(2023-05-25). Quiz: What You Need to Know About Fair Housing. aclu.org Access to housing is a right that should be equally accessible to everyone in the country — but this is sadly far from reality. Although federal protections have been established to eliminate bias-driven hurdles, many practices still exist today that make it harder for Black people and other people of color, women, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and many others to access stable housing. | To create a more just society in which everyone's civil rights are recognized, we must work to end discriminatory housing policies and practices. Test your knowledge and learn more about how the ACLU is advocat…
(2023-05-25). The struggle for affordable housing in New Jersey stretches back decades. peoplesworld.org 
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—In the 1960s, policymakers in the historically Black town of Mount Laurel, N.J., began pricing out Black and Latino residents and demolishing their homes. In 1970, local civil rights activist Ethel Lawrence and other community leaders invited Mayor Bill Haines to Jacob's Chapel, an African American church, to discuss their plan to build …
(2023-05-25). Lawsuit exposes horrific conditions in Washington D.C. jail. wsws.org The conditions that impact the United States' most poor and vulnerable in the country's capital are a clear exposure of the government's rank hypocrisy about "human rights" and "democracy."
(2023-05-26). Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional, Discriminatory Law. popularresistance.org Tallahassee, Florida — A group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as a real estate brokerage firm in Florida that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent, are filing a lawsuit to combat Florida's discriminatory property law, SB 264. Signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the legislation unfairly restricts most Chinese citizens — and most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea — from purchasing homes in the state. Unless the courts act, the law will take effect on July 1, 2023. | The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civ…
(2023-05-25). Hoboken lodges first state-level racketeering charge in Big Oil climate lawsuit. nationofchange.org "These racketeering cases should be viewed as a new legal front against the oil and gas industry."
(2023-05-25). TikTok files lawsuit against Montana over state ban. america.cgtn.com 
The social media giant TikTok filed a lawsuit against Montana over a state law that aims to ban the popular app starting next year. See the latest.
(2023-05-25). Freedom Libraries: Liberating Minds for Action against Oppression and Exploitation. libya360.wordpress.com John Graversgaard Mileston, MS: June 1964. Community Center Construction, Freedom summer 1964. Mileston Summer volunteer carpenter, Jim Boebel, and a local resident post a shotgun watch at the community center against a fire bomb threat by local whites. Threats were common that summer and local men took turns guarding the community every night. The civil…
(2023-05-26). Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for 2021 attack on US Capitol. wsws.org While the sentences are two of the longest handed down so far in the January 6 cases, both judgments were well under the prosecutors' request and recommended minimum sentencing guidelines.
(2023-05-26). Judge sentences Anthony Gay to 7 years of torture; Anthony's fight continues. fightbacknews.org Peoria, IL – Activists, family members and supporters of Anthony Gay rallied outside the U.S. Central District Court in Peoria, Tuesday morning, May 23. Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression led the group in chanting, "Free, free Anthony Gay" and "The people united will never be defeated" before entering the courthouse for Anthony's sentencing hearing. | Anthony Gay is a political prisoner. He was incarcerated at 21 years old for a minor offense and held in solitary confinement for 22 years in Illinois prisons. Much of that time was spent in Tamms Correctional Center, a torture…
(2023-05-25). Freedom Libraries: Liberating Minds for Action against Oppression and Exploitation. libya360.wordpress.com John Graversgaard Mileston, MS: June 1964. Community Center Construction, Freedom summer 1964. Mileston Summer volunteer carpenter, Jim Boebel, and a local resident post a shotgun watch at the community center against a fire bomb threat by local whites. Threats were common that summer and local men took turns guarding the community every night. The civil…
(2023-05-26). Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for 2021 attack on US Capitol. wsws.org While the sentences are two of the longest handed down so far in the January 6 cases, both judgments were well under the prosecutors' request and recommended minimum sentencing guidelines.
(2023-05-26). Judge sentences Anthony Gay to 7 years of torture; Anthony's fight continues. fightbacknews.org Peoria, IL – Activists, family members and supporters of Anthony Gay rallied outside the U.S. Central District Court in Peoria, Tuesday morning, May 23. Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression led the group in chanting, "Free, free Anthony Gay" and "The people united will never be defeated" before entering the courthouse for Anthony's sentencing hearing. | Anthony Gay is a political prisoner. He was incarcerated at 21 years old for a minor offense and held in solitary confinement for 22 years in Illinois prisons. Much of that time was spent in Tamms Correctional Center, a torture…
(2023-05-25). Prigozhin Says 20,000 Wagner Fighters Were Killed in Bakhmut Battle. news.antiwar.com Russia's Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an interview posted on Telegram Wednesday that about 20,000 of his fighters were killed in the 224-day battle of Bakhmut. Prigozhin said half of those who died in the brutal battle were convicts he recruited from prison. "Throughout the [entire combat] operation, I recruited 50,000 prisoners, of which …
(2023-05-25). 15 Palestinian prisoners to launch hunger strike protesting Israeli prison conditions and abuse. peoplesdispatch.org Among the main demands of the prisoners is the right to receive specialized medical treatment from their personal doctors instead of those sent by the prison administration…
(2023-05-25). Hearing delayed, returned to Ramleh prison: Occupation targets Walid Daqqah's life and health. samidoun.net 
On Thursday, 25 May, the Israeli occupation prison system once again removed Palestinian prisoner, intellectual and freedom fighter, Walid Daqqah, suffering from the rare cancer myelofibrosis and a number of severe health complications, from Assaf Harofeh civilian hospital to the infamous Ramleh prison clinic, putting his life and health at even more severe risk. The …
(2023-05-25). Independent autopsy rules death of Georgia prisoner who was "eaten alive" by lice and bed bugs a homicide. wsws.org Disturbing new details revealed in the autopsy report of Lashawn Thompson revealed that his death was the result of being deliberately denied medical care while incarcerated.
(2023-05-25). Stella Assange at Sydney rally: "It's not just Julian who has lost his freedom, but all of us" wsws.org Stella Assange, wife of imprisoned Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, spoke at a rally in Sydney yesterday morning demanding his immediate freedom.
(2023-05-25). Let More Prisoners Take College Classes. progressive.org There are hundreds of currently incarcerated individuals who are driven but who lack the opportunity to obtain a higher education. We can do better.
(2023-05-25). National Electoral Council of Ecuador calls for early elections. plenglish.com The CNE disclosed the schedule approved for the polls, in which Ecuadorians will elect the President, the Vice President, and the 137 members of the Assembly, who will only remain in office until 2025. | The inscription of the candidates will take place between May 28th and June 10th, while the campaign will last just 10 days, from August 8th to 17th, and a second round, if necessary, should take place on October 15th . | The CNE also explained the characteristics for the suffrage of prisoners and residents abroad, who will be able to elect their representatives online. | The funds to guarantee the elections wil…
(2023-05-26). The US empire and the complicity of intellectuals. indybay.org Interventions have always been dictated by the geopolitical and economic interests of the country. In fact, the United States is no exception to this rule. On the contrary, every empire acts in this way (see, for example, the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Adolf Hitler). History also shows that imperial interests have often led to the suppression of aspirations for self-determination.