Tag: Human rights and civil liberties
Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism
MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd's death under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee severely tarnished Minnesota's reputation as a progressive state on matters of race....
Florida law seeks to rein in large social media companies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Standing at a lectern with a sign reading “STOP BIG TECH CENSORSHIP," Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on...
Georgia park with giant Confederate carving approves changes
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The board overseeing a mountain park near Atlanta with a giant carving of Confederate leaders voted Monday to relocate Confederate...
US restricting visas, taking other action over Tigray crisis
WASHINGTON — The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying it...
High court won’t hear case of Ohio driver killed by police
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot...
Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate
JACKSON, Miss. — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations...
Tennessee moves to the forefront with anti-transgender laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Conservative lawmakers nationwide introduced a flurry of anti-LGBTQ bills this year, but no state's political leaders have gone further than Tennessee...
Man leaves feces, hurls remarks outside Florida synagogue
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A man yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi in front of a South Florida synagogue. He returned and dumped a...
Black man’s death in Mississippi: Lynching or suicide?
SCOTT COUNTY, Miss. — On the night of Feb. 8, 2018, Willie Andrew Jones Jr. and Alexis Rankin argued in the car on the...
Louisville pins hopes on Justice Dept. review of policing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For the people marching in the streets for more than a year after the killing of Breonna Taylor, a wide-ranging new...