nevada Supreme Court in Poremba v. Southern Nevada Paving, 2017 WL 396094 (Nev. 2017) issued an opinion that minimized the value of a workers compensation ...

COREs Excellence in Education Blog post this month is on the impact of the Supreme Courts Unanimous Ruling on Special Education, setting a higher standard for students with disabilities.. (By Linda Diamond, Author of the Teaching Reading Sourcebook and COREs Founder). Finally, special education students are getting the attention they deserve. In March the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in the case of Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1. This decision will have an impact on how schools address the needs of students with disabilities. Chief Justice Roberts, who authored the opinion, established a more rigorous test for determining whether school districts are indeed providing a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with disabilities. The ruling specifically stated that:. To meet its substantive obligation under the IDEA, a school must offer an IEP reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the childs ...

IBM has one of the largest workforces in the world, and employees at Big Blue are referred to as IBMers. The company was among the first corporations to provide group life insurance (1934), survivor benefits (1935), training for women (1935), paid vacations (1937), and training for disabled people (1942). IBM hired its first black salesperson in 1946, and in 1952, CEO Thomas J. Watson, Jr. published the companys first written equal opportunity policy letter, one year before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education and 11 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Human Rights Campaign has rated IBM 100% on its index of gay-friendliness every year since 2003,[150] with IBM providing same-sex partners of its employees with health benefits and an anti-discrimination clause. Additionally, in 2005, IBM became the first major company in the world to commit formally to not use genetic information in employment decisions; and in 2017, IBM was named to Working Mothers 100 ...

Its been 60 years since Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, the landmark Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation unconstitutional. What is the impact of the Brown v. Board decision in the 21st Century? The Washburn University School of Law presents panelists who will discuss historic efforts to desegregate Kansas public schools, cultural factors that contribute to modern de facto school segregation, and Brown v. Boards impact on current issues such as marriage, voting rights, and employment discrimination. Feb. 27th at 8:30 a.m. at Washburn University, Bradley Thompson Alumni Center. Seating is limited and registration is required. Click here for details.. There are more events exploring the Civil Rights Movement and Kansas African-American heritage in February and throughout 2014. Visit KHCs Calendar of Events for more information.. Banner images: (L to R): The Abolitionists: ©WGBH Educational Foundation/Antony Platt; South Hoisington residents Fidel Torrez, ...

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A dramatic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution of a Florida inmate could temporarily halt lethal injections throughout the country until at least April, says the Orlando Sentinel. The high court decided yesterday to hear an argument by convicted killer Clarence Hill that his civil rights would be violated by Floridas lethal-injection method because inmates suffer pain during the procedure.

In two long-awaited decisions, the Florida Supreme Court declared several provisions of the states workers compensation statutes unconstitutional, weakening legislative reforms approved in 1994 and 2003 intended to curb the systems growing costs and higher premiums for employers and businesses. The rulings, in |i|Castellanos v. Next Door Company|i/| and |i|Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg|i/| were released almost two years after the Court first heard oral arguments in the cases. The decisions struck down Florida laws that restricted the fees for claimants attorneys to a statutory formula tied to the benefits secured by the claimant and limited the recovery of benefits to 104 weeks for temporary total disability, respectively.

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ORAL HISTORY Of Fred Jacobson U.S. Game Management Agent (Retired) Interviewed by Dorothe Norton On April 18, 2005 Oral History Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center Shepherdstown, West Virginia Oral History - Fred Jacobson U.S. Game Management Agent Interviewer: Dorothe Norton Interview Date 04/18/05 DN: Today is Monday, April 18, 2005. This interview will be with Fred Jacobson and Dorothe Norton. Thank you. DN: Well, thank you so much for the good directions you gave and also, then, for letting Helen bring me out so I could find your place. But, Im glad you have the time, Fred, to be able to do this interview, and its just so you will never be forgotten. And Im sure that youve made enough contributions to the Fish and Wildlife Service that you dont want to be forgotten. So, lets start out trying to find out a little bit about you, like where and when you were born. FJ: Cumberland, Wisconsin on November 26, 1917 - Thanksgiving Day. DN: Okay. And, did ...

ORAL HISTORY Of Fred Jacobson U.S. Game Management Agent (Retired) Interviewed by Dorothe Norton On April 18, 2005 Oral History Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center Shepherdstown, West Virginia Oral History - Fred Jacobson U.S. Game Management Agent Interviewer: Dorothe Norton Interview Date 04/18/05 DN: Today is Monday, April 18, 2005. This interview will be with Fred Jacobson and Dorothe Norton. Thank you. DN: Well, thank you so much for the good directions you gave and also, then, for letting Helen bring me out so I could find your place. But, Im glad you have the time, Fred, to be able to do this interview, and its just so you will never be forgotten. And Im sure that youve made enough contributions to the Fish and Wildlife Service that you dont want to be forgotten. So, lets start out trying to find out a little bit about you, like where and when you were born. FJ: Cumberland, Wisconsin on November 26, 1917 - Thanksgiving Day. DN: Okay. And, did ...

Mount Sinai Medical Center has appointed Jason T. Jacobson, M.D., director of electrophysiology for the Columbia University Division of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Heart Institute. He is also an assistant professor at the Columbia University Division of Cardiology.. Dr. Jacobson is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia in structural heart disease, supraventricular tachycardia, and other forms of arrhythmia. He also is skilled at cardiac catheter ablation, a minimally invasive technique used to access the inner (endocardial) or outer (epicardial) surface of the heart and ablate, or destroy, diseased tissue in the treatment of arrhythmias. He also has expertise in the implantation of cardiac rhythm management devices such as pacemakers, implantable cardiac defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization devices.. Dr. Jacobson is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Medicine. He completed his medical ...

Click here for case documents Status: Settled DRA prevailed after many years of hard-fought litigation against United of Omaha Life Insurance Company. This case has positively altered the landscape of insurance coverage for people with disabilities in California.. A U.S. District Court judge found that United discriminated against Howard Chabner, a man with muscular dystrophy, by charging him a life insurance premium twice the amount charged to a non-disabled man.. United did not rely on underwriting experience or upon other reliable data when determining the premium to charge Mr. Chabner; United based its determination solely on his disability and unfounded presumption that someone with his condition will have a shorter lifespan.. United of Omaha appealed the district courts judgment to the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appellate court sustained the lower courts decision. The U.S. Department of Justice and the California Department of Justice were among the civil rights ...

The SLPA Department adheres to the Ithaca College regulations in the areas of non-discrimination and ADA compliance. The following information may be found on the Ithaca College website at https://www.ithaca.edu/policies/vol2/volume_2-203/. It is the policy of Ithaca College to offer equal opportunity in all matters in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Article 15 of the Executive Law of New York State (the Human Rights Law), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and other related federal, state and local legislation, executive orders, regulations, and guidelines.. The College recruits, hires, and promotes on the basis of individual qualifications and performance. It is the policy of Ithaca College that discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, marital status, national origin, race, ...

UO prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all programs, activities and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable laws, and policies. Retaliation is prohibited by UO policy. Questions may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, or to the Office for Civil Rights. Contact information, related policies, and complaint procedures are listed on the statement of non-discrimination. ...

In some cases, legal classification of white racial status has made it difficult for Mexican-American rights activists to prove minority discrimination. In the case Hernandez v. Texas (1954), civil rights lawyers for the appellant, named Pedro Hernandez, were confronted with a paradox: because Mexican Americans were classified as white by the federal government and not as a separate race in the census, lower courts held that they were not being denied equal protection by being tried by juries that excluded Mexican Americans by practice. The lower court ruled there was no violation of the Fourteenth Amendment by excluding people with Mexican ancestry among the juries. Attorneys for the state of Texas and judges in the state courts contended that the amendment referred only to racial, not nationality, groups. Thus, since Mexican Americans were tried by juries composed of their racial group-whites-their constitutional rights were not violated. The US Supreme Court ruling in Hernandez v. Texas ...

Nebraska Secretary of State Denounces KFAB, Omaha Satire. Responding to a satirical radio interview in which late morning host Scott Voorhees spoke with a phony U.N. elections observer named Steve Apple about the United Nations monitoring of voting in the Ohama area, Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale called the content of the bit completely false and stated, I want to make it clear that the U.N. has no right to send election observers to the United States, much less any whom are armed and in uniform. It is also untrue that Omaha was targeted due to serious concerns about civil rights violations. During the bit, Voorhees conspirator states the U.N. observers may asked for I.D. and pat down voters if they feel they may have illegal campaign literature. During one point, a caller asks why Omaha is being observed and the fake U.N. observer states that the fact that the Midwest has no blue states indicates the likelihood of voter fraud. While Gale called the stunt reckless, saying, This ...

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1 WO JDN 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Mark Steven Parker, 10 Plaintiff, 11 vs. 12 Adu-Tutu, et al., Defendants. 13 14 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 10-2747-PHX-GMS (ECV) ORDER 15 Plaintiff Mark Steven Parker brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 16 against Dr. Rowe, an Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) Facility Health 17 Administrator (Doc. 26).1 Before the Court are Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment 18 (Doc. 129) and Plaintiffs Motion to Put Court on Notice of Due Process Violations (Doc. 19 161). 20 The Court will grant Defendants motion, deny Plaintiffs motion as moot, and 21 terminate the action. 22 I. Background 23 Plaintiffs claims arose during his confinement at the Arizona State Prison Complex 24 in Florence, Arizona (Doc. 26 at 1). Plaintiff alleged that Defendant was deliberately 25 indifferent to Plaintiffs serious medical need when he repeatedly denied other physicians 26 requests to provide ...

Assuming that the Affordable Health Care Act survives, suspect that those of us in the shrinking middle class will pay more for what health care we are able to obtain. If anyone has a chronic condition and has used a health care savings account (HSA) with a conventional insurance, the amount you are able to set aside pretax decreases from $5,000 to $2,500. This is also a significant impact if you have dependents that have chronic conditions or have special needs. As of 2011, you are also no longer allowed to pay for over the counter, non-prescription medications with your pretax HSA. With the decrease in the savings from a HSA, there is also an increase from 7.5% of adjusted gross income (AGI) to 10% of AGI before your medical expenses are deductible to reduce your federal income tax bill. There are also many new taxes and fees on medical device manufactures, and other companies. Another important point is that the regulations to implement the 363,086 words are not written as of yet. As we all ...

Montanas ban on independent political spending by corporations was passed in 1912 to limit the outsized influence of the states Copper Kings, mining magnates who used big money to shape state government as they saw fit. But unlike the 23 other states that quit enforcing independent spending bans after the 2010 Citizens United decision, Montana stood by its law. American Tradition Partnership sued, arguing that Montanas law was inconsistent with Citizens United. But in an act of legal defiance, the Montana Supreme Court upheld the spending ban by a 5-2 vote in late December.. Supporters of political money regulation praised the Montana Supreme Courts reliance on historical evidence of corruption and modern-day testimony to support its decision on the spending ban. Conservatives blasted the Montana courts decision as openly defying the US Supreme Court. Its as lawless as robbing a bank, James Bopp Jr., the conservative attorney who originally brought the Citizens United case, told Mother ...

All theyre saying is that a public elementary school is not required to find out what you may find offensive and shield your child from it, including ideas in books that parents do not want their children to encounter or the existence of things that might upset someones world view. (I assume this includes not just religiously controversial ideas, like the existence of same-sex couples, but also things like if you are gay, the fact that there are people out there who are homophobic and hate gays.). I think what fakeassrarian was describing would be a different case about the right of students and their families to express their religious views in a public school versus how much those religious views impact the rights of others. But hey, what do I know… Im just a librarian. :). ...

DPN opposes the death penalty in all cases, unconditionally, regardless of the method chosen to kill the condemned prisoner. The death penalty is inherently cruel and degrading, an archaic punishment that is incompatible with human dignity. To end the death penalty is to abandon a destructive diversionary and divisive public policy that is not consistent with widely held values. The death penalty not only runs the risk of irrevocable error, it is also costly to the public purse as well as in social and psychological terms.The death penalty has not been proved to have a special deterrent effect. It tends to be applied in a discriminatory way on grounds of race and class. It denies the possibility of reconciliation and rehabilitation. It prolongs the suffering of the murder victims family and extends that suffering to the loved ones of the condemned prisoner. It diverts resources that could be better used to work against violent crime and assist those affected by it ...

I almost didnt respond to the reporter from the Boston Herald, because the paper has a reputation for molding facts to fit its ideology. But I decided to take

The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of New York, located in downtown Brooklyn at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, is one of the premier U.S. Attorneys Offices in the country. The EDNYs Civil Division represents the interests of the United States in a wide range of affirmative civil actions involving Residential Mortgaged Back Securities, Civil Rights, Health Care Fraud, Defense Contractor Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Civil and Criminal Asset Forfeiture, and Environmental Litigation. Its defensive practice, representing most Federal agencies, is also extraordinarily diverse, and includes bankruptcy cases, employment discrimination actions, and suits involving constitutional and common law torts. The USAO-EDNY selects up to twelve students to work as externs in its Civil Division each term. NYU also will select up to twelve students to participate in a seminar on civil litigation that is separate from, but complementary to, the externship. By participating in this externship, students ...

Why do powerful states like the U.S., U.K., China, and Russia repeatedly fail to meet their international legal obligations as defined by human rights instruments? How does global capitalism affect states ability to implement human rights, particularly in the context of global recession, state austerity, perpetual war, and environmental crisis? How are political and civil rights undermined as part of moves to impose security and surveillance regimes? This book presents a framework for understanding human rights as a terrain of struggle over power between states, private interests, and organized, bottom-up social movements. The authors develop a critical sociology of human rights focusing on the concept of the ,em,human rights enterprise,/em,: the process through which rights are defined and realized. While states are designated arbiters of human rights according to human rights instruments, they do not exist in a vacuum. Political sociology helps us to understand how global neoliberalism and ...

If you paid any attention to the recent wave of political primaries, you observed a small number of Libertarian candidates winning Republican primaries, due to the new-found alliance between the fledgling Tea Party and the Libertarian movement. Increasing numbers of people within the Tea Party movement have come to identify themselves as Libertarians, and are voting for Libertarian candidates. Many of these people are only just now realizing…that they may not know what Libertarianism REALLY is.. Once Rand Paul won the Republican primary in Kentucky, he made a number of very public statements in DIRECT violation of the Libertarians unwritten code of conduct. These rules are simple:. 1 - Do not talk about specific Libertarian policies. 2 - Do NOT talk about specific Libertarian policies. You see, Libertarian concepts sound wonderful, when considered in the philosophical abstract. Here are some examples:. Strict Constitutionality: The government has ONLY the powers enumerated in the ...

scholar and civil rights advocate, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to George Berry, a laborer, and Frances Southall, a beautician. She was the middle child between two brothers. After attending public schools in Nashville, she entered Howard University where she received her bachelor of arts degree in 1961 and her master of arts degree in 1962. During the 1962-1963 academic year she was a teaching fellow at Howard University, after which she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to pursue a doctorate in history at the University of Michigan. She served as a teaching assistant during the 1965-1966 academic year and, after completing work on her PhD in 1966, was appointed assistant professor in the Department of History. In 1968 she was promoted to associate professor. Simultaneously she pursued the study of law and in 1970 received her JD degree from the University of Michigan Law .... ...

Front Line Defenders, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Progressive Voice, Civil Rights Defenders, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and Reporters Without Borders condemn the gross human rights violations committed by the military against human rights defenders, journalists, peaceful protesters and other members of civil society in Myanmar, following the military coup on 1 February 2021.. The military has been conducting a campaign of attacks and intimidation against human rights defenders and civil society groups in order to silence all forms of protest and dissent. Following the coup, thousands of people across the country gathered peacefully to protest the power grab and to call for an end to the military dictatorship. Two months on, while the demonstrations calling for the restoration of the elected civilian government in the country continue, violent, and often deadly, reprisals against protesters have also increased. The ...

The Florida Democratic Party has historically dominated Floridas state and local politics. As Florida moved from territory to statehood status, the FDP emerged out of the locofocos.[1] John Milton led the party, and became Governor of the state, during the Civil War era.[2] There were no Republican governors from 1877 until 1967, when Claude R. Kirk, a Republican from Jacksonville, was sworn in as Governor of Florida. Florida politics was largely dominated by the Democrats until Richard Nixons Southern strategy, which took advantage of white objections to the advances of the Civil Rights Movement which resulted in a regional political realignment for the South. After Nixons victory in 1968, the state voted Democratic in only four Presidential elections: 1976 (Jimmy Carter), 1996 (Bill Clinton), 2008 and 2012 (Barack Obama). The presidential election in 2000 was decided by a margin of 537 votes out of approximately six million cast in the state, earning George W. Bush the presidency over Al ...

The first-ever graphic biography of Paul Robeson, Ballad of an American, charts Robesons career as a singer, actor, scholar, athlete, and activist who achieved global fame. Through his films, concerts, and records, he became a potent symbol representing the promise of a multicultural, multiracial American democracy at a time when, despite his stardom, he was denied personal access to his many audiences.. Robeson was a major figure in the rise of anti-colonialism in Africa and elsewhere, and a tireless campaigner for internationalism, peace, and human rights. Later in life, he embraced the civil rights and antiwar movements with the hope that new generations would attain his ideals of a peaceful and abundant world. Ballad of an American features beautifully drawn chapters by artist Sharon Rudahl, a compelling narrative about his life, and an afterword on the lasting impact of Robesons work in both the arts and politics. This graphic biography will enable all kinds of readers-especially newer ...

Muslim-hunt replaced witch-hunt and Islam Bashing is the most popular sport in the town. Australias school children believe, 50% Muslims are terrorists and such a believe is in reality an absolute reflection of zionised corporate media outlets deliberate and unrestrained anti-Muslim campaign based on false and engineered reasons and grounds. Kids over board, truth over board and many more false and creative campaigns created to de-humanise, torture and terrorise three thousand mainly Muslim victims of state sponsored terrorism cost Australia more than 9 billions of dollars! Yet, these 3 million per person hate campaigns made the government more popular than ever!! The cunning, cruel and sadistic Howard government have been hijacking human right, civil right and industrial right of Australians as well as made every attempts to lock us up to protect us! Ironically, prior to any of these campaigns mentioned above, Islam and Muslim bashing were used as a very successful diversion tactics. One must wonder

The urban uprisings of the late 1960s in the United States brought together black intellectuals and the urban masses, producing a new generation of militant organizations. The 1970s witnessed a resurgence of Pan-Africanism in the Black Power movement. A key group dedicated to the civil rights movement in the United States and the liberation struggle in Africa, the African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC), was a united front of black nationalist, Pan-Africanist, and Marxist groups.. At a 1963 meeting, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) declared 25 May African Liberation Day (ALD). In 1971, the African American educator Owusu Saduakai Howard Fuller led a delegation of black nationalists to Africa They met with leaders of the fight against Portuguese colonialism in Angola Guinea Bissau and Mozambique Upon the group s return Saduakai announced the establishment of the African Liberation Day Coordinating Committee whose purpose was to generate support among .... ...

In response to two dozen anti-Muslim protests scheduled to be held around the country on June 10, Amnesty International USA joined with several other human and civil rights organizations in mobilizing people around the country against hate and hate-motivated violence.. The Trump administrations bigoted rhetoric and policies are emboldening white supremacist, neo-Nazi and unapologetically anti-Muslim groups. This toxic climate of hate is contributing to an alarming rise in violence and harassment, especially against immigrants, refugees and American Muslims, said Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA. All over the world, weve seen what happens when governments encourage hate and fail to protect vulnerable communities. We will not stand idly by while this government turns its back on human rights and promotes an agenda of hate and fear.. Free expression is a human right, but so is the freedom to live without fear of persecution based on where you come from, what you ...

1 WO JDN 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Cory Allen Hughes, 10 Plaintiff, 11 vs. 12 Joseph M. Arpaio, et al., Defendants. 13 14 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CV 12-0697-PHX-GMS (LOA) ORDER 15 Plaintiff Cory Allen Hughes brought this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 16 against Dr. Friedman, a physician at the Maricopa County Jail (Doc. 1).1 Before the Court 17 are Defendants Motion to Dismiss for failure to state a claim and for failure to exhaust 18 administrative remedies (Doc. 24) and Plaintiffs Motion for the Court to Rule on Plaintiffs 19 Response (Doc. 35). The Court will grant Plaintiffs motion and deny Defendants motion. 20 21 I. Background 22 Plaintiffs claim arose during his confinement at the Fourth Avenue Jail in Phoenix, 23 Arizona (Doc. 1). He averred that when he entered the jail, there were orders from an 24 orthopedic surgeon for Plaintiff to return quickly to the Maricopa Medical Center for surgery 25 on his broken ...

Metropolitan News-Enterprise. Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Page 1. Ninth Circuit Allows Officer to Sue County for Retaliation. By Sherri M. Okamoto, Staff Writer. A county police officer presented triable issues of fact on his claim that he was retaliated against for testifying in support of a class action alleging discrimination within his agency, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. The court yesterday ordered publication of its decision allowing Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety officer Richard Robinson s civil rights complaint against the county and several of his colleagues to proceed.. Granting Robinson s request for publication, the panel withdrew its Jan. 8 memorandum disposition, and ordered publication of the opinion affirming U.S. District Court Judge Gary A. Feess denial of the defendants motion for summary judgment.. Robinson was employed as a sergeant with the Los Angeles County Office of Public Safety, more commonly known as the Los Angeles County Police. ...

On August 2, 2021, Illinois added a provision to the Illinois Human Rights Act (IHRA) making it a civil rights violation for employers, employment agencies, and labor organizations to discriminate against an employee or job applicant based on their federally authorized work status. This means that any person legally authorized to work in the United ...

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Vanita Gupta, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights for the Department of Justice, announced today that the United States has entered into an agreement with THE CITY OF YONKERS (the City) and THE CITY OF YONKERS POLICE DEPARTMENT (YPD), which is the product of the United States comprehensive investigation of YPD police practices and furthers the parties commitment to constitutional policing.. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: This agreement ensures that the Yonkers Police Department polices in a way that keeps its citizens safe, while protecting their constitutional rights. The measures put in place with this agreement, including clear and reasonable use-of-force policies and guidance on how to properly evaluate and respond to use-of-force incidents, will make Yonkers safer for citizens and police alike. We thank the Yonkers Police Department and the City of Yonkers for ...