Migrant Teens at Risk as FBI Checks Are Waived for Detention Staff
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-11-28
An AP investigation and a new federal watchdog raise questions about a Texas tent city that houses more than 2,300 young people. | The post Migrant Teens at Risk as FBI Checks Are Waived for Detention Staff appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/migrant-teens-at-risk-as-fbi-checks-are-waived-for-detention-staff/
How Trump Weaponized the Government's Refugee Resettlement Agency
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-28
The Office of Refugee Resettlement was supposed to protect vulnerable immigrant children. Now it's an arm of Trump's deportation force. | Back in April, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, both under the Department of Homeland Security, entered into a memorandum of agreement with an obscure government agency known as the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. The office, known by its initials ORR, had traditionally served vulnerable immigrant youth coming to the United States without an adult. The agency took custody of those c…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/how-trump-weaponized-governments-refugee
America Has Desegregated in Name Only
Paul Street | truthdig.com | 2018-11-28
More than 50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, people of color remain confined to the most destitute corners of the country. | The post America Has Desegregated in Name Only appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/america-has-desegregated-in-name-only/
HRE workshop participants use storytelling to call attention to Lebanon's migrant workers
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-28
Youth from Beirut take action to abolish Lebanon's Kafala system after participating in a Human Rights Education Workshop. | In a small community bookshop and coffeeshop — snug within the hip area of Mar Mikhael, Beirut — university students, youth, activists and migrant workers gathered to share stories of oppression and resilience in an event put together by Amnesty youth volunteers. |
amnesty.org/en/latest/education/2018/11/hre-workshop-storytelling-lebanon-migrant-workers-kafala-system/
Prominent Rights Activist Goes On Hunger Strike In Iran Prison
RFE | iranian.com | 2018-11-28
A prominent Iranian rights activist and political prisoner has started a hunger strike to support another prisoner of conscience whose health is deteriorating in prison. Nasrin Sotoudeh's family announced on November 26 that she has started a hunger strike in Tehran's notorious Evin prison to protest the deteriorating health of Farhad Meysami, who himself has […] | The post Prominent Rights Activist Goes On Hunger Strike In Iran Prison appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/28/prominent-rights-activist-goes-on-hunger-strike-in-iran-prison/
PPS: "Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eighteen Palestinians In The West Bank"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-11-28
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, at least eighteen Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported. The soldiers invaded dozens of communities across the occupied West Bank, before storming and ransacking homes, and interrogated scores of Palestinians …
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eighteen Palestinians In The West Bank”
Micki Callahan Has To Go! SF SEIU1021 Rank & File Leaders/Members Speak Out Against Racism
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2018-11-28
San Francisco SEIU 1021 African American workers and other SF public workers spoke out about the systemic racism, workplace bullying and privatization and outsourcing before a SF Board Of Supervisors Audit meeting on systemic racism in the City and County of SF. They also called for the removal of SF Department of Human Resources Director Micki Callahan.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/28/18819434.php
Blacks are fighting back against privatization & systemic racist attacks on SF City Worker
Steve Zeltzer | indybay.org | 2018-11-28
SF African American city workers have forced the second hearing by the City and County of SF to expose the systemic racism and to demand that managers and executives including HR Director Micki Callahan be held accountable for their support for racist practices and systemic discrimination.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/27/18819428.php
The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Weeks of November 12 and 19, 2018
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-11-28
Dharna Noor and Khalilah Harris talk about federal police oversight, Bloomberg's gift to Johns Hopkins University, a pipeline set to be built through Maryland, and global struggles against racism and fascism | The post The Baltimore Bureau Podcast Show: Weeks of November 12 and 19, 2018 appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/the-baltimore-bureau-podcast-show-weeks-of-november-12-and-19-2018
A Mexican Perspective on Trump's Border Crisis
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2018-11-28
"You've got a President of the United States who is a racist. Instead of having the United States be a world leader in human rights, Trump wants to be world leader of racism. It's very difficult."
progressive.org/dispatches/a-mexican-perspective-on-trumps-border-crisis-181128/
Trump retweets image of US deputy attorney general among others jailed 'for treason'
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-28
President Trump has retweeted an image showing a dozen of his opponents and critics jailed for "treason." Among them, his current Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. | …
rt.com/usa/445063-trump-retweets-opponents-jailed/
'Republicans Just Don't Want All the Votes to Count' – CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on 2018 voter suppression
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2018-11-28
Janine Jackson interviewed Ari Berman about 2018 voter suppression for the November 16, 2018, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/republicans-just-dont-want-all-the-votes-to-count/
NAACP Comments on Mississippi Senatorial Runoff Election
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-11-28
BALTIMORE — The NAACP issued the following statement regarding the results of the Mississippi senatorial runoff election: While we are hopeful that the Senator-Elect will prove herself worthy of her new office, this election demonstrates the need to continue broadening the tent of civic and democratic participation in our nation. We must continue to organize, […] | The post NAACP Comments on Mississippi Senatorial Runoff Election appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-comments-mississippi-senatorial-runoff-election/
China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps
Umar Farooq | thenation.com | 2018-11-27
China Has Detained a Million Muslims in Reeducation Camps…
thenation.com/article/china-muslims-detention-camps/
Russian National Dies After Detention by US Immigration
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-27
Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. | © Nathalie Graham/The Stranger | Over Thanksgiving weekend, another person who was in US immigration detention died. | Amar Mergensana, a Russian national who had been detained at Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, was taken off life support on Saturday, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE stated he had attempted suicide on November 15; the…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/27/russian-national-dies-after-detention-us-immigration
Radical black feminism and the simultaneity of oppression
Eds. | mronline.org | 2018-11-27
As the word intersectionality falls from the lips of Hillary Clinton and increasingly is normalized and sanitized, we should be clear about its radical moorings. | Source…
mronline.org/2018/11/27/radical-black-feminism-and-the-simultaneity-of-oppression/
U.S. Prisons Have a Mental Health Crisis. This Story of a New York Prisoner's Death Helps Reveal Why
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-27
A major new Marshall Project investigation looks at the the mental health crisis in U.S. prisons by diving deep into the story of Karl Taylor, a prisoner who died at a maximum-security prison in the Catskills of New York after an altercation with prison guards in 2015. Karl Taylor was serving out a minimum 27-year sentence for a rape conviction when his life came to a sudden end at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in April of 2015. The African-American prisoner had been diagnosed with delusional disorder and paranoid personality disorder when he was taken into custody in 1995. By April of 2015, Taylor was house…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/27/us_prisons_have_a_mental_health
Mississippi Memories: "You're Not Black Are You?"
Kevin McKinney | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-27
In Gulfport, Mississippi, 1998, you could depend on the gracious hospitality from whites and blacks alike, a haircut for just $3 — and perodic proof of an uncanny racism. It's hard to relate how bigotry on the Mississippi Gulf Coast was any different from racial indifference you might experience in say, Philadelphia or New York…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/27/mississippi-memories-youre-not-black-are-you/
Amazon and UPS Stay Silent as Other Corporate Donors Renounce Support for Racist Mississippi Senate Campaign
Briahna Gray | theintercept.com | 2018-11-27
Google, Facebook, and other companies have asked to take back their contributions to Mississippi Republican senatorial candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith in the wake of growing controversy over her celebration of Confederate history, comments about a "public hanging," and other newly surfaced incidents and information. But more than a dozen other high-profile public companies, including UPS, have yet to publicly withdraw their financial support. | Earlier this month, Hyde-Smith made headlines when she said of one of her supporters that "if he invit…
theintercept.com/2018/11/27/mississippi-runoff-cindy-hyde-smith-comments/
Hatewatch Headlines 11/28/2018
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2018-11-27
Facebook discrimination review still a mystery; Neuroscience explains bigotry's persistence; Proud Boys' new rules including less fighting; and…
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/28/hatewatch-headlines-11282018
NAACP Calls for Withdrawal of Thomas Farr Nomination
Aba Blankson | naacp.org | 2018-11-27
Statement of Derrick Johnson Calling for Withdrawal of Thomas Farr Nomination Thomas Farr needs to withdraw his nomination immediately. We've always known Thomas Farr as the architect of the worst voter suppression law in the country, however, we have now found that he was more deeply engaged than anyone knew in intimidating Black voters during […] | The post NAACP Calls for Withdrawal of Thomas Farr Nomination appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-calls-withdrawal-thomas-farr-nomination/
Azerbaijan: Right to freedom of peaceful assembly must be protected and detained peaceful demonstrators released
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-26
The 17 November 2018 detention of Azerbaijani opposition leaders and activists as they were attempting to organize a peaceful rally in the capital Baku is a violation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
amnesty.org/en/documents/eur55/9430/2018/en/
Jeff Sessions' Legacy Is Full of Dangerous Successes
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-26
Attorney General Sessions proved how dangerous the nation's top prosecutor can be to criminal justice reform. | In his 636 days in office, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions secured a legacy that has been described as " unprecedented" and " dark." But Sessions' unwavering actions against criminal justice reform may also earn another descriptor for his time…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/jeff-sessions-legacy-full-dangerous-successes
Court sides with L.A. cop who murdered Jesse Romero
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-26
Los Angeles, CA – In an outrageous decision, the jury sided with two-time killer and Los Angeles Police Department officer Eden Medina. The civil rights violations trial on 14-year-old Jesse Romero's killing started November 13 and lasted only six days. Early in the preceding, a judge ruled to exclude key evidence from the proceedings. | Killed on August 9, 2016 Jesse Romero was visiting his friends at the apartment complex in Boyle Heights. Someone inside of the apartment complex called 911 saying Romero and another teen were potentially smoking marijuana and graffitiing. LAPD officers Eden Medina and backu…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/26/court-sides-la-cop-who-murdered-jesse-romero
Russia: Bail refusal for Chechen prisoner of conscience is latest affront to justice
amnesty | amnesty.org | 2018-11-26
Responding to the news that a court in Chechnya has refused to release human rights defender Oyub Titiev on bail, Natalia Prilutskaya, Amnesty International's Russia Researcher, said: | "The decision not to grant bail to Oyub Titiev once again demonstrates the political motivation of the case against him. He has committed no crime, having been jailed on completely fabricated drug charges, and must be released immediately and unconditionally. |
amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/11/russia-bail-refusal-for-chechen-prisoner-of-conscience-is-latest-affront-to-justice/
The Counterinsurgency Paradigm: How U.S. Politics Have Become Paramilitarized
Jeremy Scahill | theintercept.com | 2018-11-25
Donald Trump ran a campaign promising to refill the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison, to "bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding," to "take out" the families of suspected terrorists, to ban Muslims from entering this country, and to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Yet these policies didn't start with Trump: Torture, indefinite detention, extraordinary renditions, record numbers of deportations, anti-Muslim sentiment, mass foreign and domestic surveillance, and even the killing of innocent family members of suspected terrorists all have a recent historical precedent. | Trump's predecessor, B…
theintercept.com/2018/11/25/counterinsurgency-us-drone-strikes/
Minnesotans to rally in support of migrant caravan
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-11-25
Minneapolis, MN – As national attention has focused on the caravan of Central American refugees winding its way through Mexico towards the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrants and their allies in Minnesota will rally in support of the caravan on Friday, November 30. | Organizers are planning for a robust turnout in solidarity with the caravan. The rally will start at 5: 15 p.m. in front of the Minneapolis Federal Building at 4th Street and 4th Avenue. Afterwards, organizers will lead a march towards Wells Fargo to highlight the complicity of the banking industry in supporting for-profit detention centers across the U.S.
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/11/24/minnesotans-rally-support-migrant-caravan
Ecuador's ex-VP Jorge Glas fights for justice amid right-wing push
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-25
November 12 was the 23rd day of the hunger strike led by Jorge Glas, the former vice-president of Ecuador. His health condition deteriorated significantly after his transfer to the Latacunga maximum security prison. | After enduring deplorable conditions, he was rushed into Carlos Andrade Marín hospital in Quito on November 7, but was transferred back to Latacunga afterwards. He vowed to continue his hunger strike against the continued persecution of him, ex-president Rafael Co…
greenleft.org.au/content/ecuadors-ex-vp-jorge-glas-fights-justice-amid-right-wing-push
Reality Winner Battles an Eating Disorder Behind Bars
Taylor Barnes | theintercept.com | 2018-11-24
In August, Reality Winner stood before a federal judge, ready to accept a plea bargain of more than five years in prison for sharing classified information with journalists. Surrounded by dozens of reporters, attorneys, and activists who have followed her case, the whistleblower told the court something deeply personal that she had not even shared with her closest family members before her arrest. | Winner struggles with depression and bulimia."I try to be optimistic, and then they just surprise me and I'm just like, I signed a plea deal to get help." | Weeks later, Winner made a distressed phone call from a crow…
theintercept.com/2018/11/24/reality-winner-prison-eating-disorder/
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara–A Rare Look Inside Africa's Last Colony
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-23
In this special rebroadcast of a Democracy Now! exclusive documentary, we break the media blockade and go to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown. Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. A 1,700-mile wall divides Sahrawis who remain under occupation from those who fled into exile. The international media has largely ignored the occupat…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/23/four_days_in_occupied_western_sahara
After Visiting Brazil's Lula in Prison, Noam Chomsky Warns Against "Disaster" Under Jair Bolsonaro
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-22
As Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro prepares to take office in January, we return to our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky shortly after the election. Bolsonaro's impending presidency marks the most radical political shift Brazil since military rule ended more than 30 years ago. Bolsonaro is a former Army officer who has praised Brazil's former military dictatorship, spoken in favor of torture and threatened to destroy, imprison or banish his political opponents. Bolsonaro has also encouraged the police to kill suspected drug dealers, and once told a fem…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/22/after_visiting_brazils_lula_in_prison
Libya: Migrants Forced off Ship at Libya Port
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-21
| (Milan) — Libyan security forces forcibly removed 79 migrants and asylum seekers on November 20, 2018 from the Panama-flagged cargo ship Nivin in the port of Misrata in Libya, after they refused to leave the ship for 10 days, Human Rights Watch said today. Security forces reportedly used force and tear gas. An unknown number of people were taken to hospital, and others were taken to the al-Karareem detention center in…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/21/libya-migrants-forced-ship-libya-port
Hundreds of teachers walk off for refugees
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-21
Teachers, education support staff and even some principals walked off government and private schools across Victoria and assembled at the State Library on November 20, in support of refugees currently being detained on Manus Island and Nauru. A similar protest was held in Brisbane that same day. | More than 30 refugee support organisations, including Teachers for Refugees, which organised the protest, had set November 20, Universal Children's Day, as the deadline for the federal government to evacuate refugee children and their families from offshore detention centres to Australia. | The Walk Off for Refuge…
greenleft.org.au/content/hundreds-teachers-walk-refugees
I May Have to Quit Harvard Because the TSA Won't Stop Searching Me
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-21
The TSA has repeatedly questioned a Muslim-American journalist about her religion and criticism of the government. We're demanding answers from DHS. | This piece was originally published by The Washington Post in August. | I realized my life had entered a new phase while crossing into the United States from Canada in September 2016. | "You both have to come inside," the border officer sa…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/discriminatory-profiling/i-may-have-quit-harvard-because-tsa-wont-stop
Boston Police Has a Secret Point System That Turns Normal Teenage Behavior Into Gang Membership
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-21
The department arbitrarily labels immigrant teenagers as gang members and helps the federal government deport them. | In the face of the Trump administration's stepped-up deportation efforts, officials in Boston and other progressive cities have declared their communities safe spaces for immigrants. But behind the scenes, progressive havens like Boston are facilitating the deportations of some of our most vulnerable young people. | As the federal government's rhetoric and action around immigration have sharpened and hardened, young immigrants are being systematically slandered and deprived of their rights here in…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/boston-police-has-secret-point-system-turns-normal-teenage-behavior-gang
Lebanon: Deportation Threat for Sudan Refugees
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-21
People wave a Lebanese national flag during a protest in Central Beirut December 11, 2006. | © 2006 Reuters | (Beirut) — The Lebanese government should revoke the deportation orders of three United Nations-recognized Sudanese refugees and release them from detention, Legal Agenda, the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), Human Rights Watch, Insan, and the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) said today. Dur…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/21/lebanon-deportation-threat-sudan-refugees
Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Anti-Immigrant Military Enlistment Policy
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-21
Last year, the Pentagon implemented a background investigation process that effectively banned green card holders from serving in the military. | Despite attacking family members of fallen war heroes, criticizing Sen. John McCain for being captured in war, and recently deploying troops…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-anti-immigrant-military-enlistment-policy
Council of Europe: A Threat to Rights of People With Disabilities
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-21
The headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. | © 2018 Human Rights Watch | (Brussels) — Council of Europe member states should oppose new proposed standards regulating the detention and forced treatment of people with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today. The body in charge of developing the standards, the Council of Europe's Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO), consisting of expert…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/21/council-europe-threat-rights-people-disabilities
Shielding Hogan From the Democratic Wave – How the Washington Post, Big Money and a bit of racism re-elected a GOP governor in Deep Blue Maryland
Pete Tucker | fair.org | 2018-11-21
The Washington Post ( 11/6/18) touts a "sane center" that it did much to define and promote. | The votes were hardly in when the Washington Post ( 11/6/18) started explaining why Republican Gov. Larry Hogan won reelection in de…
fair.org/home/shielding-hogan-from-the-democratic-wave/
SPLC vows to sue Trump administration again over second approval of Kentucky Medicaid waiver scheme
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-21
The SPLC said today that it will sue the Trump administration again for approving Kentucky's Medicaid waiver plan a second time. This lawsuit will be brought in collaboration with the National Health Law Program (NHELP) and the Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC). The law firm Jenner & Block is representing NHELP in the lawsuit.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/21/splc-vows-sue-trump-administration-again-over-second-approval-kentucky-medicaid-waiver
PRESS CALL TODAY: Civil Rights Leaders Blast Farr Nomination and Timing of Vote
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-11-20
Washington, D.C. — Leaders of the NAACP, Repairers of the Breach, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund will hold a telephone press briefing, Tuesday, November 20 at 3 PM ET, condemning President Trump's nomination of Thomas Farr to the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Senate's expected […] | The post PRESS CALL TODAY: Civil Rights Leaders Blast Farr Nomination and Timing of Vote appeared first on NAACP
naacp.org/latest/press-call-today-civil-rights-leaders-blast-farr-nomination-timing-vote/
AUDIO:CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS HOST THOMAS FARR PRESS CALL
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-11-20
Listen to the full audio of Civil Rights groups opposing the nomination of Thomas Farr Organization participants include: NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Repairers of The Breach | The post AUDIO: CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS HOST THOMAS FARR PRESS CALL appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/audio-civil-rights-leaders-host-thomas-farr-press-call/
#WontBeErased, Won't Be Forgotten, Won't Be Alone
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-20
We should honor the transgender people who have died this year by taking action for trans justice and survival. | On Trans Day of Remembrance the trans community honors our dead. Too many names are read and remembered at vigils around the world marking the deaths of trans people who have been murdered during the year. This year is again on pace to be the deadliest year for transgender people in the United States. As of October,
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/wontbeerased-wont-be-forgotten-wont-be-alone
We Are Thankful for Our Friends
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-11-20
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we're acknowledging a special group of people we are especially thankful to have at our side — our partners in the civil rights and social justice movement with whom we have powerful friendships with. 2018 was a pivotal year for NAACP, a year in which we made great strides […] | The post We Are Thankful for Our Friends appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/we-are-thankful-for-our-friends/
SPLC sues Trump administration for records detailing rollback of protections for transgender people in prison
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-20
The SPLC, along with Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/20/splc-sues-trump-administration-records-detailing-rollback-protections-transgender-people
Vietnam: End Crackdown on Freedom of Expression
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-11-20
(New York) — Vietnam should drop all charges against human rights campaigner Huynh Thuc Vy, who faces trial under article 276 of the 1999 penal code for allegedly disrespecting the national flag, Human Rights Watch said today. She faces up to three years imprisonment if convicted by the People's Court of Buon Ho town, Dak Lak province at trial on November 22. | Huynh Thuc Vy holds a sign that reads "Praying for Tran Huynh Duy Thuc and for Vietnam. S…
hrw.org/news/2018/11/20/vietnam-end-crackdown-freedom-expression
Following SPLC lawsuit, judge blocks president's asylum ban
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2018-11-20
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry.
splcenter.org/news/2018/11/20/following-splc-lawsuit-judge-blocks-president%25E2%2580%2599s-asylum-ban
NAACP Youth and College Division National Director, Tiffany Dena Loftin Honored at Black Girls Vote Ball
Rachel Johnson | naacp.org | 2018-11-20
BALTIMORE, MD — National Director of the NAACP Youth and College Division, Tiffany Dena Loftin was awarded the Rising Star Award on Friday, November 16, 2018 at the 2nd Annual Black Girls Vote Ball. The Black Girls Vote Ball celebrates the accomplishments of black women in politics and activism who are making a difference not […] | The post NAACP Youth and College Division National Director, Tiffany Dena Loftin Honored at Black Girls Vote Ball appeared first on
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What a Portrait of General Robert E. Lee Means for One Man's Capital Trial
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-19
Racial bias can affect a capital punishment case at every legal step. The result of that bias can be deadly. | Anyone walking into the sole courtroom in the town of Louisa, Virginia, is met by an array of portraits covering nearly every square inch of the walls. Overwhelmingly they feature white men. Though on first glance, most of them are not recognizable, one is unmistakable. It's a looming image that dominates the back wall of the courtroom, directly across from the judge. The portrait is of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, in uniform, sword unsheathed at his side. | The presence and prominence of Lee's portra…
aclu.org/blog/capital-punishment/racial-disparities-and-death-penalty/what-portrait-general-robert-e-lee
Anti-Choice Politicians Are Taking Direct Aim at Roe v. Wade
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-19
Ohio is trying to ban abortion, and it won't be the last state to do so. | Anti-abortion politicians wasted no time going after Roe v. Wade after the midterm elections. Last week, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a ban on abortion starting at six weeks in pregnancy, which would effectively ban almost all abortions given that most people don't know they are even pregnant at that time. | The bill now moves to the Senate, where it is likely to pass. If it does, the outgoing governor could veto it, but the legislature may have enough votes to override it. And if the legislature doesn't override the veto, the…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/anti-choice-politicians-are-taking-direct-aim-roe-v-wade