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Debate stirs as Minneapolis council vote nears on proposed police oversight reforms

MINNEAPOLIS — Faced with ongoing criticism over Minneapolis' longtime police civilian review process, the City Council is poised to vote next week on a plan to replace it with a new Community Commission on Police Oversight.

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Trump's immunity claim in 2020 civil rights lawsuit is rejected by judge

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump can’t claim presidential immunity to avoid a lawsuit that accuses him of civil rights violations in his efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Tribune News Service

Brickbat: The In Crowd

A conservative legal group has filed a civil rights complaint against the Providence, R.I., school system with the U.S. Department of Education over the system's "Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program." The program helps pay off teachers' student loans, but only if the teachers "identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino,…

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Jerry Jones defends newly-unearthed photo capturing him at Little Rock school civil rights clash

Dallas Cowboy owner, who has pushed back against moves towards greater racial equity in the NFL, said he attended iconic civil rights protest out of curiosity

The Independent UK

UC Berkeley student groups' refusal to invite Zionist speakers draws civil rights complaint

LOS ANGELES — A federal civil rights complaint accuses the University of California, Berkeley of an "act of discrimination against the Jewish community" by allowing law school student groups to adopt bylaws refusing to invite speakers who support Zionism.

Los Angeles Times

California outlawed Section 8 housing discrimination. Why it still persists

Robert Gardner said he knew it was time to move after he came home to find his Valley Village apartment broken into and ransacked.

Los Angeles Times

Justice Thurgood Marshall's wife 'Cissy' Marshall dies at 94

The Supreme Court says the wife of the late Supreme Court Justice and civil rights champion Thurgood Marshall has died

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ACLU calls for civil rights investigations into two North Texas school districts over anti-transgender policies

Frisco ISD’s new bathroom policy and Keller ISD’s ban on books that reference gender fluidity violate federal rules prohibiting sex-based discrimination, the ACLU said.

The Texas Tribune

Civil rights groups urge Twitter ad boycott over Trump return

WASHINGTON — Civil rights leaders are urging major advertisers to stay away from Twitter after Elon Musk, the company’s new billionaire owner, reinstated former President Donald Trump over the weekend.

Tribune News Service

In Texas, civil rights investigations into Frisco, Keller schools sought over bathrooms and books

DALLAS — North Texas schools implementing policies that will harm LGBTQ children must be investigated, the ACLU of Texas said in federal civil rights complaints filed Monday evening.

Tribune News Service

Civil rights leaders slam Musk for reinstating Trump's Twitter account

"Unless and until Musk can be trusted to enforce Twitter’s prior community standards, the platform is not safe for users or advertisers."

Axios

Activists, lawyers call on DOJ to investigate KCK police for civil rights violations

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — More than 100 people braved the cold Thursday to urge the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a pattern-or-practice investigation of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

Tribune News Service

Celtics star Jayen Brown opens up on his meeting with Boston civil rights pioneer Jean McGuire

"It was amazing," said Brown. "I wasn’t familiar with her before and the things that she’s done in her career in education and civil rights."

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Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying

In Travis County, Texas, home to Austin, a local Republican Party official allegedly knocked on people’s doors in November 2022 to accuse people who cast ballots by mail of having been ineligible to vote.

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Texas Observer

Frank J. Robinson’s Ghost Haunts East Texas

This civil rights leader’s death led to probes by state and national agencies. But documents that might have proven he was murdered have vanished.

Los Angeles Times

'We've got to be consistent': The Rev. Al Sharpton says it's OK to criticize Kyrie Irving

LOS ANGELES — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton said Wednesday that it is OK for activists to criticize Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving for actions that have been perceived as antisemitic.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court skeptical of rejecting civil rights precedent

The Supreme Court seems likely to reject a call to overturn decades of precedent and limit the ability of individuals to use federal civil rights law to sue

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court to hear nursing home case that could affect millions

When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her elderly father’s care before he died, she hoped to get justice for her family. She did not expect the case would grow into a national bellwether. A ruling against her could strip millions of vulnerable Americans of their power to hold…

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Chicago Sun-Times

Indiana nursing home case before Supreme Court could affect millions across the nation

Susie Talevski of Valparaiso, Indiana, sued the agency that managed her elderly father’s care before he died. A ruling against her could strip millions of vulnerable Americans of their right to sue states when they don’t receive benefits allowed by law.

Benzinga

What's 420? A New Generation Of Wellness Consumers Is Calling For New Cannabis Branding

The branding of cannabis is important for, at least, three reasons: first, cannabis branding supports the acceptance of cannabis culture that helps reverse the social stigma that weighs on users and growers. At the same time, branding can support the advancement of social equity brands that advocate social and civil…

The Independent UK

Republican politicians in Florida and Missouri refuse to let federal officials monitor voting locations

The Justice Department is sending monitors to 24 states in an effort to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws in the midterm elections

Salon

GOP attack on democracy goes back to '64

Republicans started complaining about "voter fraud" in Black communities 58 years ago. Look where we are now

The Conversation

Girls are held up as figureheads of political change, but they don't want to do it alone

Girls are at the centre of global movements for indigenous rights, climate justice, gender equality and civil rights. Educational activist Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel peace prize at 17.

WEKU

A SCOTUS nursing home case could limit the rights of millions of patients

An Indiana man's family sued a state-owned nursing home for alleged mistreatment. A U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case could determine the right of many Americans to sue government agencies.

Tribune News Service

Ira Winderman: Of the NBA, Kyrie, hate and hope while walking in Memphis

At the time, as I entered the temporary exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel, there was little idea how the moment, by turning to the room to the left, would so tie in with the reason I was in Memphis, Tenn.

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