Protecting Voting Rights After Hurricane Florence
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2018-10-11
As the response to Hurricane Florence shifts from relief to recovery mode in the Carolinas, voting rights advocates are taking steps to ensure people living in or displaced from flood-stricken communities have access to the ballot in the upcoming election. | Just days after the storm made landfall south of Wilmington on Sept. 14, the North Carolina NAACP announced it was launching a campaign to provide absentee ballot applications to registered voters in impacted counties. Under state law, any registered North Carolina voter may reque…
truthout.org/articles/protecting-voting-rights-after-hurricane-florence/
The Detention of Meng Hongwei and the Western Media's Insinuations against China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2018-10-11
The Mainstream Media is approaching a very slippery slope after insinuating that Chinese citizens are loyal to the Communist Party of China first and foremost above any and all of their other duties, and that failure to obey Beijing could … | The post The Detention of Meng Hongwei and the Western Media's Insinuations against China appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/the-detention-of-meng-hongwei-and-the-western-medias-insinuations-against-china/5656575
Common Wants You To Vote Smart Justice in 2018
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-11
This Election Day, voters have an opportunity to hold politicians accountable for their positions on criminal justice reform | The ACLU launched its Campaign for Smart Justice with a simple but daring goal: cut the incarceration rate in this country by 50 percent and reduce the racial disparities in our prisons and jails. But we can't get there if elected officials stand in our way., , Politicians created mass incarceration, and they can end mass incarceration. Most politicians, however, need public pressure to do the right thing, which is why voters have an opportunity to send a real message come Nov. 6., , To a…
aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/common-wants-you-vote-smart-justice-2018
Trump, Kavanaugh and the Path to Neoliberal Fascism
Shared by britney | truthout.org | 2018-10-11
Even in the darkest of times we have the right to some illumination. –Hannah Arendt | The threads of a general political and ideological crisis run deep in American history, and with each tweet and policy decision Donald Trump pushes the United States closer to a full-fledged fascist state. His words sting, but his policies can kill people. Trump's endless racist taunts, dehumanizing expressions of misogyny, relentless attacks on all provisions of the social state and ongoing contempt for the rule of law serve to normalize a creeping fascist politics. Moreover, his criminogenic disdain for any viable sen…
truthout.org/articles/trump-kavanaugh-and-the-path-to-neoliberal-fascism/
Judge to neo-Nazi Matt Hale: You might be broke, but you still gotta pay for your failed lawsuit
Nick R. Martin | splcenter.org | 2018-10-10
The top federal judge in Colorado has ordered imprisoned neo-Nazi Matt Hale to cough up more than $5,000 to repay money spent by the government as it successfully fought off his 2014 lawsuit.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/10/judge-neo-nazi-matt-hale-you-might-be-broke-you-still-gotta-pay-your-failed-lawsuit
The Public Deserves to Know Whether They Can Trust Police Officers Who Testify in Court
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-10
In New Hampshire, the state ACLU and six newspapers are challenging the secrecy of a government list of police officers with credibility problems. | In New Hampshire, police officers are given special protections: Their personnel files are deemed confidential by the government. At the same time, to ensure that criminal defendants can present a strong defense, both the New Hampshire and U.S. Constitutions require that defendants have access to evidence that might help their case, including exculpatory evidence in a police officer's personnel file.
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/public-deserves-know-whether-they-can-trust
Hidden Victims: The Psychic Toll of a Racist Criminal Justice System
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-10-10
Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Patricia Newton explains the physiological and psychological impact of racism, trauma and violence on black women and communities of color | The post Hidden Victims: The Psychic Toll of a Racist Criminal Justice System appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/hidden-victims-the-psychic-toll-of-a-racist-criminal-justice-system
'How is this not racist?': CNN's Don Lemon shouts down guest, laughs at 'token negro' comment
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-10
CNN anchor Don Lemon is in hot water after telling a contributor to "shut up" in a debate on anti-Trump violence and laughing along with another guest who called Trump-supporting rapper Kanye West a "token Negro."
rt.com/usa/440919-cnn-don-lemon-kanye-negro/
Illegal Colonists Puncture Car Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-10-10
A group of illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Wednesday at dawn, the village of Qaryout, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, wrote racist graffiti and punctured the tires of several Palestinian cars. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West …
Illegal Colonists Puncture Car Tires, Write Racist Graffiti, Near Nablus
With Hurricane Michael Barreling Down on Gulf Coast, Florida Unconstitutionally Refuses to Extend Voter Registration Deadline
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-10
Florida is putting tens of thousands of people at risk of disenfranchisement for no good reason. | Voters should not have to risk their lives in order to register to vote. Yet, in Florida, that's exactly the position that the state has chosen to put tens of thousands of people in. Despite the state's Oct. 9 deadline to register to vote arriving amidst a looming Category 4 hurricane, Florida has refused to grant an adequate extension for Floridians to register to vote. | Hurricane Michael threatens to lash Florida with a life-threatening storm surge, maximum wind speeds of 145 mph, and flash floods. Prolonge…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/promoting-access-ballot/hurricane-michael-barreling-down-gulf-coast-florida
I Was Reported to Police as an 'Agitated Black Male' — for Simply Walking to Work
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-10
A Black employee at the University of Massachusetts Amherst opens up about the racial profiling incident that rocked the campus and upended his life. | Last month, I walked across the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst to get to work. It was an ordinary stroll. But to a bystander, the sight of an educated Black professional going about his day was apparently cause for alarm. | That bystander called the police. My workplace was shut down. I was, and remain, humiliated. | Racial profiling at predominantly white institutions is nothing new, and this wasn't the first time that I had to grit my teeth th…
aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/race-and-criminal-justice/i-was-reported-police-agitated-black-male-simply
Hidden Victims: The Psychic Toll of a Racist Criminal Justice System
Shared by Taya GrahamStephen Janis | therealnews.com | 2018-10-10
Prominent psychiatrist Dr. Patricia Newton explains the physiological and psychological impact of racism, trauma and violence on black women and communities of color | The post Hidden Victims: The Psychic Toll of a Racist Criminal Justice System appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/hidden-victims-the-psychic-toll-of-a-racist-criminal-justice-system
"Voting needs to become ubiquitous to the Black community as quickly as possible," says NAACP President
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-10
NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, penned an opinion piece for Essence magazine, a leading magazine publication for African-American women. In it, he emphasizes the need to mobilize the Black vote for the 2018 midterm elections, the organization's plan to support this effort, and the Black individual's role in relational organizing: "Voting needs to become […] | The post "Voting needs to become ubiquitous to the Black community as quickly as possible," says NAACP Pre…
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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
Hatewatch Headlines 10/10/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-10-09
Discord a safe space for white supremacists; 'RAM' something like a racist fight club; Security for controversial speakers costs colleges millions; and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/10/10/hatewatch-headlines-10102018
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
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
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
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
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/
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
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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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
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
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 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
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/
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
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 BALTIMORE, October 4, 2018 — NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, today announced a partnership with WE tv, the #1 cable network for African-American viewers on Thursday nights, that encourages the channel's viewers to make their voices heard by voting on November […] | The post NAACP PARTNERS WITH WE TV IN MULTI-PLATFORM EFFORT TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING IN THE M…
naacp.org/latest/naacp-partners-tv-multi-platform-effort-underscore-importance-voting-mid-term-election/
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
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
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
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