Tag: Social issues
Collaboration with police divides social workers across US
CHICAGO — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a...
Iowa City to reboot racial truth commission after infighting
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A groundbreaking effort to document and dismantle institutional racism in Iowa’s most liberal city will be paused and relaunched after...
Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act
<p>DETROIT — The Movement for Black Lives is opposing the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-police-legislation-elections-c987221568ce5322d93c274c9f42b2a8">George Floyd Justice in Policing Act</a>, arguing the bill doubles down on reform...
Sex abuse inquiry: English soccer failed to protect youths
LONDON — English soccer did not do enough to protect children from pedophile coaches in an “institutional failure” by the game's governing body, an...
Kenyan court refuses to allow female genital mutiliation
NAKURU, Kenya — A Kenyan court Wednesday refused to allow female circumcision for consenting adults, saying that unlike the male cut it does not...
Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity
<p>In the months since the police killing of George Floyd sparked a racial reckoning in the United States, American corporations have emerged as an...
Turkey strips pro-Kurdish legislator of seat in parliament
ANKARA, Turkey — In the latest crackdown on Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party, Turkey on Wednesday stripped a prominent legislator of his parliamentary seat following...
EXPLAINER: How Uber UK case could foreshadow gig work revamp
LONDON — Ride hailing giant Uber says it's giving U.K. drivers benefits like minimum wage and pensions, after losing a yearslong court battle to...
Germany plans legislation to ban so-called ‘enemy lists’
<p>BERLIN — The German government on Wednesday unveiled draft legislation that would criminalize the distribution of lists naming people as potential targets for intimidation...
South emerges as flashpoint of brewing redistricting battle
The partisan showdown over redistricting has hardly begun, but already both sides agree on one thing: It largely comes down to the South.
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