Jack Weil, a Virginia-based senior official in the U.S. Justice Department, shocked many in his testimony in a Seattle federal court by repeatedly arguing that young children as young as 3 or 4 can be taught to represent themselves in immigration court. Weil was deposed by the ACLU after the Justice Department recommended …
Read More »Bill Under Consideration By South Dakota’s Governor Targets Transgender Youth In School Bathrooms
A bill has landed on the desk of South Dakota governor Dennis Daugaard, a Republican who has given the bill a positive nod in the past. Daugaard’s signature is the last remaining step before South Dakota could become the first state to specifically target transgender youth by passing a law …
Read More »Victims are routinely punished for reporting K-12 campus sexual assault, officials say
Via: The Washington Post “The Education Department has seen a spike during the past year in the number of civil rights complaints filed against K-12 schools for allegedly mishandling reports of sexual violence. It’s one sign that the national debate about sexual assault on college campuses is raising awareness about the problem among …
Read More »Islamophobia in America hurting women and children
Muslim women are speaking out that they feel particularly targeted by a section of the American population which has failed to distinguish Muslim-Americans from terrorists. Women wearing hijab may feel as if they might as well be wearing targets on their bodies. Sirin Kale reports on the recent incidents of …
Read More »Two marshals indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana for killing of autistic six-year-old Jeremy Mardis
A third officer’s bodycam video revealed the boy’s father was unarmed with his hands in the air when the marshals fired into his vehicle.
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