Wyden Bill to Strip Tax Breaks From Private Prison Industry Profiting From Child Detentions
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-13
"Companies that profit off of putting children in cages shouldn't get tax breaks." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/wyden_1.jpg…
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Syrian Families Released from the Infamous Rukban Concentration Camp
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-13
Dozens of Syrian families have been released from the US-controlled Rukban Concentration Camp in Al-Tanf, southeast of Syria. | The released families arrived at the Jaligam crossing in Homs eastern countryside after spending years in forced displacement and detention by the …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-families-released-infamous-rukban-concentration-camp/5680438

REPRESSION FAILS TO QUELL OPPOSITION TO CAMEROON REGIME
By Global Information Network | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-13
June 10, 2019 (GIN) — Facing a growing pro-democracy movement, Cameroon is resorting to an old formula — namely unleashing government power in the form of threats, arrests and excessive force. | This week, hundreds of supporters of Maurice Kamto, leader of the opposition Cameroon Resistance Movement, filled the streets, demanding his release from detention but were detained themselves by security forces. | According to his lawyer, Kamto could be charged with: insurrection, hostility against the homeland, criminal association, threats to public order, rebellion, group rebellion, and inciting insurrecti…
www.blackstarnews.com/global-politics/africa/repression-fails-to-quell-opposition-to-cameroon-regime.html

China Invites UN To Visit 'Education Centers' in Xinjiang
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-13
The Chinese envoy to the United Nations has formally welcomed U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to visit China, including Xinjiang, where Beijing has been accused of putting more than one million ethnic Uyghurs in mass detention centers. | RELATED: | Floods Kill 16, Affect Millions in China, With More Rain To Come | According to the Chinese envoy, the U.N. human rights chief is more than welcome to visit their "education training centers", which Beijing claims is helpin…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Invites-UN-To-Visit-Education-Centers-in-Xinjiang-20190613-0004.html

Israeli Intel Agents Key Part of Anti-BDS Activities: Documents
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-13
Israeli government documents disclosed Wednesday have revealed that the national intelligence agency of Israel, Mossad, has collaborated over the past years with Israeli government through its Strategic Affairs Ministry, to sabotage the international pro-Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement on a global scale. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, AOC Sign Bill to Stop US Aid to Israel over Children Detention | The Strategic Affairs M…
telesurenglish.net/news/Intelligence-Agents-From-Israeli-Mossad-Key-Part-of-Anti-BDS-Activities-Documents–20190613-0016.html

US Gov't Plans to Detain Migrant Children at WW2 Japanese Internment Camp
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-13
(CD) — Lending even greater significance to the parallels commentators and historians have drawn between U.S. migrant detention centers and concentration camps of the past, the Trump administration is reportedly planning to hold more than a thousand immigrant children at an Oklahoma army base that was used as an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. …
theantimedia.com/us-detain-migrant-children-japanese-internment-camp/

US to Jail 1,400 Immigrant Children at WWII Japanese Internment Site
Eric London | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-13
The Pentagon announced yesterday that the Trump administration will detain 1,400 immigrant children at the site of a World War II-era Japanese internment camp, Fort Sill Army Base in Lawton, Oklahoma. | The decision, announced Tuesday as Trump denounced immigrants and …
globalresearch.ca/us-jail-1400-immigrant-children-wwii-japanese-internment-site/5680478

'It Need Not Be Jail… But Get Her Out of the White House': Groups Celebrate Call by Govt Watchdog for Trump to Fire Kellyanne Conway Over Repeated Ethics Violations
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-13
"We join OSC in calling for Kellyanne Conway to be removed from federal service and expect today's findings to send a strong message to officials across the Trump Administration and the federal government that these violations will not be taken lightly." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/fire_conway.jpg…
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Justice for Layleen Polanco: Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13
Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. Her family, friends and transgender rights activists are now demanding answers for the conditions that led to the 27-year-old's death. The city says the cause of death has not yet been determined. Polanco was held in a unit for transgender women while jailed at Rikers, but a week before her death she was transferred to so-…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/justice_for_layleen_polanco_community_demands

US to jail 1,400 immigrant children at WWII Japanese internment site
wsws.org | 2019-06-13
The government is reviving the worst crimes in US history as official state policy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/13/immi-j13.html

US to jail 1,400 immigrant children at WWII Japanese internment site
wsws.org | 2019-06-13
The government is reviving the worst crimes in US history as official state policy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/13/immi-j13.html

Community Demands Answers After Trans Black Latinx Woman Died at Rikers
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-13
Outrage is mounting over the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. Her family, friends and transgender rights activists are now demanding answers for the conditions that led to the 27-year-old's death. The city says the cause of death has not yet been determined. Polanco was held in a unit for transgender women while jailed at Rikers, but a week before her death she was transferred to…
truthout.org/video/community-demands-answers-after-trans-black-latinx-woman-died-at-rikers/

Overcrowding, rotten food & nooses: DHS watchdog confirms horrific conditions at immigrant jails
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-13
Now Homeland Security's own inspector general has revealed how detained immigrants are subjected to rotten food, severe overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and broken and overflowing toilets.
nationofchange.org/2019/06/13/overcrowding-rotten-food-nooses-dhs-watchdog-confirms-horrific-conditions-at-immigrant-jails/

"Pose" Star Indya Moore Demands Justice for Killed Trans Women: "We Are All Worthy of Safety"
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13
Transgender actor and model Indya Moore addressed a crowd of protesters gathered in New York City's Foley Square Monday to demand justice for Layleen Polanco, a transgender Afro-Latinx woman who was found dead in a cell at Rikers Island on Friday. Polanco was arrested on misdemeanor charges and jailed on Rikers in April when she was unable to post $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was dead. "We are worthy of legal aid, liberty, justice, resources. And we are worthy of life. We are worthy of love," Moore told the crowd. "If the sight of us using our bodies, our voices and our defiance to protest this oppress…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/pose_star_indya_moore_demands_justice

Chicago Police Tortured Victims With Electric Shocks, Burns and Beatings
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-13
Flint Taylor, a founding partner of the People's Law Office in Chicago, has spent almost 50 years defending some of the most vulnerable people within the criminal legal system. In his new book, The Torture Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago, Taylor describes the history of systemic violence running rampant within the Chicago Police Department. It's a history he knows all too well from his work with the Fred Hampton assassination case, among many others. This excerpt recounts some of the torture unleashed by police in Chicago during the 1980s, under Police Commander Jon Burge. During this time, Burg…
truthout.org/articles/chicago-police-tortured-victims-with-electric-shocks-burns-and-beatings/

Italy's 'Closed Ports' Policy Leaves Over 1,500 Africans Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-13
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Méditerranée (SOS Med) have denounced that at least 1,151 refugee seekers, including children, have died and more than 10,000 forcibly deported to Libya since the Italian government closed its ports to humanitarian ships arriving to Europe from across the Mediterranean Sea. | RELATED: | German Boat Captain Faces 20 Yrs in Prison for Saving Refugees | "European governments' response to the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean Sea and Lib…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italys-Closed-Ports-Policy-Leaves-Over-1500-Africans-Dead-20190613-0010.html

Minneapolis police officer sentenced to over 12 years in prison for murder of Justine Damond
wsws.org | 2019-06-13
A month-long trial in April resulted in Noor being found guilty of third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/13/poli-j13.html

Germany Passes Deportation Legislation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-13
Germany's parliament adopted the first part of a new legislation packet to restrict the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees in Germany, denying them the right to work, sending them to prison once room in the deportation centers runs out, and even allowing apartment raids in search of "illegal" immigrants…
therealnews.com/stories/germany-passes-deportation-legislation

No More Deaths: Mistrial Declared After Jury Refuses to Convict Scott Warren for Aiding Migrants
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-13
In Tucson, Arizona, a jury has refused to convict humanitarian activist Scott Warren, who faced up to 20 years in prison for providing water, food, clean clothes and beds to two undocumented migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. Warren's trial ended Tuesday in a mistrial after a deadlocked jury was unable to deliver a verdict. Eight jurors thought Warren was not guilty; four thought he was guilty. A status hearing is scheduled for July 2. Prosecutors have declined to comment on whether they would seek a retrial against Warren. We speak with Ryan Devereaux, a staff reporter at The Intercept who…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/13/no_more_deaths_mistrial_declared_after

UK Officially Signs Extradition Order to Send Julian Assange to US
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-13
(ZH) –Early on Thursday UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid revealed that he has signed a US extradition request for Julian Assange, putting the WikiLeaks founder a step closer to facing prosecution for espionage and hacking on American soil, where he's almost assured life in prison or worse after the US Justice Department filed 17 new charges …
theantimedia.com/uk-officially-signs-extradition-order-to-send-julian-assange-to-us/

Minneapolis police office sentenced to over 12 years in prison for murder of Justine Damond
wsws.org | 2019-06-13
A month-long trial in April resulted in Noor being found guilty of third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/13/poli-j13.html

Mistrial Declared After Jury Refuses to Convict Scott Warren for Aiding Migrants
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-13
In Tucson, Arizona, a jury has refused to convict humanitarian activist Scott Warren, who faced up to 20 years in prison for providing water, food, clean clothes and beds to two undocumented migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. Warren's trial ended Tuesday in a mistrial after a deadlocked jury was unable to deliver a verdict. Eight jurors thought Warren was not guilty; four thought he was guilty. A status hearing is scheduled for July 2. Prosecutors have declined to comment on whether they would seek a retrial against Warren. We speak with Ryan Devereaux, a staff reporter at The Intercept…
truthout.org/video/mistrial-declared-after-jury-refuses-to-convict-scott-warren-for-aiding-migrants/

Say Goodbye to the First Amendment
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-13
"Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press," reads the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Yet, for the first time ever, a publisher is being prosecuted under the World War I-era Espionage Act. Julian Assange, co-founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, is facing 170 years in prison if he is extradited to the U.S. from the United Kingdom. The case could deal a monumental blow to the free press in the United States. | The U.S. first charged Assange in April with attempting to help a U.S.
truthdig.com/articles/the-chilling-crusade-against-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/

Say Goodbye to the First Amendment
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-13
"Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press," reads the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Yet, for the first time ever, a publisher is being prosecuted under the World War I-era Espionage Act. Julian Assange, co-founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, is facing 170 years in prison if he is extradited to the U.S. from the United Kingdom. The case could deal a monumental blow to the free press in the United States. | The U.S. first charged Assange in April with attempting to help a U.S. Army whistleblower break into a military computer system, for which Assange wo…
truthdig.com/articles/the-chilling-crusade-against-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/

NAACP-Supported anti-lynching legislation is on the move!
Adam Lee | naacp.org | 2019-06-13
Earlier today the full Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Bobby Rush (IL) which would also make lynching a federal hate crime. On 12/14/2019, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed S. 488, the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, which was …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-supported-anti-lynching-legislation-move/

New York Teachers Fight for Divestment From Prison Industry
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-12
Teachers in Rochester, New York, recently discovered, to their horror, that their pensions are invested in the private prison and immigrant detention industry. After learning this from Basma Eid, an organizer with the group Freedom to Thrive, one teacher, Michelle Sapere, spearheaded the formation of a rank-and-file organization in her union called Teachers Against Student Exploitation ( TASE)…
truthout.org/articles/new-york-teachers-fight-for-divestment-from-prison-industry/

Trump Administration Plans to Detain Children at Former Japanese Internment Camp
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-12
Lending even greater significance to the parallels commentators and historians have drawn between U.S. migrant detention centers and concentration camps of the past, the Trump administration is reportedly planning to hold more than a thousand immigrant children at an Oklahoma army base that was used as an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. | According to Time, Fort Sill "
truthout.org/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-detain-children-at-former-japanese-internment-camp/

US House Approves Suing Trump Advisers Who Ignore Subpoenas
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-12
The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to give lawmakers clear authority to sue Trump administration figures who defy congressional subpoenas. | RELATED: | Trump's Son in Law's Firm Got $90m from Offshore Tax Haven | In an escalation of wide-ranging probes of President Donald Trump and his inner circle, lawmakers voted 229-191 along party lines to approve the measure. | It authorizes House committees to file lawsuits in federal court seeking orders from judges…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-House-Approves-Suing-Trump-Advisers-Who-Ignore-Subpoenas-20190611-0028.html

Overcrowding, Rotten Food & Nooses: DHS Watchdog Confirms Horrific Conditions at Immigrant Jails
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-12
We look at horrific conditions for some 52,000 immigrants held in for-profit jails around the country. At least 24 immigrants have died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, and at least four more died shortly after being released. Now Homeland Security's own inspector general has revealed how detained immigrants are subjected to rotten food, severe overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and broken and overflowing toilets. This comes as a separate report recently documented "dangerous overcrowding" at a Border Patrol processing facility in El Paso, Texas. Meanwhile, the Trump administ…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/12/overcrowding_rotten_food_nooses_dhs_watchdog

DHS Watchdog Confirms Horrific Conditions at Immigrant Jails
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-12
We look at horrific conditions for some 52,000 immigrants held in for-profit jails around the country. At least 24 immigrants have died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Trump, and at least four more died shortly after being released. Now Homeland Security's own inspector general has revealed how detained immigrants are subjected to rotten food, severe overcrowding, inadequate medical care, and broken and overflowing toilets. This comes as a separate report recently documented "dangerous overcrowding" at a Border Patrol processing facility in El Paso, Texas. Meanwhile, the Trump admin…
truthout.org/video/dhs-watchdog-confirms-horrific-conditions-at-immigrant-jails/

Prosecutorial misconduct: Brazil's justice minister implicated in election plot against Lula
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-12
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was the subject of a plot to keep him in jail and stop him winning the 2018 presidential election, according to leaked documents. The Intercept website accused Brazilian Justice Minister Sérgio Moro of leaking information and advising prosecutors working on a lengthy anti-corruption probe into high-profile business …
peoplesworld.org/article/prosecutorial-misconduct-brazils-justice-minister-implicated-in-election-plot-against-lula/

Secret Files Show How Brazil's Elites Jailed Former President Lula and Cleared the Way for Bolsonaro
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-12
A political crisis is growing in Brazil after The Intercept revealed that the judge who helped jail former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva likely aided federal prosecutors in their corruption case in an attempt to prevent Lula's Workers' Party from winning the presidency. Leaked cellphone messages among Brazilian law enforcement officials and other data obtained by The Intercept point to an ongoing collaboration between Judge Sérgio Moro and the prosecutors investigating a sweeping corruption scandal known as Operation Car Wash. Lula was considered a favorite in the lead-up to the 2018 presidential…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/12/secret_files_show_how_brazils_elites

Philly protest calls for removal of racist police
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2019-06-12
June 7 — Black and Brown communities across this city are outraged over the news released by the Plain View Project that 328 Philadelphia police officers were among the more than 1,100 across the U.S. who have posted racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic and otherwise offensive content on Facebook. Over . . . | Continue reading Philly protest calls for removal of racist police at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/11/philly-protest-calls-for-removal-of-racist-police/

Coalition Of Activists Demand "Justice for Chanel" Lewis Who Was Railroaded By Racist Legal System
Colin Benjamin | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-12
Activists from Color Of Change and VOCAL-NY rally outside Queens Borough Hall in support of Chanel Lewis… | On Tuesday, a coalition of activists rallied outside New York City's Queens Borough Hall to demand justice for Chanel Lewis by delivering over 30,000 petitions from concerned citizens who agree Lewis' murder conviction was a legal travesty. | Lewis, 22, was convicted on April 1 of the murder of 30-year-old Karina Vetrano, who was killed on August 2, 2016, while jogging in Queens, New York. He was then sentenced to life on April 23. | But Lewis' troubling arrest–and obviously coerced confession[mdash…
www.blackstarnews.com/ny-watch/news/coalition-of-activists-demand-%E2%80%9Cjustice-for-chanel%E2%80%9D-lewis-who-was

ACLU Asks US Court To Delay Census Citizenship Question Ruling
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-12
Human rights groups challenging the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to consider delaying a ruling on the issue in light of new evidence. | RELATED: | Trump: Dictators' Kids Will Benefit From Birthright Citizenship | In a court filing, immigrant advocacy groups repre…
telesurenglish.net/news/ACLU-Asks-US-Court-To-Delay-Census-Citizenship-Question-Ruling-Based-on-New-Evidence-20190612-0025.html

Leaked Messages Confirm: Imprisonment of Brazil's Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-12
The website The Intercept received a massive archive of communications between prosecutors and judges, involving Brazil's corruption cases. Initial analysis reveals that former president Lula da Silva's prosecution and conviction were politically motivated. Mike Fox discusses the ramifications…
therealnews.com/stories/leaked-messages-confirm-imprisonment-of-brazils-lula-da-silva-was-politically-motivated

Supreme Court Postpones Analysis of Lula's Freedom Request
plenglish.com | 2019-06-12
12 de junio de 2019, 10: 07Brasilia, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Supreme Court (STF) of Brazil has postponed until June 25 the analysis of the request for freedom of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is currently serving 431 days in prison for alleged acts of corruption.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=43145&SEO=supreme-court-postpones-analysis-of-lulas-freedom-request

Rising Water Rates Hurt Black Baltimore Most, Study Shows
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-12
The NAACP's Legal Defense Fund shows an "explicit link between race and water affordability." To fight this, they propose litigation and new legislation.
therealnews.com/stories/rising-water-rates-hurt-black-baltimore-most-study-shows

Rising Water Rates Hurt Black Baltimore Most, Study Shows
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-12
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund shows an "explicit link between race and water affordability." To fight this, they propose litigation and new legislation.
therealnews.com/stories/rising-water-rates-hurt-black-baltimore-most-study-shows

Supreme Court Rejects Prisoner's Case, Won't Address Perpetual Detention At Guantanamo
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-06-11
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case brought by a Guantanamo Bay captive against his perpetual detention, even though war on terrorism has no end in sight.
shadowproof.com/2019/06/11/supreme-court-rejects-prisoners-case-wont-address-perpetual-detention-at-guantanamo/

Supreme Court justice questions endless detention at GITMO prison
rt.com | 2019-06-11
After the Supreme Court shot down an appeal from one of the few remaining captives in America's military prison in Guantanamo Bay, one justice has broken ranks and questioned the ongoing policy of indefinite detention. | …
rt.com/usa/461559-supreme-court-justice-questions-guantanamo/

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Rollbacks of Offshore Drilling Safety Regs
commondreams.org | 2019-06-11
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/06/11/lawsuit-challenges-trump-administrations-rollbacks-offshore-drilling-safety-regs?cd-origin=rss

Gov. Jay Inslee on Climate Refugees, Tax Breaks for Boeing & Why He Feels Trump Is a Racist
MAIL | democracynow.org | 2019-06-11
We speak with Washington Governor Jay Inslee about his bid for the 2020 presidency, immigration and the military-industrial complex. Inslee has also vowed to allow in a record number of refugees and to end President Trump's Muslim travel ban. In 2017, Washington became the first state to file a lawsuit to challenge Trump's initial travel ban.
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/11/gov_jay_inslee_on_running_for

German Boat Captain Faces 20 Yrs in Prison for Saving Refugees
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-11
German boat captain, Pia Klemp, faces a long and costly trial and possible 20 years of jail in Italy for her humanitarian efforts in aiding stranded migrants in the Mediterranean with the private rescue ships "Sea Watch III" and "Iuventa." | RELATED: | Italy Rejects Stranded Migrants, Says Vessel Must Go to Hamburg | "Sea rescue missions have been criminalized," the 35-year-old sea captain told German media outlet Basler Zeitung on June 7, adding that whether or not she ends up…
telesurenglish.net/news/German-Boat-Captain-Faces-20-Yrs-in-Prison-for-Saving-Refugees-20190611-0019.html

French state demands four months' jail for "yellow vest" protester Eric Drouet
wsws.org | 2019-06-11
The charges against Drouet are unfounded and underscore that a police state is being built in France.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/11/vest-j11.html

ICYMI: NAACP President Derrick Johnson on Racial Discrimination in Retail Environments
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-06-11
After Grammy-nominated singer, SZA, spoke out about being profiled at a Sephora in California, the beauty retailer took action by hosting inclusivity training for its employees. On Wednesday June 5, 2019, NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, joined Chris Jansing to discuss what needs to be done about racial discrimination in retail environments. The MSNBC …
naacp.org/latest/icymi-naacp-president-derrick-johnson-racial-discrimination-retail-environments/

Patients' Needs, Not Personal Beliefs, Come First in Health Care
aclu.org | 2019-06-11
We're suing the Trump administration today over a rule that allows health care providers to refuse care based on religious or moral beliefs. | Since taking office, the Trump administration has launched a systematic attack on laws that exist to protect all of us from discrimination when we seek basic health care. Today, we're taking them back to court over it. | Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) resurrected a policy that allows health care providers — including hospitals, clinics, and doctors' offices — to use their religious beliefs to withhold critical information and obst…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/religion-and-reproductive-rights/patients-needs-not-personal-beliefs-come

Tony Award for refugees rights musical
barry_h | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-11
The highly topical musical Hadestown won eight awards at this year's annual Tony Awards ceremony in New York on June 9. The Tony's recognise excellence in live Broadway theatre. | The stage adaption is of the 2010 concept album by US singer Anais Mitchell. It uses the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus in the underground as a template for ripping open contemporary US life, particularly the racist treatment of Central American refugees. | The most powerful political and musical piece in the show is The Wall, which demonstrates the hypocrisy and shallowness of US demagogy about refugees. | While it is perfectly in…
greenleft.org.au/content/tony-award-refugees-rights-musical

Refugees rights musical scoops Tony Awards
barry_h | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-11
The highly topical musical Hadestown won eight awards at this year's annual Tony Awards ceremony in New York on June 9. The Tonys recognise excellence in live Broadway theatre. | The stage adaption is of the 2010 concept album by American singer Anais Mitchell. It uses the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus in the underground as a template for ripping open contemporary US life, particularly the racist treatment of Central American refugees. | The most powerful political and musical piece in the show is The Wall, which demonstrates the hypocrisy and shallowness of US demagogy about refugees. | While it is perfectl…
greenleft.org.au/content/refugees-rights-musical-scoops-tony-awards

Refugees rights musical scoops Tony Awards
barry_h | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-11
The highly topical musical Hadestown won eight awards at this year's annual Tony Awards ceremony in New York on June 9. The Tonys recognise excellence in live Broadway theatre. | The stage adaption is of the 2010 concept album by American singer Anais Mitchell. It uses the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus in the underground as a template for ripping open contemporary US life, particularly the racist treatment of Central American refugees. | The most powerful political and musical piece in the show is The Wall, which demonstrates the hypocrisy and shallowness of US demagogy about refugees. | While it is perfectl…
greenleft.org.au/content/refugees-rights-musical-scoops-tony-awards