Tag: Political activism
Amid growing frustration, White House pushes voting rights
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights as complaints have grown louder from civil rights activists...
Jovenel Moïse, Haiti’s embattled president, killed at 53
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, a former banana producer and political neophyte who ruled Haiti for more than four years as the...
Al Sharpton to eulogize Arkansas teen fatally shot by deputy
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Rev. Al Sharpton and an attorney who represented George Floyd's family are speaking at the memorial Tuesday for a...
Mastermind in 2016 killing of Honduran activist convicted
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A Honduran man was convicted of homicide Monday in the 2016 killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights...
Under presssure, company cancels Tennessee pipeline
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Environmentalists and activists claimed victory Saturday after a company canceled plans to build an oil pipeline through southwest Tennessee and north...
Rocky path ahead as Chicago set to get elected school board
CHICAGO — ILCHS801,802, ILSPR801 set for time release at 8a Saturday, July 3.
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Mexico condemns killings of 2 indigenous activists
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s National Institute of Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday condemned this week’s killings of two activists from the Triqui community.
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Judge to hear arguments in Georgia election law challenge
ATLANTA — Voting integrity activists argue several parts of Georgia's new election law criminalize normal election observation activities, while the state argues that those...
French Black activist fined for defacing colonial statue
PARIS — A French court on Monday convicted and fined a Black rights activist for defacing a statue he sees as an insult to...
For some US Muslims, raw talk on suicide, mental health
Dr. Rania Awaad was attending a virtual religion program this Ramadan when discussion turned to an unexpected question: Is it religiously acceptable to say...
