Memorials
Chapel Hill honors peace and justice leaders
The Daily Tar Heel
… Colored People. The recipients were … Jones founded the Community Church of Chapel Hill and allowed people of color to attend his service.
What America 250 Means to Native Americans
afar
Indigenous people share what the 250 Anniversary of the United States means to Native American communities.
Historic Norfolk Church Lands $522K State Grant to Fix Crumbling Sanctuary
Hoodline
The City of Norfolk has been awarded a $522,00 grant as part of the Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Business Involvement in Racial Justice
Gorilla photo pinned to worker’s locker sparks racial harassment suit
Belleville News-Democrat
A Southfield woman is suing her former employer, alleging she faced repeated racial harassment, including a picture of a gorilla that was pinned …
Educational/Historical Memory
Harvard Law School – Harvard University
Some skeptics of race-conscious policies argue that they encourage people of color … people — many of whom, he recognized, would be people of color.
Racial Justice/Equality
ACLU Presents Evidence of Racial Bias in Riverside County’s Use of the Death Penalty
ACLU of Southern California
The CRJA, passed in 2020, prohibits the state from pursuing convictions or sentences based on a person’s race, ethnicity, or national origin. The law …
Keisha Lance Bottoms wins Georgia race, becomes first Black woman elected governor of US state
Reuters
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms won Georgia’s race for governor on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman elected governor of a US state and ..
When Housing Rights Fall, Equality Slips Away
National Urban League
When Housing Rights Fall, Equality Slips Away. By Candece Monteil , National Urban League
Flanagan heads to U.S. Senate, shaped by generations of Native women leaders
MPR News
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, center, participates in a sage smudging ritual with a young attendee during an Indigenous Peoples Day sunrise ..
In Minnesota and New Mexico, midterms usher in historic representation for Native women
The 19th News
While far from seeing parity in representation, Indigenous women are winning elections at higher rates than ever, according to data provided by …
Lockheed Martin Agrees to Pay $29.5M to Resolve Alleged Employment Discrimination Violations
DOJ
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) announced a two-part settlement against Lockheed Martin Corporation, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Prisons After California’s Justice Reforms
California Policy Lab
Racial and ethnic gaps in incarceration narrowed substantially since 2010: Incarceration rates fell the most for Black and American Indian people…
Gina Hinojosa’s Win Was the Most Important of the Entire Midterms
The Nation
… people of color in Georgia who are unregistered. I’m going to register them to vote.” Eight years later Jon Ossoff, who worked for Civil Rights …
Nation’s largest Indigenous tribe elects its first woman president
Axios
Joyful crowd in a gym-like venue as a smiling woman in a blue dress. Navajo Nation President-elect and Vice President-elect Crystalyne Curley and …
Comparative Experiences
PM plans debt re-set for Commonwealth nations as slavery apology talks begin
BBC
The issue of reparations, compensation to those who were the victims of slavery, has dominated debate in the build up to this summit, in which …
UN expert urges Nepal to make transitional justice a national priority
ohchr
GENEVA – Nepal must put transitional justice at the centre of its national agenda, as the country celebrates this month the 20th anniversary of …
Federal Government Challenges to Racial Justice
Civil Right Groups Oppose IRS Proposal That Would Politicize Tax Exempt Status to Enable …
ACLU
WASHINGTON — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Legal Defense Fund, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and 34 other…
Racial Nondiscrimination in Private Schools | IRS Rule
New York City Bar Association
being adequately served.” In barring any consideration of race to advance educational equity, the Proposed Rule contradicts current interpretation of …
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