Democrats Echo Israel's Far-Right
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2019-02-12
While right-wing Israelis prefer to say that the land where they rule a Palestinian population that is denied basic civil rights is contested, the occupation is a fact under international law…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/democrats-echo-israels-far-right/
El Chapo Found Guilty on All 10 Charges, Faces Life in Prison
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-12
The world's most infamous cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to run a global drug empire and amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a U.S. court on Tuesday of operating a criminal enterprise. | Jurors in federal court in Brooklyn began delivering their verdict following an 11-week trial. Guzman, 61, now faces a possible sentence of life in prison. | Guzman, one of the major figures in Mexican drug wars that have roiled the country since 2006, was extradited to the United States for trial in 2017 after he was arrested in Mexico the year before. | Though other…
telesurenglish.net/news/El-Chapo-Found-Guilty-on-All-10-Charges-Faces-Life-in-Prison-20190212-0019.html
Notorious Drug Lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Convicted
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-02-12
NEW YORK–Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. | Guzman faced a drumbeat of drug-trafficking and conspiracy convictions that could put the 61-year-old escape artist behind bars for decades in a maximum-security U.S. prison selected to thwart another one of the breakouts that made him a folk hero in his nativ…
truthdig.com/articles/notorious-drug-lord-joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-convicted/
Prosecutors Seek New Sentence in Laquan McDonald Case
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-02-12
Illinois' highest court is asked to review the relatively short prison sentence for the white Chicago cop who fatally shot the black teenager. | The post Prosecutors Seek New Sentence in Laquan McDonald Case appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/prosecutors-seek-new-sentence-in-laquan-mcdonald-case/
Criminalising political opposition in Catalonia
Ignasi Bernat | zcomm.org | 2019-02-12
It is nothing short of remarkable that the justice system in a modern European state can proceed in this way, with lists of political opponents who are lined up for arrest and immediate imprisonment…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/criminalising-political-opposition-in-catalonia/
Mexican Bishop Admits Sexual Abuse is Rampant Amid Revelation
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-12
Mexico's Catholic church has suspended at least 152 priests for pederasty across nine years which has prompted a lawyer for the victims to question the institution's honesty. | RELATED: | Nuns 'Sex Slaves' Scandal Fresh Blow to Catholic Church | "Some delinquent priests are in prison, others have been suspended from their ministries. In the last nine years, 152 priests have retired," said the Archbishop for Monterrey, Rogelio Cabrera. | When Cabrera was asked about the number of victi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexican-Bishop-Admits-Sexual-Abuse-is-Rampant-Amid-Revelation-20190212-0003.html
Resisting the Weaponization of Ignorance in the Age of Trump
Shared by candice | truthout.org | 2019-02-12
Ignorance now rules the U.S. Not the simple, if somewhat innocent ignorance that comes from an absence of knowledge, but a malicious ignorance forged in the arrogance of refusing to think hard about an issue. We most recently saw this exemplified in Donald Trump's disingenuousness 2019 State of the Union address in which he lied about the amount of drugs streaming across the southern border, demonized the immigrant community with racist attacks, misrepresented the facts regarding the degree of violence at the border, and employed an antiwar rhetoric while he has repeatedly threatened war with Iran and Venezuel…
truthout.org/articles/resisting-the-weaponization-of-ignorance-in-the-age-of-trump/
Shutdown Deal Corners Trump — But He Could Still Wreak Havoc
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-02-12
Another week, another adult dose of whiplash chaos. Is that even a thing? It is now. | Sunrise on Tuesday morning brought news that the "shutdown committee" had cobbled together a bipartisan agreement "in principle" to avoid yet another government closure. According to reports, the deal will include $1.375?billion for 55 miles of border fencing and caps the overall number of detention beds Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be allowed to maintain. Democrats dropped their…
truthout.org/articles/shutdown-deal-corners-trump-but-he-could-still-wreak-havoc/
Mexican drug cartel leader El Chapo found guilty, faces life in prison
RT | rt.com | 2019-02-12
Joaquin Guzman, the notorious Mexican drug cartel boss known under nickname 'El Chapo' is to face life in jail after a US court found him guilty on all charges in a high-profile narcotics trial. | …
rt.com/usa/451309-el-chapo-guilty-verdict-prison/
US Congresswomen Openly Endorse BDS Movement
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2019-02-12
(MEMO) — The first two Middle East Congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, have openly endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Michigan congresswoman Tlaib said on Saturday that she wanted to highlight "issues such as racism and Israel's violations of the Palestinians' human rights". Meanwhile Omar, the congresswoman for Minnesota, said she is working …
theantimedia.com/us-congresswomen-openly-endorse-bds-movement/
(Another) Mockery of Justice in Russia
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-02-12
Oyub Titiev, a Chechen human rights activist, has been behind bars for more than 13 months on bogus drug charges and his trial is now drawing to a close. Today, the defense filed its last motion, and the judge declined it — just as she has declined all other defense motions. | Oyub Titiev at the Shali court in Chechnya, February 12, 2019. | © 2019 Tanya Lokshina/Human Rights Watch | When Oyub's trial began last summer, we had little, if any, expectations for a fair hearing. A man jailed by Chechen authorities in…
hrw.org/news/2019/02/12/another-mockery-justice-russia
Tunisia: Scant Help to Bring Home ISIS Members' Children
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-02-12
| (Tunis) — Tunisian officials hav…
hrw.org/news/2019/02/12/tunisia-scant-help-bring-home-isis-members-children
The Supreme Court Is Playing Favorites With Religion
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-11
The court's recent decisions threaten religious neutrality — the "clearest command" of the Establishment Clause. | Last week, the Supreme Court permitted the state of Alabama to execute a Muslim man, Domineque Ray, without his religious advisor present. The court's 5-4 decision reversed an emergency lower-court order that had temporarily delayed the execution because of grave concerns that Alabama's pr…
aclu.org/blog/religious-liberty/supreme-court-playing-favorites-religion
Fact-Checking Common Myths on Transition-Related Care for Trans People
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-11
Transition-related care is medically necessary for many transgender people, yet insurance companies continue to deny coverage for these treatments. | Dashir Moore, a transgender man from Georgia, wanted a fresh start in life. So at the age of 31, he packed up and moved to Colorado, a state that offered both a great lifestyle and trans healthcare. He hoped he could finally be himself. | Things went well at first. Almost immediately after Dashir arrived in Colorado, he was able to update the gender marker on his driver's license. He got a job as a customer service rep. | Then he scheduled chest surgery. No strang…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/fact-checking-common-myths-transition-related-care-trans-people
Why Trump Won't Get the Black Vote
Brian Gilmore | progressive.org | 2019-02-11
By failing to address issues such as housing, maternal mortality, and mass incarceration, Trump will continue to marginalize black constituents.
progressive.org/op-eds/why-trump-wont-get-the-black-vote-gilmore-190211/
Judge: Alabama's prison system violates Eighth Amendment, "deliberately indifferent" to mental health of people in solitary confinement
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-02-11
In another stunning rebuke of Alabama's prison system, a federal judge ruled today that the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) violated the Eighth Amendment and that it was "deliberately indifferent" in its failure to adequately monitor the mental health of incarcerated people in solitary confinement.
splcenter.org/news/2019/02/11/judge-alabama%25E2%2580%2599s-prison-system-violates-eighth-amendment-%25E2%2580%259Cdeliberately-indifferent%25E2%2580%259D-mental
A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case
Rachel M. Cohen | thenation.com | 2019-02-11
A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case…
thenation.com/article/connecticut-segregation-schools-sheff/
Cubs Ownership Has a Racism Problem
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2019-02-11
Cubs Ownership Has a Racism Problem…
thenation.com/article/chicago-cubs-joe-rickets-podcast/
ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike Being Force-Fed Like Those at Guantánamo
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-02-11
Organizations ranging from the ACLU to Human Rights Watch condemn the practice as "inherently cruel, inhuman, and degrading," writes A. Naomi Paik. Protesters depicting detainees of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) By A. Naomi… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/02/11/ice-detainees-on-hunger-strike-being-force-fed-like-those-at-guantanamo/
'Back to school necklaces': Outcry after Long Island school posts bizarre noose poster
RT | rt.com | 2019-02-11
A Long Island middle school is under fire over a classroom collage depicting two nooses as "back to school necklaces," which has been described a highly offensive and racist by shocked locals. | …
rt.com/usa/451190-long-island-noose-school-necklace/
Racism or just an ugly shoe? Katy Perry's new 'blackface' footwear sparks outrage
RT | rt.com | 2019-02-11
Retailers have been removing Katy Perry's new sandals and loafers, designed to resemble a human face, after their 'black' version got slammed for being racially insensitive. The news has received a mixed response on Twitter. | …
rt.com/usa/451232-katy-perry-blackface-shoes/
Rape Victim Who Smuggled DNA Evidence Out of Rikers Wins Settlement
Alice Speri | theintercept.com | 2019-02-11
A woman raped by Rikers guards has settled a lawsuit against New York City, which she accused of "deliberate indifference" to sexual abuse at the jail. | The post Rape Victim Who Smuggled DNA Evidence Out of Rikers Wins Settlement appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2019/02/11/rikers-island-sexual-assault-rape/
Author Chris Wilson Unveils his Master Plan with New Book
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-02-10
Chris Wilson, convicted as an adult at 17 and sentenced to life in prison without parole, tells his harrowing story in his new book, The Master Plan. The book details him turning his life around in prison, including teaching himself 5 languages and helping other youth offenders re-enter society. | The post Author Chris Wilson Unveils his Master Plan with New Book appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/author-chris-wilson-unveils-his-master-plan-with-new-book
Why the Justice Department Can't Be Trusted to Investigate Abysmal Conditions in Federal Prisons
Natasha Lennard | theintercept.com | 2019-02-09
"This recent crisis at MDC has brought new attention to an old reality. What has taken place at MDC is not exceptional." | The post Why the Justice Department Can't Be Trusted to Investigate Abysmal Conditions in Federal Prisons appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2019/02/09/mdc-brooklyn-justice-department-investigation/
In Alabama, a Muslim Man Was Denied the Presence of His Imam During His Execution
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-08
The Supreme Court's ruling to move forward with Domineque Ray's execution violates the Establishment Clause's principle of religious neutrality. | Domineque Ray was pronounced dead last night at 10: 12 p.m. Thirty minutes prior, his execution by lethal injection began. | His last words were a proclamation of his Muslim faith in Arabic. But Ray's imam was missing from the room, despite Ray's repeated requests to the state for his imam's presence. In the days leading up to his death, Ray w…
aclu.org/blog/religious-liberty/alabama-muslim-man-was-denied-presence-his-imam-during-his-execution
Dems Accuse Trump Admin of "State-Sponsored Child Abuse" as Separated Migrant Children Scandal Grows
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-02-08
Trump administration officials are acknowledging that there may be thousands more missing immigrant children who were separated from their parents than originally reported. This was the focus of a hearing on Thursday of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. We speak to Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project. He is the lead lawyer on the ACLU's national challenge to the Trump administration's family separation practice. He testified at the hearing yesterday.
www.democracynow.org/2019/2/8/dems_accuse_trump_admin_of_state
New Bill Limits When California Police Can Use Deadly Force
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-08
State legislators must pass legislation to stem California's wider epidemic of police violence and to specifically protect communities of color. | As a nation, we must address the brutal reality and deadly consequences of police violence. We have seen far too many people, particularly Black and brown people, killed by police. We have seen too many families and communities shattered by loss and tragedy. Enough is enough. We must limit when police officers can use deadly force and take someone's life. | Current laws in California fail to protect against unnecessary killings by police officers. Officers here –…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/new-bill-limits-when-california-police-can-use
It's Not Just Ralph Northam–Anti-Blackness is 'Vintage Americana'
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2019-02-08
It's Black Lives Matter at School Week, but black children in continue to suffer because America isn't ready to confront its anti-blackness.
progressive.org/dispatches/anti-blackness-is-vintage-americana-miller-190208/
Why Ann Coulter Has Power: U.S. Politics are Authoritarian by Design
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-08
Recently a correspondent from overseas wrote to ask me how it is that Donald Trump perseveres with his absurd nativist demand — replete with threats of a second government shut-down or a Declaration of National Emergency — for a completed wall to stop a fake and racist brown menace on the southern United States border despite the fact that his demand and his threats are opposed by a solid majority of U.S.-Americans.
counterpunch.org/2019/02/08/why-ann-coulter-has-power-u-s-politics-are-authoritarian-by-design/
Final Senate vote on NAACP-opposed US Attorney General nominee William Barr may be as soon as 2/12/19
Adam Lee | naacp.org | 2019-02-08
On February 7, 2019, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted, by a margin of 12 yeas to 10 nays and along straight party lines, to send the nomination of William P. Barr to the floor of the full Senate with a positive recommendation for consideration. We now need to contact the entire Senate and urge that […] | The post Final Senate vote on NAACP-opposed US Attorney General nominee William Barr may be as soon as 2/12/19 appeared first on NAACP.
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League of the South Member Tyler Davis Takes Plea for Beating Man After 'Unite the Right'
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-02-08
A member of the neo-Confederate group League of the South has taken a plea for his role in the beating of DeAndre Harris in the hours after the racist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/02/09/league-south-member-tyler-davis-takes-plea-beating-man-after-unite-right
Kurdish activist: 'I'm on hunger strike for freedom'
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2019-02-08
Leyla Guven, a member of Turkey's parliament for the left-wing, Kurdish-led People's Democratic party (HDP), launched an indefinite hunger strike on November 7 from Amed Prison, where she was held jailed by Turkey's regime. Her demand is for an end to the isolation of jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan. | Jailed by Turkey since 1999, Ocalan is the recognised leader of the Kurdish liberation movement. Since 2011, his lawyers have been unable to met with him. | Guven's hunger strike, which entered its 81st day on February 6, has sparked protests by Kurdish communities and their supporters…
greenleft.org.au/content/kurdish-activist-im-hunger-strike-freedom
Rising Star Matt Gaetz Represents Everything That's Wrong With Trump's Republican Party
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2019-02-08
The Florida congressperson tried to expel a grieving father from a hearing on gun violence, and he has voiced racist ideas and conspiracy theories. | The post Rising Star Matt Gaetz Represents Everything That's Wrong With Trump's Republican Party appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2019/02/08/rising-star-matt-gaetz-represents-everything-thats-wrong-with-trumps-republican-party/
Indonesia: Free Three Papuan Activists
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-02-08
Yanto Awerkion (far left) detained in the Timika police station in September 2017 for his role in organizing a petition calling on the UN to organize a referendum in Papua. | (Jakarta) — Indonesian authorities should release and drop treason charges against three Papuan activists for peaceful advocacy in the Papua mining town of Timika, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indonesian government is currently imprisoning at least nine people…
hrw.org/news/2019/02/08/indonesia-free-three-papuan-activists
Bangladesh Opposition Leader Zia in Prison a Year
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-02-08
Bangladesh's former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 28, 2017. | © 2017 AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File | One year ago, Khaleda Zia, the leader of Bangladesh's main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was sent to prison. Zia was convicted ahead of the December 2018 elections when the courts acted on longstanding cases against her. | While Human Rights Watch takes no position on the underlying merits of the ca…
hrw.org/news/2019/02/08/bangladesh-opposition-leader-zia-prison-year
Morocco: Free Facebook Commentator
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-02-08
(Beirut) — Moroccan authorities should free an entrepreneur who was sentenced to two years in prison in violation of his right to free speech and review his conviction given its abusive nature, Human Rights Watch said today. An appeal of Soufian al-Nguad's conviction is underway and continues on February 11, 2019. | Soufian al-Nguad, from his Facebook account. | © 2018 Private | A court of first instance in Tetouan, a city in northern…
hrw.org/news/2019/02/08/morocco-free-facebook-commentator
The South Dakota Legislature's Transphobia
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-07
Members of the legislature have renewed their attack on transgender students with three separate bills targeting their civil rights. | After a short-lived victory in January, transgender students in South Dakota are once again being targeted with legislation that would put them at greater risk and, at the same time, cause serious damage to the state's reputation and economy. | On Jan. 24, lawmakers in the state Senate scuttled a bill requiring transgen…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/south-dakota-legislatures-transphobia
Pennsylvania Can't Be a Model for Reform if We Undermine People's Rights
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-07
Members of the state's General Assembly should deny ballot access to a "victims' rights" constitutional amendment that threatens due process. | Elected officials and corrections administrators in Pennsylvania have been doing a bit of a victory lap after the recent announcement that our state prison population dropped by 1,000 people in 2018. On the heels of the passage of the Clean Slate Act — a new law to automatically seal some people's criminal records from public view — some ha…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/pennsylvania-cant-be-model-reform-if-we-undermine-peoples-rights
When Colleges Confine Free Speech to a 'Zone,' It Isn't Free
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-07
Arkansas State University's policy requiring preapproval from the school for protest anywhere on campus violates the First Amendment. | On certain college campuses, administrators have created "Free Speech Zones" — spaces where people are allowed to speak, protest, or gather signatures for causes they believe in. While it may sound like these zones are designed to promote speech, they actually do the opposite by confining political expression to designated areas, often in out-of-the-way locations on campus. | That's why this week, in a legal challenge to Arkansas State University's "Free Expression Areas"
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/student-speech-and-privacy/when-colleges-confine-free-speech-zone-it-isnt-free
Anti-LGBT Groups Launch Movement Against Federal Equality Act
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-02-07
Anti-LGBT hate group leaders and activists recently launched a new project, the #Gone2Far movement (GTFM), to oppose H.R. 2282, the federal Equality Act, which seeks to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include protections for the categories of a person's sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/02/08/anti-lgbt-groups-launch-movement-against-federal-equality-act
Lawsuit Dismissed Against American Studies Association Over Israel Boycott
PACBI | bdsmovement.net | 2019-02-07
Lawsuit Dismissed Against American Studies Association Over Israel Boycott: In the NewsUS federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to deter academic associations from adopting boycotts for Palestinian rights. | Academic Boycott Right To BoycottFebruary 5, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal …
bdsmovement.net/news/lawsuit-dismissed-against-american-studies-association-over-israel-boycott
Political Scientist: Blackface Is a National Problem & Virginia's Top Officials Must Step Down
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-02-07
A reckoning about racism and sexual assault has left Virginia's government in disarray, with the state's top three elected officials–all Democrats–facing political crises that threaten to upend their careers and the state's leadership. The controversy that has enveloped Virginia since Governor Ralph Northam admitted last week to wearing blackface took a shocking turn Wednesday, when Attorney General Mark Herring also admitted to wearing blackface at a college party. Just days prior, Herring–who is second in line for Virginia's governorship–had called for Governor Northam to resign. The fir…
www.democracynow.org/2019/2/7/political_scientist_blackface_is_a_national
Support grows to free Hakeem Al-Araibi
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-02-07
The campaign to stop the refoulment of refugee Hakeem al-Araibi from Thailand to Bahrain is growing, with many football authorities taking a stand. | Sports stars, trade unionists, the Bahraini community, human rights organisations and politicians gathered in Melbourne and Sydney on February 1 to demand that Araibi be freed from a Thai prison. | Meanwhile, the Bahraini government has formally lodged a request to extradite Araibi from Thailand to Bahrain to face trumped up charges. If this happens, his life will be in danger. | Araibi is a semi-professional footballer and former member of the Bahraini national foo…
greenleft.org.au/content/support-grows-free-hakeem-al-araibi
Spanish state vs Catalonia: putting a political trial on trial
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2019-02-07
On February 12, the trial of 12 Catalan politicians and social movement leaders involved in the October 1, 2017 independence referendum is set to begin in the Spanish Supreme Court. | The leaders face sanctions as harsh as 25 year's jail for their alleged offences — rebellion, sedition and embezzlement of public funds. | It is the first of three trials. Other defendants, including former police chief, José Lluís Trapero, will face the National High Court. Those members of the Catalan parliament who allowed discussion and voting on the referendum enabling law will face the High Court of Justice of Catalonia…
greenleft.org.au/content/spanish-state-vs-catalonia-putting-political-trial-trial
Activists Avoid Jail in U.K. After Blocking Plane From Deporting Migrants
Rebecca Nathanson | theintercept.com | 2019-02-07
On Wednesday morning, a group of British activists entered Chelmsford Crown Court, about 30 miles northeast of London, carrying backpacks and tote bags stuffed full. The Stansted 15, as the group has become known, had arrived for a sentencing hearing, and some of them had come prepared to face years in jail. In December, the activists were found guilty of committing a terrorism-related offense after they broke into an airport and blocked the departure of a government-chartered plane that was set to deport migrants and asylum-seekers. | But the group need not have packed their bags. Twelve of the defendants receiv…
theintercept.com/2019/02/07/stansted-15-sentencing-hearing/
How to Shine a Light on U.S. Government Surveillance of Americans
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-06
Before Congress votes to reauthorize key spying laws, it must demand answers. | This year, Congress must vote on reauthorizing provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire — including Section 215, which the government abused for years to illegally collect Americans' phone records in bulk. As this debate gets underway, both Congress and the public need some answers. | In 2015, Congress passed the USA Freedom Act to reform parts of the Patriot Act and make other much-needed changes to the government's surveil…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/how-shine-light-us-government-surveillance-americans
This Lawsuit Hopes To Stop Identity Evropa's Founder From Hiding Behind Bankruptcy
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-02-06
A group of Charlottesville, Virginia, residents is asking a federal judge to block white nationalist and founder of Identity Evropa Nathan Damigo from protecting his assets by filing for bankruptcy.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/02/06/lawsuit-hopes-stop-identity-evropas-founder-hiding-behind-bankruptcy
NYT Reports on 'Perception' of Subway Danger–but Can't Perceive Racism
Neil deMause | fair.org | 2019-02-06
As is usually the case, the answer to the headline's question (New York Times, 2/4/19) is "no." | In recent months, most of the media coverage of New York's subway system has been focused on the staggering cost to keep it in good working order and whether there's a better way to run city transit.
fair.org/home/nyt-reports-on-perception-of-subway-danger-but-cant-perceive-racism/
Historical marker alongside Alabama highway will honor civil rights martyr William Lewis Moore
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-02-05
Jerry Smith was humming along U.S. Highway 11 in his light-green, 1961 Chevrolet Corvair, when he came upon something unusual.
splcenter.org/news/2019/02/05/historical-marker-alongside-alabama-highway-will-honor-civil-rights-martyr-william-lewis
NAACP Secures Agreement to Increase 2020 Census Transparency
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2019-02-05
Commerce Department settles federal suit, will release planning and budget documents FEBRUARY 5, 2019 — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) along with the NAACP Connecticut State Conference and the NAACP Boston Branch have reached an agreement in partial settlement of federal litigation against the U.S. Department of Commerce, in […] | The post NAACP Secures Agreement to Increase 2020 Census Transparency appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-secures-agreement-increase-2020-census-transparency/