Civil Liberties

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Forbes
Civil Rights
California Cops Who Allegedly Stole Over $225,000 Can't Be Sued, Federal Court Rules
Forbes - Nick Sibilla
Two businessmen who claimed they were robbed of more than $225,000 by police in Fresno, California during an investigation into illegal gambling saw their civil rights lawsuit dismissed last week, when
Gaza
The protests Hamas don’t want you to see
timesofisrael.com - Yaakov Selavan
Those who follow events in the Middle East are no stranger to the weekly riots on the Gaza-Israeli border, but there are other protests going on you …
New Jersey
He was beaten so badly, they didn’t think he’d live, mom says of son’s assault by prison guards
nj.com - Chris Franklin
A notice of claim filed on behalf of Anthony Fontanez alleges the inmate's civil rights were violated stemming from a January incident with …
Conservative View
GUILFOYLE: It’s Time To Investigate The Obama Administration’s Role In The Trump Witch Hunt
dailycaller.com - Kim Guilfoyle
The results are in: for the past two years the president has been investigated for a crime that never happened. That’s the conclusion the special …
NBC News
Politics
Second man found dead in Democratic donor Ed Buck's apartment also OD'd on meth
NBC News - Elisha Fieldstadt
Timothy Dean, 55, was found dead in Buck's apartment after Gemmel Moore, 26, died there in July 2017. The second man found dead in the span of two years in political activist and prominent Democratic Ed
The Washington Post
Trump Administration
DeVos, testifying before Congress, refuses to say whether schools should be allowed to discriminate on basis of sexual orientation
The Washington Post - By Valerie Strauss
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was asked repeatedly Tuesday by a member of Congress whether she believes schools should be allowed to discriminate against students based on their sexual orientation or
Donald Trump
The Real Scandal of Donald Trump
prospect.org - Robert Reich
Trump's threat to our democracy goes far beyond Russia. We may never know for sure whether Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to obtain …
Civil Rights
GRAPEVINE: Her father’s daughter
jpost.com - Greer Fay Cashman
THE WEEKEND edition of Israel Hayom ran an interview with former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, who is ninth on the Likud election list. Barkat has his …
Live Science
Albert Einstein
Einstein's Letter Talking About 'Hitler-Insanity' to Be Auctioned
Live Science - Laura Geggel
A handful of Albert Einstein's letters, including one in which he talks about the "Hitler-insanity" that had taken over Germany and also describes …
National Review
Conservative View
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is in a State of Moral Collapse
National Review - David French
Progressive media are turning on one of the Left’s most corrupt institutions. The longer you live, the more you see that a lack of integrity often has …
CNN
Politics
Where John Roberts is unlikely to compromise
CNN - By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer
(CNN) — Adapted from "The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts" by Joan Biskupic. Copyright © 2019. Available from Basic Books. Now that he holds the decisive vote at the of
The Washington Post
Washington D.C.
DeVos defends billions in education-spending cuts to skeptical House Democrats
The Washington Post - By Laura Meckler
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday defended her request to cut billions of dollars from the agency’s budget, as Democrats attacked her plan as outrageous and damaging to students who need the help.
The New Yorker
Civil Rights
Limits
The New Yorker - Greil Marcus
Alice Walker’s “Meridian.” Alice Walker’s second novel, “Meridian” (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich), appears twenty-five years after Albert Camus’s “The Rebel,” a book that grew from Camus’s conviction that
Pete Buttigieg
Openly Gay Veteran Pete Buttigieg Gaining Momentum in Crowded 2020 Democratic Field
haaretz.com - Reuters and The Associated Press
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) was the longest of long shots when he announced a presidential exploratory committee …
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham reveals next steps for Mueller’s actual report – including giving the White House first dibs
rawstory.com - David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham says Attorney General William Barr will not be releasing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s actual report to …
Death Penalty
Researcher—Capital Sentencing Evidence Shows Death Penalty Race Bias is Real
deathpenaltyinfo.org
For decades, studies have shown persistent racial disparities in the administration of capital punishment. Saying “death sentences are unevenly and …
Donald Trump
Does Donald Trump blocking certain Twitter accounts violate First Amendment?
boingboing.net - Xeni Jardin
The DOJ argued that while Trump tweets in official capacity, blocking users is personal. Today, The United States Justice Department and a group of …
Civil Rights
Sheriff: Second man found dead in Dem donor's LA home overdosed on meth
thehill.com - Zack Budryk
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has determined the second man found dead in the home of Democratic donor Ed Buck died of a methamphetamine …
Anti-Semitism
Ted Cruz Has A Resolution That Would Finally Call Out Actual Anti-Semitism
dailywire.com - Josh Hammer
This week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will introduce a resolution that, contra House Democrats' recent watered down anti-bigotry resolution that wholly …
Human Rights
Colourful Holi celebrations held at PNCA | Associated Press Of Pakistan
app.com.pk - Uploader
ISLAMABAD, Mar 26 (APP):Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter Faith Harmony on Tuesday organized an event here at Pakistan National Council of Arts …
Texas
Civil Rights Activists Push Lawmakers to Confront Texas’ Dark History of Convict Leasing
texasobserver.org - Kate Groetzinger
Convict leasing, which historians have called “slavery by another name,” was used to build the Capitol and earn profits for the state and private …
Roll Call
Civil Rights
Chicago mayor candidate has ‘alliance with the devil,’ Rep. Bobby Rush says
Roll Call - Griffin Connolly
Chicago Democrat and longtime civil rights activist accused fellow Democrat Lori Lightfoot of protecting rogue police officers Rep. Bobby Rush has …
Conservative View
WOKE: Judge Throws Out Black Lives Matter Agitator DeRay McKesson's Case Against Jeanine Pirro
redstate.com - Posted at 2:00 pm on March 26, 2019 by Sister Toldjah
DeRay McKesson filed a lawsuit against Fox News‘s Jeanine Pirro in December 2017 over statements she made earlier in the year about him. But this week …
Religion
Violent extremism: is religion the problem or the solution?
weforum.org - David Rosen
Religion is widely blamed for much of the violence in our world, both today and in the past. Its defenders say that most so-called conflicts in the …
LGBTQI
Sen. Cory Booker to speak at HRC/LA gala on Saturday
losangelesblade.com - www.losangelesblade.com
The Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles on Saturday night, March 30, may well turn into the pause that refreshes in an overheated political …
Civil Rights
Defending her discipline decision, Betsy DeVos claims Obama-era guidance amounted to ‘quotas’
chalkbeat.org - By Sarah Darville
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced sharp questions Tuesday from Democratic lawmakers about her rollback of federal school discipline …
Business
Award-winning Filmmaker Tells the Stories of Black Businesses Through a Historic Lens
blackenterprise.com - Selena Hill
Oftentimes, when mainstream business success stories are told, the African American experience is overlooked despite the fact that black folks have …
Associated Press
Arkansas Senate
Arkansas Senate OKs Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash Capitol statues
Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is moving closer toward replacing its statutes at the U.S. Capitol with ones depicting civil rights leader Daisy Bates and singer Johnny Cash. The House approved Tuesday
Opinion
ACLU and Michigan AG combine forces to tell Catholic adoption agency 'You can't do that'
washingtonexaminer.com - Nicole Russell
Last week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the ACLU signed a settlement agreement forcing them to adopt a provision in their contracts …
Patch
Civil Rights
MBTA Officers Plead Not Guilty In Homeless Man Beating, Cover-Up
Patch - Jenna Fisher
BOSTON — A former MBTA police officer accused of beating a homeless man with a baton in a train station and abusing him in a sham booking process …