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Texas superintendent removed LGBTQ books

The Education Department has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into the district

Salon

Groups claim North Carolina DMV is denying full licenses to immigrants who are entitled to them

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is failing to provide some immigrants who are in the country legally with the types of driver’s licenses they are entitled to under the law, according to two organizations that have asked the agency to clarify its policies.

Tribune News Service

Feds open civil rights investigation into Texas school district after LGBTQ book removals

DALLAS — The U.S. Department of Education opened a civil rights investigation into Granbury ISD, a North Texas district where officials removed books with LGBTQ themes.

Tribune News Service

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Editorial: A school district's indefensible treatment of LGBTQ students

The Central Bucks School District is one of the wealthiest school systems in Pennsylvania. That will come in handy since the district is paying a lawyer $940 an hour to defend a federal complaint of its own making.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

New Mexico city sued for hounding, harassing the homeless

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and others are suing the city of Albuquerque in an effort to stop officials in the state’s largest city from destroying homeless encampments and jailing and fining people who are living on the street

The Independent UK

SC county settles ACLU lawsuit over ‘debtor’s prison,’ promises improved public defense

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lexington County, South Carolina, has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by several people who had been jailed in the county for a failure to pay court fines and fees, who compared their situation to a modern-day “debtor’s prison.”

Tribune News Service

Federal poll observers report lingering issues with Native language support in general election

WASHINGTON — Federal observers documented repeated issues with Alaska Native language support during the Nov. 8 general election, months after flagging concerns with election protocols in August.

Tribune News Service

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Lawsuit accuses Miami of ‘racial gerrymandering’ in drawing new voting districts

MIAMI — A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Miami of creating racially segregated districts when officials redrew the boundaries of the city’s voting map in the spring, a controversial process that drew opposition from neighborhood groups over concerns that the plan weakened the political power of Black voters in Coconut Grove.

Miami Herald

School board in Pa. wants to ban teachers from advocating ‘social policy’ issues. ACLU fears it would target LGBTQ students

PHILADELPHIA — The Central Bucks school board is advancing a policy that would ban staff members from advocating to students about “partisan, political or social policy issues,” a proposal critics said would have a chilling effect on teachers.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Brickbat: Close Enough for Police Work

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Ruby Johnson, 77, whose home was raided by a Denver SWAT team looking for stolen items after her house was pinged as the location of a stolen iPhone by the "Find My" app. According to a copy of the affidavit police…

Reason

The Annie Leibovitz Limiting Principle for 303 Creative

The ACLU inadvertently explains how Lorie Smith could prevail.

Reason

'Frightened' gran's house raided by SWAT team after false 'Find my iPhone' alert

Video shows heavily armed police surrounding Ruby Johnson's house and using a bullhorn to warn the elderly occupant to come outside her Denver home with her hands up

Daily Mirror

Cronyist Journalism Measure Could Prompt Facebook To Ban News

Plus: ACLU sides against religious freedom, abortions after Dobbs, and more...

Reason

Legal settlement puts police agencies on notice about new use of deadly force restrictions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Days after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2019 law meant to reduce police shootings, law enforcement union leaders began telling officers that the new policy didn't really change much at all.

Los Angeles Times

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The Independent UK

ACLU sues city of Phoenix to stop sweeps of homeless camp

The ACLU of Arizona says it is suing the city of Phoenix in order to block resumed sweeps of a huge homeless encampment downtown that they say has displaced people and destroyed identification documents, prescription medications and other belongings

The Independent UK

Minneapolis settles with 12 hurt in George Floyd protests

The city of Minneapolis has reached a $600,000 settlement with 12 protesters who were injured during protests after the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd

The Independent UK

Missouri ignores daughter’s pleas and executes man over 2005 murder of police officer

On Tuesday evening, the conservative-heavy US Supreme Court denied Kevin Johnson’s request for a stay of execution, based on arguments that racial bias played a part in his sentence

The Independent UK

The teen desperate to attend her father’s execution — and the court that won’t allow it

Kevin Johnson shot a police officer in 2005 and was sentenced to death when his daughter was just two years old. Now, she is having to fight for the unthinkable. Josh Marcus reports

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Court to Girl: You Have To Wait 2 Years To Comfort Your Father as He Dies. And We're Killing Him Next Week.

Missouri law bans those under 21 from witnessing executions. Despite attempts to challenge the law, 19-year-old Khorry Ramey will be barred from attending her father's execution on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Judge blocks 19-year-old daughter’s plea to attend father’s execution

The Black man’s attorneys are also fighting for his life to be spared, arguing that he should be granted a stay of execution because his conviction and sentence were ‘infected by racism’ from the get-go

Chicago Sun-Times

California’s COVID-19 ‘misinformation’ law chills constitutionally protected speech

California is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the “scientific consensus.”

Reason

California's COVID-19 'Misinformation' Law Chills Constitutionally Protected Speech

The state is threatening to punish doctors whose advice deviates from the "scientific consensus."

Reason

Oregon Governor Pardons 45,000 Marijuana Offenders

The ACLU of Oregon is calling on other state governors to follow suit.

The Texas Tribune

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 Independent UK

Q&A: Padma Lakshmi donates to provide equal opportunities

Padma Lakshmi’s career is filled with highlights, from creating the Hulu series “Taste the Nation” to hosting “Top Chef” to writing a best-selling memoir and numerous cookbooks

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