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DOJ opens civil rights probes into South Carolina jails beset by deaths and violence

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.

WEKU

Former police officer enters guilty plea in Tyre Nichols beating death

Desmond Mills Jr is the first officer involved in Mr Nichols’ death to face sentencing

The Independent UK

Scottish Gaza activist speaks out on being arrested after anti-war march

THE arrest of a Palestinian rights activist in Dundee has led to concerns over the right to protest in Scotland.

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Former Memphis officer charged in Tyre Nichols death to change plea in federal court

A former Memphis police officer is changing his plea from not guilty on federal charges that he violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights when he was fatally beaten after a traffic stop in January

The Independent UK

Three years on from her death, will the officers who killed Breonna Taylor be held accountable?

No officer has been charged over shooting that killed the Louisville resident. That may change with long-awaited civil rights trial, writes Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

Lawyer wants federal probe of why Mississippi police waited months to tell a mom her son was killed

A civil rights attorney says he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Jackson, Mississippi, waited months to tell a woman that her son had been struck and killed by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer

The Independent UK

How Black socialite Mollie Moon raised millions to fund the civil rights movement

Historian Tanisha Ford tells the story of the Harlem activist credited with raising millions to build economic and racial equality in the U.S. Ford's new book is Our Secret Society.

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‘McCarthyite backlash’: response to criticism of Israel alarms rights groups

Civil rights groups say critics of the Israeli assault on Gaza have lost jobs and students who support Palestine have been blacklisted

The Guardian - US

Bayard Rustin review: fine portrait of a giant of protest and politics

Michael G Long edits essays from 23 authors on the great civil rights advocate, newly in the spotlight thanks to the Obamas

The Guardian - US

An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks

Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

The Independent UK

Len Chandler obituary

American folk singer and civil rights activist who performed with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger

The Guardian - UK

The Original Meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause

What Swift v. Tyson has to say to The Slaughter-House Cases

Reason

Major US Muslim group cancels Virginia banquet over bomb and death threats

A national Muslim civil rights group is moving its annual banquet out of a Virginia hotel it says received bomb and death threats that may be linked to the group's concern for Palestinians caught in the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

Blue plaque honour for North Shields boxer and civil rights campaigner

Charles Minto, born in Nigeria, set up a hostel for black people on Tyneside and helped hundreds of people with work and housing issues.

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Viral hate and misinformation amid Israel-Hamas crisis renew fears of real-world violence

A six-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by a landlord fearing a ‘day of jihad.’ Watchdogs and civil rights groups are warning platforms and politicians against Islamophobic and racist rhetoric

Reason

California Attorney General Announces Settlement To Stop Civil Rights Abuses by Vallejo Police Department

A 2019 Reason investigation detailed a long string of police abuses in Vallejo. Things have only gotten worse since then.

The Independent UK

Critics condemn ‘chilling’ refusal to release evidence in police shooting of ‘Stop Cop City’ activist

Critics say decision part of worrying larger crackdown on protest movement

Reason

The Cecil-the-Lion-Killing Dentist, Civil Rights Boycott Noncompliers, and Hamas Supporters

What should we think (and what does the law think) about publicly accusing ("doxxing"?) people of what some see as shameful behavior?

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The Conversation

Voice referendum results point to shifting faultlines in Australian politics

It was Martin Luther King Jr, prophet and martyr of the civil rights movement in the United States, who famously remarked, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice”. Yet there are times when justice seems to become more distant rather than closer.

The Independent UK

After years of erasure, Black queer leaders rise to prominence in Congress and activism

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, speakers called attention to a nationwide backlash against LGBTQ+ rights

The Guardian - US

Ban on caste discrimination deemed ‘unnecessary’ by California governor

Activists in the state are dealt a blow as Gavin Newsom says the state’s laws already offer civil rights protections

The Guardian - UK

Lisa Simone on loving and fearing her mother Nina: ‘On my 16th, she cursed the day I was born’

As the only child of the legendary musician and civil rights activist, Lisa Simone experienced her mother’s brilliance – and her rage. She talks about the joy, the pain and how they finally made peace

The Guardian - US

Anti-Reagan cartoons and a jacket from Cesar Chavez: inside the UAW archive

As the United Autoworkers strike continues, the collection tells the story of organizing – and how little has changed

The Conversation

Lessons for today from the overlooked stories of Black teachers during the segregated civil rights era

My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson.

The Independent UK

Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park

A monument has been unveiled in Detroit that commemorates a white mother slain while doing civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and the Black friend who helped raise her children after her death

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