Tag: Social affairs
With striking of Black juror, Floyd activists see racism
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — A prospective juror who once lived in the neighborhood where George Floyd was arrested told the attorney for an ex-officer charged in...
Lawsuit: NJ prison guards kicked, punched transgender woman
<p>TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey prison guards punched and kicked a transgender woman during an attack on inmates in January and struck her so...
California officials appeal for Asian attorney general
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elected officials from California's Asian and Pacific Islander communities urged Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday to appoint an attorney general of...
5 years on, stalled EU Turkey migrant deal remains a model
BRUSSELS — Five years after it was signed, the widely-criticized deal between the European Union and Turkey aimed at preventing migrants from entering Greece...
Curry, WNBA players receive Jackie Robinson award from NAACP
SAN FRANCISCO — NBA star Stephen Curry is drawing acclaim from civil rights leaders for his work campaigning for social justice, his support of...
Civil rights leaders unite around California ethnic studies
SAN FRANCISCO — As America reels from its latest spate of deadly hate crimes and racism, educators and civil rights leaders in California called...
House OKs Dems’ immigration bills for Dreamers, farm workers
WASHINGTON — The House has voted to unlatch a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers, migrant farm workers and immigrants who’ve fled war or...
Amid border surge, confusion reigns over Biden policies
TIJUANA, Mexico — It took less than a month for 200 tents to fill every spot in a Mexican plaza at the busiest border...
Lawsuit: NJ prison guards kicked, punched transgender woman
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey prison guards punched and kicked a transgender woman during an attack on inmates in January and struck her so...
Worker says Amazon hung anti-union signs in bathroom stalls
<p>NEW YORK — When Amazon found out that its workers were trying to form a union, the company put up signs across the warehouse...