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by Haajrah Gilani | Oct 4, 2023 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case with possible ramifications for Americans with disabilities, but some justices questioned whether it should be dropped instead. If the Supreme Court does rule, that decision could...
by Juliann Ventura | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON – Abortion and women’s rights combined are significant issues determining voters’ decisions for Congress and the 2024 elections, according to a new Ms. Magazine and Feminist Majority Foundation poll released by Lake Research Partners at a Tuesday briefing...
by Jordan Anderson | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — As a child, Cathy Chavers, a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, never knew her family suffered in U.S. boarding schools. She only learned after her grandmother’s death that she was sent to Minnesota’s Vermilion Lake Indian...
by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON – Members of a new equity commission advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they want to make sure the USDA does a better job providing resources to Black farmers and other minority communities following decades of racial discrimination....
by Dhivya Sridar | Feb 18, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — In January, Black Lives Matter restarted its #BlackWomenAreDivine project, asking people to nominate Black women or femme-identified people, 20 of whom will be honored by Black Lives Matter in March. “We are the sacred mamas, builders, teachers, and...
by Allison Novelo | Dec 2, 2021 | Featured, Health, Living, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — The long-held precedent of upholding abortion rights, as established in Roe v. Wade, appeared more vulnerable following oral arguments on Wednesday over the legality of Mississippi’s near total ban on the procedure. State Solicitor General Scott Stewart...
