Adnan Continues Hunger Strike for 37th Day
INA | imemc.org | 2018-10-10
Leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, Khader Adnan, from the town of Arraba, in the Jenin district of the northern occupied West Bank, has continued his open hunger strike for 37 days in a row, in protest of his illegal and arbitrary detention. According to the Mohjat al-Quds Foundation for …
Trump's New EPA Chief Engaged With Racist and Sexist Content on Social Media
Matthew Chapman, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-09
Andrew Wheeler pleaded ignorance when confronted. | On Tuesday, the Huffington Post reported that Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has a history of posting and interacting with horribly bigoted and incendiary content. Among the interactions, which were first discovered by American Bridge:. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/andrew-wheeler-racist-sexist-social-media-content
SPLC lawsuit challenging Tennessee Medicaid application delays goes to trial
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-09
In 2014, Don Adams put off going to the hospital for treatment of an infection after the state of Tennessee failed to promptly decide on his application to TennCare, the state's federally funded Medicaid program.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/09/splc-lawsuit-challenging-tennessee-medicaid-application-delays-goes-trial
On the far right, neo-Nazis, racists hail Brett Kavanaugh's elevation to Supreme Court as open season on women, minority rights in America
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-09
To neo-Nazi-in-hiding Andrew Anglin, the elevation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is a milestone, one that he hopes will result in an end to women's rights across the country.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/09/far-right-neo-nazis-racists-hail-brett-kavanaughs-elevation-supreme-court-open-season-women
This Republican Official Unleashed a Racist Attack Against a Candidate Who Could Be the First Native American Woman in Congress
Matthew Chapman, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-09
A Kansas Republican wrote a toxic screed against congressional candidate Sharice Davids. | A Republican county official in Kansas has attracted controversy for an inflammatory Facebook message about Democratic congressional candidate Sharice Davids. According to the Kansas City Star, Johnson County Republican precinct committeeman Michael Kawny sent the message to Johnso. . .
alternet.org/election-03918/sharice-davids-gop-official-back-reservation
Brazil's Eroding Democracy: Rise of Far-Right Demagogue Follows Ouster of Dilma & Jailing of Lula
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-09
In a stunning upset that may radically alter the political landscape of Latin America, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro won 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's presidential election in Brazil in a far more decisive victory than expected. The former Army officer has a long history of making racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments and has openly praised Brazil's military dictatorship. He will now face Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers' Party in a runoff on October 28. Haddad won 29 percent of the vote Sunday. Many are warning that the future of democracy in Brazil hangs in the balance. We speak with Maria L…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/9/brazil_s_eroding_democracy_rise_of
President Trump, Stop and Frisk Is Both Unconstitutional and Ineffective
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-09
Whether in Chicago, New York, or any city, indiscriminate stop and frisk is riddled with racial disparities and is unconstitutional. | On Monday, President Trump gave a speech to the nation's police chiefs. Like so many of his "law and order" speeches, it was fueled by bravado and falsehoods. | In the speech, Trump defended stop-and-frisk policies that have been ruled unconstitu…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/president-trump-stop-and-frisk-both
The 'Dark Underside to Conservatism': Ex-Republican Reveals How He Finally Realized that Racism and Extremism Are Behind the GOP's Success
Cody Fenwick, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-09
It's a commendable example of changing one's mind. | Conservative writer Max Boot has had a major reckoning with his fundamental political beliefs and alliances since the rise of Donald Trump. And in a new essay published this week in the Washington Post, adapted from his forthcoming book, The. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/dark-underside-conservatism-ex-republican-reveals-how-he-finally-realized-racism
Trump Calls Women Survivors of Sexual Assault 'Screamers'
David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement | alternet.org | 2018-10-09
"The paid D. C. protesters are now ready to REALLY protest because they haven't gotten their checks. " | President Donald Trump is now calling women survivors of sexual assault "screamers" in his latest offensive tweet. Barely more than 12 hours after apologizing to Brett Kavanaugh "on behalf of the nation," the president took to Twitter to once again attack women
alternet.org/trump-calls-women-survivors-sexual-assault-screamers
Far-Right Demagogue Follows Rousseff's Ouster and Lula's Jailing in Brazil
Shared by candice | truthout.org | 2018-10-09
In a stunning upset that may radically alter the political landscape of Latin America, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro won 46 percent of the vote in Sunday's presidential election in Brazil in a far more decisive victory than expected. The former army officer has a long history of making racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments and has openly praised Brazil's military dictatorship. He will now face Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers Party in a runoff on October 28. Haddad won 29 percent of the vote Sunday. Many are warning that the future of democracy in Brazil hangs in the balance. We speak with Maria…
truthout.org/video/far-right-demagogue-follows-rousseffs-ouster-and-lulas-jailing-in-brazil/
'Go Be a N—– Somewhere Else': ACLU Files Lawsuit Citing San Francisco Police's Documented History of Vile Racism
Phillip Smith, Independent Media Institute | alternet.org | 2018-10-08
The city by the bay has been a hotbed of illegal race-based policing. This is just the latest example. | San Francisco's Tenderloin is a heavily populated, racially mixed neighborhood in the heart of one of America's iconic progressive cities. Yet when the San Francisco Police Department and the DEA targeted the neighborhood to crack down on drug dealing between 2013 and 2015 as part of "Operation Safe Schools," the only people they managed to rol. . .
alternet.org/drugs/aclu-files-lawsuit-san-francisco-cops-targeting-african-americans-drug-busts
SPLC lawsuit against unconstitutionally deficient medical care at Angola prison in Louisiana goes to trial
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-08
Alton Adams began having problems with his right leg soon after he was incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/09/splc-lawsuit-against-unconstitutionally-deficient-medical-care-angola-prison-louisiana-goes
The Government Is Blacklisting People Based on Predictions of Future Crimes
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-08
Our clients on the No Fly List are seeking a fair process to challenge and correct government error. | Imagine: You've never been charged with any crime, yet the government blacklists you as a terrorism threat and bans you from flying indefinitely. You're separated from family members, can't get to weddings or funerals or religious obligations, and lose jobs because you can't travel or your employer finds out you're blacklisted. | You know what the government has done violates your constitutionally protected ability to travel and to be free from false stigma. You have rights — the Constitution guarantees du…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/government-blacklisting-people-based-predictions
Immigrant Detainee Called ICE Help Line Before Killing Himself in Isolation Cell
Spencer Woodman | theintercept.com | 2018-10-08
Jeancarlo Alfonso Jimenez-Joseph repeatedly brought his suicidal thoughts to the attention of officials at a private ICE detention center run by CoreCivic. | The post Immigrant Detainee Called ICE Help Line Before Killing Himself in Isolation Cell appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/08/ice-detention-suicide-solitary-confinement/
NAACP Leaders Advance Education and Employment Initiative with LDS Church
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-10-07
Senior leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) met with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6, 2018 — another indication of the growing friendship between the two groups. At a series of meetings and presentations held with members of […] | The post NAACP Leaders Advance Education and Employment Initiative with LDS Church appeared first on NAACP.
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Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Targets DuPont, Chemours, 3M, and Other Makers of PFAS Chemicals
Sharon Lerner | theintercept.com | 2018-10-06
Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont over PFOA, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S. who has PFAS chemicals in their blood. | The post Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Targets DuPont, Chemours, 3M, and Other Makers of PFAS Chemicals appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/06/dupont-pfas-chemicals-lawsuit/
Sen. Collins Calls for Kavanaugh's Presumption of Innocence — Where is the Criminal Investigation?
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-06
Our panelists Paul Jay, Dharna Noor, and Dana Vickers Shelley, Executive Director of the Maryland ACLU, and host Marc Steiner discuss the significance of the nomination, why the Democrats didn't pursue a criminal investigation for perjury, the consequences for women's rights and whether a fight should be waged to impeach Kavanaugh once he is confirmed. | The post Sen. Col…
therealnews.com/stories/sen-collins-calls-for-kavanaughs-presumption-of-innocence-where-is-the-criminal-investigation
Action Alert Update: Cloture Vote Passes– Tell Your Senators NOW to Vote "No" on Kavanaugh, Full Senate Vote October 6th
Juliana Bolden | naacp.org | 2018-10-05
The final vote by the full U.S. Senate on President Trump's nomination of NAACP-opposed Judge Brett Kavanagh to serve a life-time appointment on the US Supreme Court is currently scheduled to occur on Saturday, 10/6/2018.‚Ä® The NAACP remains fervently opposed to this nomination and urges all Senators to vote "no". Urge Members of the Senate […] | The post Action Alert Update: Cloture Vote Passes– Tell Your Senators NOW to Vote "No"
naacp.org/latest/action-alert-update-cloture-vote-passes-tell-senators-now-vote-no-kavanaugh-full-senate-vote-october-6th/
Could Brazil Return to a Dictatorship? Glenn Greenwald on Possible Election of Far-Right Demagogue
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-05
Voters in Brazil head to the polls on Sunday in an election that could reshape the political landscape of South America. Polls show the current front-runner is the far-right Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army officer who has openly praised Brazil's military dictatorship, which lasted from 1964 to 1985. Bolsonaro has a long history of making racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments, and has risen in the polls since September 8, when he was stabbed while campaigning. His campaign directly benefited from the jailing of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in April, who had been leading in all presidential polls…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/5/could_brazil_return_to_a_dictatorship
Afro-Brazilian Women Take on Brazil's Establishment in Upcoming Election
Shared by Michael Fox | therealnews.com | 2018-10-05
Mae Flavia Pinto is one in a wave of Afro-Brazilian women running for public office, challenging Brazil's deeply entrenched racist and classist establishment. A field report | The post Afro-Brazilian Women Take on Brazil's Establishment in Upcoming Election appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/afro-brazilian-women-take-on-brazils-establishment-in-upcoming-election
Afro-Brazilian Women Take on Brazil's Establishment in Upcoming Election
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2018-10-05
Mae Flavia Pinto is one in a wave of Afro-Brazilian women running for public office, challenging Brazil's deeply entrenched racist and classist establishment. A field report | The post Afro-Brazilian Women Take on Brazil's Establishment in Upcoming Election appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/afro-brazilian-women-take-on-brazils-establishment-in-upcoming-election
Black Voters Wanted! NAACP to Turn Out the Black Vote Like Our Lives Depend on It
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-04
The morning of November 7, 2016 was a rude awakening for millions of Americans — 231, 556,622 Americans to be exact. This was the approximate number of eligible voters who did not vote in the presidential election. In fact, if each of these 230 million plus people collectively wrote in a hypothetical candidate's name on […] | The post Black Voters Wanted! NAACP to Turn Out the Black Vote Like Our Lives Depend on It. appeared first on NAACP
naacp.org/latest/black-voters-wanted-naacp-turn-black-vote-like-lives-depend/
When Our Collective Power Is Tested, We Must Vote! Our Lives Depend On It
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-04
As we approach this 2018 midterm election we have so much to consider. We have to acknowledge the alarming 230 million people that didn't vote in the 2016 presidential election. We have to acknowledge that there were more people who did not vote in the 2016 election than those who did. We have to acknowledge […] | The post When Our Collective Power Is Tested, We Must Vote! Our Lives Depend On It appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/collective-power-tested-must-vote-lives-depend/
NAACP PARTNERS WITH WE TV IN MULTI-PLATFORM EFFORT TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING IN THE MID-TERM ELECTION
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-04
Campaign Features WE tv Talent Encouraging Viewers to Vote on November 6
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naacp.org/latest/naacp-partners-tv-multi-platform-effort-underscore-importance-voting-mid-term-election/
'Bowing to racists'? University in Ohio cancels musical over 'whitewashing' backlash
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-04
A university in Ohio has cancelled a planned production of the musical 'West Side Story' after students complained that Latino roles were given to white students instead of students of Latino descent.
rt.com/usa/440272-musical-cancelled-white-latino-casting/
SPLC report: Detention system forces people to give up claims to stay in U.S
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-04
Before fleeing Somalia, Yuusuf was a teacher.
splcenter.org/news/2018/10/04/splc-report-detention-system-forces-people-give-claims-stay-us
San Francisco Is a Hotbed of Illegal Race-Based Policing
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-04
Law enforcement in San Francisco have subverted the Constitution and broken the law by basing arrests on race. | Our Constitution promises all people, regardless of race, equal protection under the law. Yet the San Francisco Police Department has consistently singled out Black people for enforcement of criminal laws. | In 2013 and 2014, the SFPD collaborated with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California on a drug enforcement operation. Despite the fact that the SFPD knew that in the Tenderloin district — where they chose to the…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/san-francisco-hotbed-illegal-race-based-policing
Mothers Should Not Be Jailed and Separated From Their Kids Before Trial
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
Despite not having been convicted of a crime, mothers in Oklahoma are routinely jailed before trial with devastating results for their families. | Tanisha (a pseudonym) is a 25-year-old mother of four who was arrested in Oklahoma in 2017 following a domestic dispute with her boyfriend. Three of her children, a toddler and twin infants, were present. Once jailed, Tanisha's bail was set at $61,000. She couldn't afford to pay it, so she stayed behind bars, separated from her children. | This is wealth-based family separation perpetuated by the criminal justice system. | A new joint report from the ACLU and Human Ri…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/mothers-should-not-be-jailed-and-separated-their-kids-trial
The U.S. Detention of Children Is Only Getting Worse
Michael Garcia Bochenek | progressive.org | 2018-10-03
No longer forcibly separating families at the border, the Trump Administration has merely changed the way children are harmed.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-u-s-detention-of-children-is-only-getting-worse-181003/
Why the ACLU Opposes Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination to the Supreme Court
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
The ACLU board concluded sexual assault allegations raised enough doubt to warrant opposing a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. | On Friday, Sept. 28, following the Senate Judiciary hearing at which both Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified, the ACLU decided to depart from its usual policy in order to oppose the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. | It was not a decision we took lightly. As a matter of policy, the ACLU does not endorse or oppose presidential nominations. We have made exceptions, but those exceptions are few and far between. In our 98-year history,…
aclu.org/blog/executive-branch/why-aclu-opposes-brett-kavanaughs-nomination-supreme-court
Jeff Sessions Is Fighting Tennessee's Effort to Make Prosecution More Fair
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
The Department of Justice is attempting to erode defendants' rights and state independence . | Earlier this year, the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility released an ethical opinion that required federal prosecutors working in the state to disclose all information favorable to criminal defendants. It stated those disclosures must be even broader and earlier in the process than the U.S. Constitution requires. This is a praiseworthy move that could help stem the tide of coercive plea bargai…
aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/prosecutorial-reform/jeff-sessions-fighting-tennessees-effort-make-prosecution
Mom Fears Her Autistic Son Is Being Abused at School. District Does Nothing
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-03
A Northern California school district is creating a hostile environment for a Black student with disabilities in violation of the law. | School just got back in session, but one school district in Northern California already needs a lesson in how to create a welcoming and safe environment for Black students with disabilities., , A 5-year-old Black student with autism and speech and language impairments suffered for months, including suffering injuries that needed to be treated by a hospital, all because of the inadequate oversight of Hayward Unified School District's staff. In a time when Black students are regul…
aclu.org/blog/disability-rights/disability-rights-and-education/mom-fears-her-autistic-son-being-abused
Four members of racist, antisemitic 'Rise Above Movement' charged with rioting at 'Unite the Right' tiki-torch march
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
Four members of the racist and antisemitic "Rise Above Movement" face federal charges of traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia, with the intent of rioting at the "Unite the Right" rally in 2017.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/02/four-members-racist-antisemitic-rise-above-movement-charged-rioting-unite-right-tiki-torch
Due process: Remote immigration prisons impede access to attorneys, chances for success
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-10-02
The Stewart Detention Center where Mateo was held sits in Lumpkin, Georgia, about 150 miles south of Atlanta. With a capacity of 1,996 people, it is one of the nation's largest immigration prisons. In one important way, however, Stewart is like many other such facilities: It is far from cities where detainees would have easier access to counsel…
splcenter.org/20181002/due-process-remote-immigration-prisons-impede-access-attorneys-chances-success
Trump Admin Sends 1,600 Kids to Texas Tent City as Number of Detained Children Hits Record High
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-02
The Trump administration is transferring detained migrant children from shelters across the country to a barren tent city in West Texas. The New York Times reports that hundreds of children are being sent each week from shelters to the tent city, which currently houses 1,600 children. The facility reportedly has no school, and children have only limited access to legal services. The U.S. government is now detaining a record 13,000 migrant children. We speak with Louise Melling, deputy legal director at the ACLU, who says,…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/2/trump_admin_sends_1_600_kids
German Far-Right Uses 'Judeo-Christian' Values to Polish its Racism
Shared by Gregory Wilpert | therealnews.com | 2018-10-02
Shir Hever discusses the new Jewish section in the "Alternative to Germany" far-right party in Germany, and the way that pro-Israeli politics are used to mask Islamophobia, racism against Jews and the xenophobia | The post German Far-Right Uses 'Judeo-Christian' Values to Polish its Racism appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/german-far-right-uses-judeo-christian-values-to-polish-its-racism
ACLU Formally Opposes Kavanaugh, Citing Credible Sexual Assault Allegations & Partisan Temperament
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-02
The American Civil Liberties Union has come out against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. It is only the fourth time in the organization's 98-year history that its national board of directors has voted to oppose a Supreme Court nominee. ACLU President Susan Herman said in a statement, "As a nonpartisan organization, the ACLU does not oppose Judge Kavanaugh based on predictions about how he would vote as a Justice. We oppose him in light of the credible allegations of sexual assault against him." The ACLU has now launched a $1 million ad campaign across four states urging key swing-vo…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/2/aclu_formally_opposes_kavanaugh_citing_credible
No One Should Be Detained Without a Hearing While Fighting Deportation
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-02
The government's sweeping interpretation of a 1996 law has expanded mandatory detention far beyond what Congress intended. | In May of 2013, Astrid Morataya, a legal permanent resident, woke up to a knock on the door. Looking outside the window, she saw law enforcement agents with bulletproof vests encircling her home in Illinois. | "They must have the wrong house," she thought. But they were, in fact, there for her. The government waited 15 years to attempt to deport Astrid for a low-level drug conviction that she received in the late '90s, during a period in her life when she was the victim of ongoing sexu…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/no-one-should-be-detained-without-hearing
A Judge Just Reminded CBP That the Border Isn't a Rights-Free Zone
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-01
A federal court ruled in favor of an American family suing over their abusive detention at the U.S.-Canada border. | An American family that underwent a harrowing detention at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection can now seek some measure of justice. That's the result of a recent ruling by the federal judge presiding over the lawsuit we filed on behalf of…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/judge-just-reminded-cbp-border-isnt-rights-free-zone