Pack the court for NYC subway elevators, June 5!
Tony Murphy | workers.org | 2019-05-28
The fight for accessibility in New York's public transportation system is approaching a critical milestone on June 5. That's when New York State Supreme Court Judge Hagler will make a fateful decision on the lawsuit to mandate elevators in the subway. Christine Serdjenian-Yearwood addresses the courthouse rally before the hearing . . . | Continue reading Pack the court for NYC subway elevators, June 5! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/28/pack-the-court-for-nyc-subway-elevators-june-5/
ACLU Comment on Imminent Closure of Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic
commondreams.org | 2019-05-28
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/05/28/aclu-comment-imminent-closure-missouris-last-abortion-clinic?cd-origin=rss
DeJaun Davis-Correia & Ben Jealous on Billionaire's Pledge to Pay Debt of Morehouse Graduating Class
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-28
Earlier this month, the billionaire investor Robert Smith stunned many when he offered to pay off the student loans of the 2019 graduating class at the historically black Morehouse College. The average student debt is now $32,000. Nationwide, 44 million people owe nearly $1.5 trillion. Student debt is expected to increase to $2 trillion by 2022. We speak with Ben Jealous, former national president of the NAACP, and De'Jaun Davis-Correia, a 2019 Morehouse graduate who will benefit from Smith's donation.
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/28/as_student_debt_mounts_morehouse_college
What's Trending: Black News Recap
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-05-28
The Root: Did You Know Lady Liberty Was a Monument to Slavery Abolition, Not Immigration? The new Statue of Liberty Museum, which opened Thursday in New York Harbor, brings to light a little-spoken-of aspect of the statue's history: Lady Liberty was originally intended celebrate the end of slavery, not the arrival of immigrants. …
naacp.org/latest/whats-trending-black-news-recap-3/
Georgia Project Organization Raises Alarms About Persistent Voter Suppression Amid Plans To Close Minority Polling Place
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-05-28
Civic engagement leaders across Georgia raise concern over the possible closing of a majority minority polling place in Jeff Davis County, GA. Atlanta. | The New Georgia Project together with allies, issued the following statements in response to the Jeff Davis County Board of Elections' possible closure of a majority minority polling place in their already consolidated voting precincts. | New Georgia Project's purpose is to grow political engagement in historically underrepresented communities. | Nsé Ufot, Executive Director of the New Georgia Project Action Fund stated that Wednesday's "decision in Jeff Da…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/elections/georgia-project-organization-raises-alarms-about-persistent
It is the Indifference of Israelis that is Killing People
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-28
In the past, whenever I went to (or more precisely, 'through') Israel, it was for some antagonistic purpose: to write about the brutal suppression of the intifada in Gaza or Hebron, to comment on the insanity of the land grab around Bethlehem, or to report from the eerie and de-populated Golan Heights, which Israel occupies …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/it-is-the-indifference-of-israelis-that-is-killing-people/
Learn Costs of War & Celebrate Peace Heroes Assange & Manning
Abolish the Military | indybay.org | 2019-05-28
To counteract the jingoism of all capitalist media in this country in its promotion of the war machine which only exists to maximize the profits of the oil companies and the munitions makers, a few websites are in order to remind us all of the Costs of War and the Peace Heroes Assange & Manning currently jailed by the US war machine.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/27/18823637.php
MOVE 9 women freed after 40 years
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2019-05-28
MOVE 9 members Janet Holloway Africa, 68, and Janine Phillips Africa, 63, were freed on parole May 25, after over 40 years of incarceration. That included a decade of consistently being denied parole petitions by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Janine (left) and Janet Africa upon their release. While two . . . | Continue reading MOVE 9 women freed after 40 years at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/28/move-9-women-freed-after-40-years/
The Indictment of Assange Is a Blueprint for Making Journalists Into Felons
Glenn Greenwald | commondreams.org | 2019-05-28
Protesters demonstrate in support of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange outside Southwark Crown Court where he was today sentenced on May 1, 2019 in London, England. Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange, 47, was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions when he took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault allegations, charges he denies. The UK will now decide whether to extradite him to US to face conspiracy charges after his whistle-blowing website Wikileaks published classified US documents. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) | www.
commondreams.org/views/2019/05/28/indictment-assange-blueprint-making-journalists-felons?cd-origin=rss
DHS is locking immigrants in solitary confinement
Naureen Shah | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-28
In 2012, I visited the federal supermax prison ADX Florence in Colorado and spoke with men living in solitary confinement. I listened closely to their stories of anguish, but I could not understand how they survived it. They told me of the horror of being trapped in a small room, without access to fresh air or sunlight, for at least 22 hours a day — alone, afraid, and not knowing when it would end. I learned that people in solitary confinement talk to the walls, to themselves, to no one — sometimes they stop talking altogether. | Those are the types of horrors we now know that Immigration and Custo…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/28/dhs-is-locking-immigrants-in-solitary-confinement/
Marijuana Activist Faces 10 Years in Prison for Using Facebook Live
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-28
A 20-year-old student activist was charged with felony wiretapping for using Facebook Live while in the office of Rep. Andy Harris, known for pushing back against the legalization of marijuana in DC…
therealnews.com/stories/marijuana-activist-faces-10-years-in-prison-for-using-facebook-live
DHS Is Locking Immigrants in Solitary Confinement
Naureen Shah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-28
In 2012, I visited the federal supermax prison ADX Florence in Colorado and spoke with men living in solitary confinement. I listened closely to their stories of anguish, but I could not understand how they survived it. They told me …
globalresearch.ca/dhs-locking-immigrants-solitary-confinement/5678798
Yes, My Fellow Soldiers Died in Vain
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-05-27
Editor's note: This story was originally published in The American Conservative. | Sergeant Alex Fuller hailed from the depressed coastal town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. His brothers and sister did stints in prison; he sold drugs himself as a teen, and barely earned a GED. | Then he found a home in the army. He excelled, he loved it, and even made sergeant in record time. Most of all he was my friend. His story didn't end we…
truthdig.com/articles/yes-my-fellow-soldiers-died-in-vain/
US federal prisoner dies after more than 35 years in solitary confinement
wsws.org | 2019-05-27
The dehumanizing conditions of solitary confinement described by Dickens in 1842 have been replaced in the 21st century with its "modern" version, used widely in the US prison system.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/27/conf-m27.html
After 200 days, Kurdish hunger strikes end in victory
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2019-05-26
Thousands of Kurdish activists have finally ended their hunger strike. Politicians, political prisoners and activists around the world had been starving themselves to protest the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah àñcalan. | Kurdish MP Leyla Gàºven started the hunger strikes in November 2019, and on 26 May — her 200th day without food — she announced…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/05/26/after-200-days-kurdish-hunger-strikes-end-in-victory/
UN Mission in Afghanistan gravely concerned about ill-treatment of prisoners by Taliban, following first-hand testimony
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-26
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed "grave concern" on Sunday over "credible accounts" it has been given that Taliban militants have been mistreating prisoners, which in some cases "may amount to torture".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1039191
'Time for some statue removals?' Twitter reacts to MLK sex life claims, rape comments
rt.com | 2019-05-26
US civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. allegedly "looked on and laughed" as a Baptist minister friend raped a woman, according to FBI records accessed by an American historian. | …
rt.com/usa/460321-martin-luther-king-fbi-sex/
Virginia Prisons Putting Up Obstacles to Ramadan Observance
Maryam Saleh | theintercept.com | 2019-05-25
For the last three weeks, Muslims around the world have been observing the month of Ramadan by fasting from food and drink from dawn to sunset — a period of about 16 to 18 hours in the United States. The six to eight non-fasting hours, then, are an important time to recharge and rehydrate. Yet in at least two Virginia state prisons, according to civil rights groups, Muslims are being denied basic rights, despite constitutional protections and federal laws around religious freedom. | In one Virginia prison, Muslims known to be fasting are not being served breakfast before sunrise, while at another prison, Mu…
theintercept.com/2019/05/25/ramadan-observance-virginia-prisons/
Philippines: Expect the people's resistance to rise further
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-25
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following May 22 statement by Jose Maria Sison, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Chief Political Consultant. | Expect the people's resistance to rise further against the escalation of oppression and exploitation | As a result of his rigging the May 13 elections, Duterte has more than two-thirds majority in the Senate and is in a position to dictate the realization of his fascist dictatorship through charter change to bogus federalism and declare martial law nationwide at his whim. | Foreign monopoly capitalism, domestic feudalism and bureaucratic c…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/25/philippines-expect-people-s-resistance-rise-further
DHS Is Locking Immigrants in Solitary Confinement
aclu.org | 2019-05-24
As ICE detention numbers reach record high, new reports are extremely troubling. | In 2012, I visited the federal supermax prison ADX Florence in Colorado and spoke with men living in solitary confinement. I listened closely to their stories of anguish, but I could not understand how they survived it. They told me of the horror of being trapped in a small room, without access to fresh air or sunlight, for at least 22 hours a day–alone, afraid, and not knowing when it would end. I learned that people in solitary confinement talk to the walls, to themselves, to no one — sometimes they stop talking altog…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/dhs-locking-immigrants-solitary-confinement
Alabama Is Trying to Ban Abortion. Today We Filed Suit to Stop Them
aclu.org | 2019-05-24
Abortion is a right and this attack on abortion rights won't succeed. | Last week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation banning nearly all abortions. The law, which threatens doctors with up to 99 years in prison for performing abortions, is the anti-abortion opposition's true agenda on display: ban abortion, jail doctors, and push this essential health care out of reach. | These are undoubtedly dark times in the fight for reproductive freedom as Alabama and states across the South and Midwest aggressively push to place such onerous restrictions on abortion so that the procedure is all but rendered inaccessib…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/alabama-trying-ban-abortion-today-we-filed-suit-stop-them
When President Trump Rejects Congressional Subpoenas, He Rejects the Constitution and the Powers It Gave Congress
aclu.org | 2019-05-24
What President Trump objects to so strenuously is nothing more than a system of accountability. | President Trump really, really doesn't like the fact that congressional committees are investigating him. On Wednesday, he was so mad that he stormed out of a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about critically needed infrastructure legislation after only three minutes, much like the proverbial boy who takes the football home if he loses a disputed call. | Trump's tantrum reflects the fact that the American people and their representatives are getting closer to seeing behind the curtain of secrecy that Trump has…
aclu.org/blog/executive-branch/when-president-trump-rejects-congressional-subpoenas-he-rejects-constitution
Real history: Memorial Day was born in struggle against the Klan
Art Shields | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-24
We must not forget that Memorial Day, which we celebrate on Monday, belongs to the foes of racism. The day people place flowers on the graves of fallen veterans was founded by the enemies of the Ku Klux Klan. Memorial Day belongs to the democratic traditions of the American people. It sprang out of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/real-history-memorial-day-was-born-from-in-struggle-against-the-klan/
US abortion rights attacks escalate
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-24
Legislative attacks on abortion rights in the US have escalated this year, as social conservatives have shifted tactics with an unprecedented wave of state abortion bans adopted. | The most restrictive legislation was signed into law by Alabama's governor on May 15. It bans abortion altogether, except for cases of medical emergency. Pregnancy resulting from sexual assault is no exception and doctors performing abortions are criminalised with penalties of up to 99 years in jail. | On May 7, Georgia became the fourth state this year (after Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio) to sign into law an abortion ban from t…
greenleft.org.au/content/us-abortion-rights-attacks-escalate
Bronx Community Board Unanimously Votes Against Mayor De Blasio Mott Haven Jail Plan
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-05-24
Mayor de Blasio' Mott Haven jail plan voted down by Bronx Community Board… | All 24 members of Bronx Community Board 1 voted against Mayor Bill de Blasio Administration's controversial plan to build a jail in Mott Haven. The Community Board has consistently voiced its opposition to the plan and expressed concerns that the jail will only exacerbate the neighborhood's crime and drug problems, while blocking community-backed development of affordable housing. | "Community Board 1 unanimously confirmed what hundreds of Mott Haven residents already know: a jail is not what Mott Haven needs," said Arline Parks C…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/politics/bronx-community-board-unanimously-votes-against-mayor-de-blasio
Jeremy Scahill: New Indictment of Assange Is Part of a Broader War on Journalism & Whistleblowers
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-24
The Espionage Act charges filed against Julian Assange mark just the latest attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize journalism and whistleblowers. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning is back in jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury. Two weeks ago, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was arrested in Tennessee. We air a new video by The Intercept titled "Why You Should Care About Trump's War on Whistleblowers," featuring Jeremy Scahill. We also speak to Scahill and Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about how the corporate media has failed to stand up for Assange and others.
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/24/jeremy_scahill_new_indictment_of_assange
The mainstream media is exploiting 'veganism' for clicks in an article about serious child neglect
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-05-24
British media reported that Swedish parents were convicted for "gross negligence" after their child became dangerously malnourished. But headlines have focused on the family's plant-based diet. And by doing so, the media is pushing myths about veganism. | "VEGAN": | A court in Gothenburg, Sweden, jailed two paren…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/05/24/the-mainstream-media-is-exploiting-veganism-for-clicks-in-an-article-about-serious-child-neglect/
Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage Charges Against Assange Are Most Significant Attack on Press in Decades
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-24
As the Justice Department charges WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act, we speak to Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. In 1971, he was charged with violating the Espionage Act for leaking a top-secret report on U.S. involvement in Vietnam to The New York Times and other publications. At the time, Ellsberg faced over 100 years in prison. He tells Democracy Now!, "There hasn't actually been such a significant attack on the freedom of the press … since my case in 1971."
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/24/daniel_ellsberg_espionage_charges_against_assange
Wikileaks Calls Trump Administration's Espionage Indictment On Julian Assange Unprecedented Attack On Free Press
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-05-24
Trump said "I love Wikileaks" but his administration has just indicted Julian Assange… | Today, the Trump administration launched an unprecedented attack on the global free press, unsealing 17 Espionage Act charges carrying 175 years in prison against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. The charges relate to disclosures of war crimes and human rights abuses by the US government, including the groundbreaking Collateral murder video, Iraq War Logs, Afghan War Diaries, Cablegate, and the Guantanamo Bay Detainee Manuals, published in 2010 and 2011. | The US Department of Justice indictment states that "Assange, Man…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/white-house/wikileaks-calls-trump-administration%E2%80%99s-espionage-indictment
MintCast Episode 3: Iran, Chelsea Manning, ElectionGuard and the Embassy Protection Collective
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-24
MinCast hosts Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb discuss the week's top stories, including U.S. attempt to escalate the situation in Iran, the unjust re-imprisonment of Chelsea Manning, Microsoft's new ElectionGuard product and get a first-hand account of the Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective from Alex Rubenstein.
mintpressnews.com/mintcast-episode-3-iran-chelsea-manning-electionguard-and-the-embassy-protection-collective/258774/
An Outright Reversal of Roe V. Wade Isn't All We Should Fear
aclu.org | 2019-05-23
The anti-abortion movement can decimate the right to abortion even without getting it overturned. | Across the country, people are talking about abortion as legislatures in the South and Midwest mount a full-scale attack on our reproductive freedom. Naturally, people are stressed and angry. I am too. I've been fighting to protect abortion access for more than 25 years. | I'm worried about the future of Roe v. Wade — deeply worried. But I'm worried about more than that. I'm worried that the courts will gut the right to abortion and that there won't be an ou…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/outright-reversal-roe-v-wade-isnt-all-we-should-fear
Lackey Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Stops Harriet Tubman $20 Dollar-Bill From Replacing Slaveholder Jackson Till After Trump Leaves
Colin Benjamin | blackstarnews.com | 2019-05-23
Mnuchin halts unveiling of new Tubman $20 dollar-bill | Trump White House lackey Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has just prevented Underground Railroad freedom fighter Harriet Tubman from replacing President Andrew Jackson's image on the $20-dollar bill next year. | Jackson, a racist, slave-owning, genocidal killer of Native-Americans, will stay on the bill till about 2026. | Here we see another example of the racist politics that permeates Trump's polluted White House. | On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced to the House Financial Services Committee that the redesign of the $20-dollar bill…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/policy/lackey-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-stops-harriet-tubman-20-dollar
Connecticut's Democratic Governor Is Stonewalling a Bill That Would Make Phone Calls From Prison Free
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-05-23
With two weeks left in the legislative session, Gov. Ned Lamont has yet to express support for the bill, which is the first of its kind in the country.
theintercept.com/2019/05/23/connecticut-prison-inmate-calls/
We're Suing Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to Release the Records He's Hiding From Arizonans
aclu.org | 2019-05-22
Prosecutorial transparency serves everyone. But in Maricopa County, Arizona, secrecy trumps transparency, and the people suffer for it. | Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery claims to be a big believer in data. As reported last year, Montgomery has blocked effective, commonsense criminal justice reform proposals from becoming law in part by criticizing them as having "no data to support" them, and as being "pet projects" "base…
aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/prosecutorial-reform/were-suing-maricopa-county-attorney-bill-montgomery-release
CONTACT YOUR HOUSE MEMBER TO "VOTE YEA" FOR H.R. 1500, THE "CONSUMERS FIRST ACT" TODAY!
Adam Lee | naacp.org | 2019-05-22
The NAACP worked with friends, colleagues, the Obama Administration and coalition partners on Capitol Hill, to create The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. It was crafted to help consumers navigate the often-complicated world of finances; to ensure that high-cost, unsustainable loans of …
naacp.org/latest/contact-house-member-vote-yea-h-r-1500-consumers-first-act-today/
How ICE Is Using Solitary Confinement to Punish Asylum Seekers, Including LGBT & Disabled Immigrants
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-22
Since 2012, ICE has used solitary confinement as a routine punishment for thousands of immigrants and asylum seekers locked up in immigration jails across the country. We look at a new, damning investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that has revealed this widespread abusive use of solitary confinement in immigration jails overseen by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The United Nations special rapporteur on torture says solitary confinement should only be used in exceptional circumstances, and defines extended use of solitary as "inhuman and degrading treatment." Despit…
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/22/solitary_voices_ice_is_using_solitary
U.S. HOUSE PASSES THE NAACP-SUPPORTED EQUALITY ACT
Adam Lee | naacp.org | 2019-05-21
On May 17, 2019, by a bipartisan vote of 236 yeas to 173 nays the U.S. House voted to approve and send to the Senate H.R. 5, the NAACP-supported Equality Act. We must now do all we can to ensure the U.S. Senate takes up and passes the Equality Act as soon as possible, so …
naacp.org/latest/u-s-house-passes-naacp-supported-equality-act/
How the 'war on gangs' feeds mass incarceration
Terrence Myers | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-21
Why gang databases and raids are not a solution.
liberationnews.org/how-the-war-on-gangs-feeds-mass-incarceration/
Alabama's Abortion Ban Is a Political Stunt That Will Cost Its Taxpayers
aclu.org | 2019-05-20
The draconian law is a flagrantly unconstitutional attack on more than 40 years of established Supreme Court precedent. | This piece originally appeared at the Alabama Political Reporter. | For years, the Alabama legislature has been passing laws that push abortion out of reach. Now politicians have finally shown their true colors and are trying to ban abortion outright. | On Wednesday, Governor Ivey signed H.B. 314 — one of the most extreme attacks on the ri…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/alabamas-abortion-ban-political-stunt-will-cost-its-taxpayers
What's Trending: Black News Recap
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-05-20
Washington Post: Billionaire Robert F. Smith pledges to pay off Morehouse College Class of 2019‚Ä≤s student loans Smith told the graduates how he launched his lucrative career. He gave them wise words on grit and success. Then he deviated from his prepared remarks. "My family is going to create a grant to …
naacp.org/latest/whats-trending-black-news-recap-2/
Ohio Lawmakers Ignored Us When They Banned Abortion. They Can't Ignore Us in the Courtroom
aclu.org | 2019-05-17
When Ohio legislators decided to sign the bill into law, we knew we had to both continue to provide care and defend access to that care in the courts. | Last month, Gov. Mike DeWine signed the Ohio Legislature's abortion ban into law. The law recklessly prohibits abortions starting around six weeks. As an abortion provider, I can tell you this is, in fact, a ban on all abortions in Ohio. Approximately 90% of abortions in Ohio take place at or after six weeks. Before six weeks, most people do not even know they are pregnant. | In defense of people across Ohio, I knew that our clinic couldn't stand by and do nothin…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/ohio-lawmakers-ignored-us-when-they-banned-abortion-they-cant
NAACP and Civil Rights Groups Hold Rally on the 65th Anniversary of Brown v. Board
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-05-17
On May 16, NAACP along with civil rights organizations and members of Congress held a rally on Capitol Hill to make the promise of Brown v. Board of Education a reality for all. In honor of the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, speakers addressed the still urgent struggle for education equity as well …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-civil-rights-groups-hold-rally-65th-anniversary-brown-v-board/
Chelsea Manning Faces More Jail And Steep Fines To Force Compliance With Grand Jury Subpoena
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-05-16
*Listen to the story by clicking the above player. Unable to break Chelsea Manning's spirit by jailing her, the United States escalated efforts to force her to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks by imposing steep financial penalties. Judge Anthony Trenga held Manning in civil contempt and ordered her…
shadowproof.com/2019/05/16/chelsea-manning-prosecutors-fines-contempt-jail-debt/
Justice Department: If FDA Regulated Execution Drugs, They Would Ban Them
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-05-15
The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel drafted an opinion that definitively argues the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not ban or regulate drugs used to execute prisoners. | As state governments that have yet to abolish the death penalty struggle to obtain drugs for lethal injections, a key issue is whether certain lethal injection protocols violate the Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. | Texas sued the FDA in 2017 after the agency blocked [ PDF] a shipment of lethal in…
shadowproof.com/2019/05/15/justice-department-if-fda-regulated-execution-drugs-they-would-ban-them/
NAACP Opposes Wendy Vitter and all Nominees Who Refuse to Affirm Brown v Board of Education
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2019-05-14
BALTIMORE — Today, the NAACP announced its opposition to the nomination of Wendy Vitter to the Eastern District of Louisiana and all nominees refusing to endorse the Supreme Court's seminal ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. "This week, we celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-opposes-wendy-vitter-nominees-refuse-affirm-brown-v-board-education/
Following SPLC lawsuit, judge grants New Orleans students the chance to walk on graduation day
splcenter.org | 2019-05-13
A state court in Louisiana issued an injunction today that allowed six high school seniors to participate in graduation ceremonies at their New Orleans charter school after they were banned from doing so following a minor senior prank last month.
splcenter.org/news/2019/05/13/following-splc-lawsuit-judge-grants-new-orleans-students-chance-walk-graduation-day
What's Trending: Black News Recap
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-05-13
Blavity: Civil Rights Organizations Are Fighting For Crystal Mason, Who Was Imprisoned For Voting, To Be Released From Prison Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sent to prison for voting, is fighting for her freedom with the help of new additions to her legal team.The Texas Civil Rights Project, American …
naacp.org/latest/whats-trending-black-news-recap/
SPLC launches voting rights legal team, testifies before U.S. House panel in Alabama
splcenter.org | 2019-05-13
Ever since state and local law enforcement officers attacked peaceful civil rights marchers with billy clubs and tear gas on "Bloody Sunday" in 1965, Alabama has been at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights.
splcenter.org/news/2019/05/13/splc-launches-voting-rights-legal-team-testifies-us-house-panel-alabama
NAACP to Hold People's Hearing for Voting Rights in Birmingham
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-05-10
On May 13, the NAACP, a member of the W.K. Kellogg Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative, will hold a People's Hearing on voting rights in Birmingham, Alabama. At the hearing, Birmingham-area residents will publicly share their personal experiences facing voting rights interference and barriers at the polls — which disproportionately impact historically disenfranchised voters and communities …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-hold-peoples-hearing-voting-rights-birmingham/
SPLC Action Fund: Alabama House Bill 380 would limit paroles, increase prison overcrowding
Ebony Howard, Senior Supervising Attorney | splcenter.org | 2019-05-10
The Alabama House of Representatives this week passed House Bill 380 (HB 380), which would give the governor more control over the state parole board and set minimum sentences that incarcerated people must serve before they can be released on parole.
splcenter.org/news/2019/05/10/splc-action-fund-alabama-house-bill-380-would-limit-paroles-increase-prison-overcrowding