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Afro-Cuban Discriminated Against for Being Hispanic, Not Black

Here's a curious case described in the Washington Post in 1980, one that didn't make it into my forthcoming book on racial classifications: Miguel Sandoval arrived in Harlem in 1959 from Havana, where he'd been an outspoken advocate of better civil rights for black Cubans. Sandoval was Cuban, but he…

Reason

Trump isn’t out there with a gun, but he’s enabled this war against black people

White supremacy is as American as apple pie, as the latest killings in Buffalo show, says the US philosopher and civil rights activist

The Guardian - UK

‘His heart is broken’: Buffalo mourns shooting victims as first funeral held

Civil rights and community leaders gathered the night before to plead with the nation to confront and stop racist violence

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Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.

WEKU

After Buffalo, civil rights leaders pitch anti-hate plans

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization said it will propose a sweeping plan meant to protect Black Americans from white supremacist violence in response to a hate-fueled massacre that killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last weekend

The Independent UK

Ending Roe v Wade is just the beginning

Conservatives are animated by a vision of 1950s-style white Christian patriarchal dominance – it is the only order they will accept for America

The Guardian - US

Raleigh reaches settlement with teen detained in 2020 George Floyd protests for arrest

RALEIGH, N.C. — The city of Raleigh will pay $37,500 to a woman who alleged her civil rights were violated by a Raleigh police officer almost two years ago when she was wrongfully arrested at a downtown Black Lives Matter protest.

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Patricia Arquette angrily confronts Elon Musk as he reveals plans to vote Republican

‘You say this with a straight face as Republicans roll back basic civil rights for LGBT people and women,’ wrote actor

The Independent UK

Biden preps high-stakes police reform executive order

The second anniversary of George Floyd's murder on May 25 will renew attention on police reform.

Axios

Civil rights lawyer Crump: investigate Buffalo shooting as domestic terrorism

‘We can’t sugarcoat it,’ leading civil rights attorney says of shooting that killed 10 people

The Guardian - US

Relatives honor Ruth Whitfield, 86, as a devoted mom, wife and grandmother

Whitfield's children and grandchildren share treasured memories and calls to action at the event with their legal team, led by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

WEKU

A civil rights advocate, church members and a retired officer: Tributes honour Black community leaders killed in Buffalo mass shooting

Victims remembered as selfless advocates for their communities and families

The Independent UK

Jackie Robinson was a radical

Robinson was an activist and rebel long before he broke baseball's color line

Salon

U.S. warns of discrimination in using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates

The federal government tells employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws by discriminating against people with disabilities.

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The Independent UK

U.S. civil rights enforcers warn employers against biased AI

The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology used to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws

Los Angeles Times

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…

Reason

'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.

The Independent UK

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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The Guardian - UK

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

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Guardian - UK

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.

Orlando Sentinel

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…

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

Zenger

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.

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