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Commentary: The pendulum is swinging back, reversing hard-won sexual freedoms and civil rights

The leaked Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., which would overturn Roe v. Wade, marks a devastating setback for reproductive justice in the United States. It also highlights how bound up the right to abortion is with other fundamental sexual freedoms and civil rights. Whatever happens in…

Los Angeles Times

'Environmental Justice' Is Guaranteed Employment for Government Lawyers

Based in divisive identitarianism, the DOJ’s new strategy is a recipe for expanded authority and conflict.

Reason

Rev. Barber: Conviction after NC protest 'badge of honor'

A civil rights leader says he won’t stop raising his voice for the poor, uninsured and downtrodden, although his trespassing conviction for a demonstration at North Carolina’s Legislative Building has been allowed to stand

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Overturning Roe v Wade will destroy our civil rights – so don’t ask us to be ‘civil’

There has been outrage that protesters turned up outside the home of supreme court judges. But what is more shocking – peaceful demonstrations or forcing women to give birth, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Blake drops civil rights lawsuit against Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot him

Attorneys for Blake and for Officer Rusten Sheskey didn’t say in court filings why the suit was dropped.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Guardian’s Today in Focus podcast launches new mini series, The Division, exploring civil rights in New Orleans

Today in Focus, the Guardian’s flagship daily news podcast, has launched a new four-part mini series covering the office of progressive Black district attorney Jason Williams on the heels of his election win in New Orleans in 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Women denied entry at Florida strip club will take case to state Supreme Court — again

ORLANDO, Fla. — The attorney for two women who were denied entry into an Orlando strip club in 2018 because they weren’t with a man said Friday he plans to take their case to the Florida Supreme Court again because the issue is more than who can have fun at…

Orlando Sentinel

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Life in prison for stealing $20: how The Division is taking apart brutal criminal sentences

Part two: The New Orleans’ civil rights division reckons with a case involving an egregious sentence – and a policy that has punished the city’s poorest for decades

The Guardian - US

NC Supreme Court won't hear case of Rev. Barber's conviction

North Carolina’s highest court has refused to hear the appeal of a civil rights leader convicted of trespassing during a 2017 demonstration inside the Legislative Building

The Independent UK

Civil Rights Attorney Seeks Retribution For Shooting Victim Left Paralyzed By Police Officer

Jarrett Adams continues his quest for justice in a trio of high-profile cases.

Zenger

Inside the Division: how a small team of US prosecutors fight decades of shocking injustice

Part one: In New Orleans, a man pleaded his innocence for 28 years. Was there evidence that could set him free?

The Guardian - US

Calls for Derry people to become 'civil rights movement' over fuel poverty crisis

"We're the forgotten, the unseen and the unheard."

Belfast Live

Lawsuit says a Black patient bled to death because of a hospital's culture of racism

The husband of a Black woman who died hours after childbirth in 2016 has sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, saying she bled to death because of a culture of racism at the renowned hospital.

WEKU

Judge accepts plea deal in Derek Chauvin's civil rights case

The judge in the civil rights cases of four former police officers in the killing of George Floyd said that he has accepted Derek Chauvin's plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years.

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The Independent UK

LA hospital sued for racism in Black mother's death

A man whose Black wife died shortly after giving birth to their second son has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai hospital alleging her death was the result of a culture of racism

The Independent UK

Derek Chauvin to be jailed for 20 to 25 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights after taking plea deal

Chauvin has filed a motion to have his conviction overturned

Tribune News Service

Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would not only upend abortion rights, but move onto shakier ground other constitutional rights such as same-sex marriage, contraception and more.

The Independent UK

Judge overseeing Chauvin civil rights case accepts plea deal

The judge overseeing the federal civil rights cases of four former Minneapolis police officers in the killing of George Floyd has accepted the terms of Derek Chauvin’s plea agreement and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years in prison

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Draft signals Supreme Court shift on civil rights, experts say - Roll Call

The Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion jolted some legal experts for how it would upend more than just abortion rights.

The Conversation

A New Orleans community center rises from its ugly history as a segregated school

They were known as “the McDonogh Three,” and unlike many stories of the tumultuous civil rights era, this one has a hopeful ending.

Chicago Sun-Times

American Academy of Pediatrics moves to abandon race-based medical guidance

In recent years, other major doctors groups have made similar pledges, spurred by civil rights and social justice movements and by science.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany Summons Turkish Envoy over Kavala Verdict

Germany summoned Turkey's ambassador in Berlin on Friday to protest a sentence of life in prison that a Turkish court handed to a prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist. Western governments and rights groups strongly criticized this week's ruling which found Osman Kavala guilty of attempting to overthrow the…

The Independent UK

Germany summons Turkish envoy over Kavala verdict

Germany has summoned Turkey’s ambassador in Berlin to protest a sentence of life in prison handed to a prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist

WEKU

Michigan man faces hate crime charges after threatening BLM supporters, DOJ says

The case is currently being investigated by the FBI and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is prosecuting the case.

The Guardian - US

‘It’s just more and more lanes’: the Texan revolt against giant new highways

Residents are voicing fury over expansions set to displace thousands while Biden’s administration last year launched an investigation into a Houston project

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