Tag: Human rights and civil liberties
‘Reply All’ podcast paused amid charges of toxic behavior
The popular “Reply All” podcast has been put on hiatus and is canceling two remaining episodes of a series that explored allegations of structural...
White nationalist gets prison over rape threat, extortion
<p>CONCORD, N.H — A self-proclaimed white nationalist was sentenced Wednesday to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison for threatening to rape the wife of...
Arizona city becomes latest to pass hair discrimination ban
TUCSON, Ariz. — It is now illegal in Tucson, Arizona, to enforce dress code or grooming policies that discriminate against hair texture and hairstyles...
White nationalist gets prison over rape threat, extortion
CONCORD, N.H — A self-proclaimed white nationalist was sentenced Wednesday to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison for threatening to rape the wife of...
Shea: Racism a ‘stain on law enforcement’s history’
NEW YORK — New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea on Tuesday acknowledged the NYPD's “historical role at times in the mistreatment of communities...
Arizona city becomes latest to pass hair discrimination ban
<p>TUCSON, Ariz. — It is now illegal in Tucson, Arizona, to enforce dress code or grooming policies that discriminate against hair texture and hairstyles...
Deaf Costco worker with mumbling manager won’t get award
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A deaf former employee of a South Florida Costco store won't be collecting $775,000 a federal jury awarded her in...
US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers
<p>HOUSTON — President Joe Biden's administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border...
Germany: 1st verdict expected in Syria torture trial
<p>BERLIN — Human rights campaigners and torture survivors are closely watching a verdict expected from a German court Wednesday in the trial of a...
US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers
HOUSTON — President Joe Biden's administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border...