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Trump taps DEI critic to lead workplace civil rights agency

President Donald Trump has appointed Andrea Lucas as chair of the nation's top workplace civil rights agency

The Independent UK

Trump is weaponizing the welfare state to attack healthcare

The proposed withholding of Medicaid and Medicare to restrict gender-affirming care follows the same logic as attacks on abortion care

The Guardian - US

‘Am I allowed my fantasies?’ Joan Baez ponders lifelong pacifism in Trump-inspired poem

POETRY: Last year, the acclaimed singer and civil rights activist Joan Baez published her debut poetry collection. Today, she shares a fiery new work exclusively with ‘The Independent’ that takes aim at the Trump administration and wrestles with her lifelong dedication to pacifism

The Independent UK

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Surge in antisemitism investigations at US universities after October 7 attacks, data shows

A report shared exclusively with the Guardian documents how a civil rights law has become a tool to impose ideological priorities on US schools

The Guardian - US

8 Legendary Songs From the 60s and 70s That Defined a Generation

The 1960s and 70s were more than just decades; they were cultural revolutions set to music. From civil rights to counterculture, these years gave birth to songs that became anthems of change, love, rebellion, and hope. Whether you lived through them or discovered them decades later, their impact is undeniable.…

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‘It’s dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?’: Mavis Staples on Prince, Martin Luther King and her 75-year singing career

As she releases a new album, the soul and gospel legend answers your questions on Stax Records, duetting with David Byrne, and the fight for civil rights

The Guardian - UK

“It made me want to write a song that, if it ever got back to the people going through those troubles, might just help them a little bit”: The intricate genius and powerful subtext behind a Beatles acoustic gem

At the very heart of the White Album, this tender Beatles masterpiece pulled from the classical music tradition and empathised with the American civil rights movement

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Sami Hamdi Held at San Francisco Airport: Was His Criticism of Israel the Real Reason?

British journalist Sami Hamdi was detained by ICE at San Francisco International Airport. Civil rights groups say his vocal criticism of Israel may have triggered the visa revocation.

International Business Times UK

British army veteran known as Soldier F not guilty of Bloody Sunday murders

Families say justice denied as only soldier ever tried in relation to 1972 Parachute regiment shootings acquitted

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Amazon driver sues civil rights agency for dropping her case following Trump's executive order

An executive order from President Donald Trump led a federal agency to drop an investigation into Amazon for allegedly discriminating against female drivers by failing to provide adequate bathroom breaks, according to a new lawsuit

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: Is Black British history finally being remembered?

In today’s newsletter: Black History Month was first celebrated in the UK in 1987 – but the learning of moments in Britain’s own civil rights struggle has been a long time coming

The Guardian - UK

Judge dismisses bid to end trial of Soldier F over two Bloody Sunday deaths

Soldier F has been accused of the murder of James Wray and William McKinney after a civil rights parade in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

Evening Standard

‘My vote is my voice’: protesters fight for democracy as Trump casts shadow

Outside the supreme court, protesters invoked the legacy of civil rights giants with a key Voting Rights Act plank at stake

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court could deliver ‘catastrophic’ decision on Voting Rights Act and blow up protections from racial discrimination

The court’s conservative majority could gut the landmark civil rights law — and open the door for Republicans to erase Democratic districts in the redistricting war

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Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young describes 'dirty work' of civil rights movement in new documentary

Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young settled into the role of doing the “dirty work” right away when he began working for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement — answering mail, working behind the scenes to set up marches

Latin Times

ICE Seeking To Deport Man Wrongly Imprisoned For More Than Four Decades: 'He's Being Punished Twice'

Civil rights advocates are calling for the immediate release of Subramanyam "Subu" Vedam, a Pennsylvania man exonerated after more than four decades in prison, who remains in ICE custody under a decades-old deportation order.

The Independent UK

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools

Reason

California Wants To Punish Social Platforms for Aiding and Abetting the First Amendment

Another entry into the "algorithms are magic" school of imposing liability on tech companies.

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AI rush prompts raft of guardrail proposals - Roll Call

Congress is caught up in the debate over AI, with lawmakers pitching plans that seek to ensure user safety and address job threats.

The Guardian - UK

New film explores how Caribbean workers helped win second world war

Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, Cornwallis Cloth ends ‘archival silence’ around invaluable West Indian contribution to war effort

Reason

Civil Rights Group Sues ICE for Withholding Records of the Agency's Detention Expansion Plans in Virginia

Lawyers at America's largest civil liberties group say the agency’s lack of transparency violates federal disclosure requirements.

The Independent UK

Trump unleashes new FCC threat on NBC in fat-shaming Al Sharpton post that name-checks ‘Tawana Brawley hoax’

President attacks civil rights activist over alleged bias on his PoliticsNation show while calling on his own media attack dog Brendan Carr to investigate MSNBC’s sister network

The Independent UK

Violent protests end as peace agreement reached in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Pakistani authorities have reached a peace agreement with a civil rights alliance, ending days of violent protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

The Guardian - UK

‘Politics is nasty. And it’s getting worse’: Lionel Richie on his worries for America, his friend Michael Jackson – and why he still believes in the power of love

He’s known for his ballads and winning smile – but the singer has also had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop’s biggest superstar

Capital & Main

Deep-Blue California Is a National Leader in De Facto Public-School Segregation. Here’s Why…

The Golden State has surged past the South and other regions in reversing racial and ethnic integration among children.

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