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Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down from Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; successor to be named soon

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease eight years ago, is stepping down from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded through its predecessor, Operation PUSH, more than 50 years ago.

Chicago Tribune

Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as president of Rainbow PUSH

Jackson founded Operation PUSH in 1971. The Rainbow Coalition, which grew out of his 1984 presidential campaign, merged with PUSH in 1996.

Chicago Sun-Times

Call for Papers: Free Speech and Civil and Social Progress

Request for Paper Proposals Snapshot: Voices for Liberty, an initiative of the Liberty & Law Center at the Antonin Scalia Law School, seeks to examine the ways in which free speech propels civil and social progress. Authors are invited to submit proposals for original articles that will ultimately appear in…

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Robin Abcarian: How the ripple effect of the Supreme Court's 303 Creative decision could swamp civil rights

Now that the legal door has been opened to anti-LGBTQ+ bigots or racists, there's just no telling how far the Supreme Court's license to discriminate will go.

Los Angeles Times

DOJ to probe Fulton County Jail after death of mentally ill inmate

The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of conditions in the Fulton County Jail, citing the Sept. 13 death of a homeless and mentally ill man in the lockup’s psychiatric wing.

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Michigan officials condemn ‘reprehensible’ remarks from salon owner who refuses service to LGBT+ people

Traverse City business says trans and nonbinary people should ‘seek services at a local pet groomer’ days after Supreme Court ruling on discrimination protections

The Independent UK

Phoenix to show compliance with court order to clear 'The Zone' homeless encampment

The city of Phoenix is going to court to prove it has met a deadline to clear a large homeless encampment, an action that has drawn pushback from civil rights advocates

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Ben Crump, family demand Orlando police release body cam video of fatal shooting of unarmed man

ORLANDO, Fla. — Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and the family of Derek Diaz, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by an Orlando police officer on Monday, demanded that the department release body camera footage of the incident at a press conference Saturday morning.

Orlando Sentinel

California bill to ban caste bias progresses in Assembly. Here’s how it has changed

A state bill to bolster California’s civil rights protections by banning caste discrimination cleared a major obstacle Wednesday, passing through the Assembly Judiciary Committee by a 9-0 vote after some language changes.

Tribune News Service

Is This the End of the Ivy League Nepo Baby?

A new complaint argues that legacy admissions violate the Civil Rights Act.

Reason

How civil rights activists are preparing for a post-affirmative action college landscape

The court didn’t explicitly rule out consideration of a student’s race, leaving door open to interpretation of college admissions aims

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court opens the door to gut civil rights, fair housing laws

Substitute “African American” for “LGBT+” in the case of Colorado web designer Lorie Smith, and you’ve got a return to the bad old days of Jim Crow when so many alleged Christians insisted their religion required separation of the races, a lawyer writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal Investigation Into Florida State University Raises Concerns Over Antisemitism On Campus

Critics argue that inclusion of CAIR in Biden administration's strategy undermines efforts to combat antisemitism.

Zenger

Why 'wokeness' has become the latest battlefront for white conservatives in America

The day he launched his bid for the Republican nomination for the 2024 US presidential election, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned Fox News viewers “the woke mind virus is basically a form of cultural Marxism.”

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A Lawyer Who Litigated Grutter Comments on the Court's College Admission Racial Preferences Cases

I've known Michael Rosman at the Center for Individual Rights for almost 30 years; he has litigated many important cases, including with regard to racial preferences, and was one of the lawyers in Grutter v. Bollinger. I'm therefore delighted to pass along his short reactions to Students for Fair Admission…

Al Jazeera

US groups file complaint challenging Harvard ‘legacy admissions’

Civil rights groups say Ivy League university’s policy of considering family ties to donors, alumni is ‘discriminatory’.

Daily Mirror

Activists sue to cut admissions to kids of alumni at top unis after Supreme Court ruling

Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the suit Monday on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England, alleging that Harvard’s admissions system violates the Civil Rights Act

Tribune News Service

Harvard legacy admissions targeted in minority groups’ complaint

Harvard University was accused by minority groups of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to children of alumni and wealthy donors, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race-based affirmative action policies.

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The Independent UK

Harvard sued over ‘legacy admissions’ after Supreme Court targets affirmative action

70 per cent of the college’s donor-related and legacy applicants are white, reporting finds

The Independent UK

Lawsuit challenges legacy admissions at Harvard, alleging racial discrimination

A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni

Tribune News Service

Car insurance premiums based on job, education can ding low-wage workers

New Jersey resident Anna “Cuqui” Rivera, a high school graduate who works as a labor and civil rights activist and moonlights as a DJ, was paying almost $3,000 annually for auto insurance with one of the big companies. Now, she pays almost $2,000 less for coverage on her 2016 Jeep.

The Guardian - US

Where now for workplace diversity after court’s affirmative action ruling?

The supreme court’s decision to strike down diversity policies in higher education raises concerns over future of DEI in employment

Los Angeles Times

Civil rights groups rally against union lawsuit to block LA deputy gang investigation

LOS ANGELES — A cadre of civil rights advocates rallied outside a downtown courthouse Thursday to demand accountability within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which is embroiled in a lawsuit over recent oversight efforts to identify members of deputy gangs.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules Christian web designer can turn away business related to same-sex weddings

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that conservative Christians have a free-speech right to refuse to provide some business services for same-sex marriages, even in states like California where civil rights laws forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The Guardian - US

Homophobic businesses in the US have a powerful ally: the US supreme court

The court is more interested in protecting the dignity of bigots than the dignity of gay couples denied services for who they are

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