Tag: Human rights and civil liberties
Statue of US chief justice who oversaw Plessy to be moved
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine county board voted to move the statue of Melville Fuller, who was an Augusta native and served as the...
Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history
Associated Press — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...
New lawsuit targets California ride-hail labor law
OAKLAND, Calif. — Ride-hail drivers and a union filed a lawsuit Thursday against Proposition 22 — a ballot measure that exempted Uber and other...
8 minority jail officers allegedly kept off Chauvin’s guard
MINNEAPOLIS — Eight Minnesota jail guards filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging racial discrimination after they were barred from working on the floor where a...
Spanish court rules to extradite broker to Venezuela
MADRID — Spain's National Court has approved the extradition of a financial broker wanted in Venezuela on charges of fraud and embezzlement of funds.
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Police ‘unlawful assembly’ powers come under fire in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — As racial injustice protesters swarmed the streets of Portland, Oregon, day after day last year, a voice would come over a...
Court rules against Arkansas’ Israel boycott pledge law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court on Friday ruled that Arkansas' law requiring state contractors to pledge not to boycott Israel is...
Judge: No media protection for blogger, must reveal sources
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A blogger who was sued for defamation over an article criticizing a former Arkansas school board member must disclose her...
Birmingham jail logs with MLK signatures up for sale
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Arrested for leading a march against racial segregation in 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spent days in solitary confinement...
MLB opens harassment hotline after Porter, Callaway scandals
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has created a hotline for people not employed by the league or teams to report harassment or discrimination...
