Reconciliation
The SAVE America Act: Where It Stands and What It Means for County Election Administration
National Association of Counties
… reconciliation framework, also referred to as Reconciliation 3.0 (H. Con Res. 113), that would include a grant incentive built around SAVE America …
Transitional Justice Initiatives
Transitional justice for conflict-related sexual violence | OpenGlobalRights
Open Global Rights
When countries transition from authoritarian to democratic governance or from war to peace, transitional justice (TJ) initiatives play a crucial …
Reparations
Gaskin: Reparations for Black Bostonians could hit $9.8B – Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The cancellation of Boston’s contract with Tufts University for the first volume of its reparations research created a problem, …
NPS Awards $21.8 million in African American Civil Rights Preservation and History Grants
National Park Service
NPS announces today the award of $21.8 million in African American Civil Rights Preservation and History Grants to fund 55 projects in 18 states …
Business Involvement in Racial Justice
A Paramount-Warner merger will hurt Hollywood and people of color – Los Angeles Times
LA Times
In that same year, films with casts between 41% and 50% people of color earned the highest median box office of any group. A company operating in a …
Florida made Starbucks swear off race, sex quotas nationwide
Florida Politics
… people of color by 2025. Florida argued that those targets amounted to … According to the complaint, bonus criteria included mentoring Black, …
Converse apologizes for sneaker ad after critics say it uses racist imagery – CBS News
CBS News
… racial justice organization, told CBS News. Marcus Collins, a marketing and culture expert at the Michigan Ross School of Business, said that …
McDonald’s defeats most of Black franchisees’ sweeping race bias lawsuit | Reuters
Reuters
A US judge in Chicago has significantly narrowed a sprawling lawsuit accusing McDonald’s of pervasive discrimination against Black franchise …
Educational/Historical Memory
Justice Department Finds UCSF Medical School Discriminates Based on Race in Admissions
Department of Justice
… race in granting and denying admission to its 2023-2025 incoming classes. UCSF Medical School’s discriminatory conduct violated Title VI of the …
Two Georgia school districts disagree over alleged racism at high school football game
CBS News
Jefferson City Schools said it found no evidence supporting allegations that racial slurs were directed at Maynard Jackson band members.
Trump administration moves to limit fixes for systemic racism in schools – ABC News
ABC News
The Trump administration has shifted the approach to civil rights enforcement in American schools. 1:27. Jovonia Lewis poses for a portrait …
IRS, Treasury proposal threatens Duke’s tax exemption amid racial discrimination findings
The Duke Chronicle
… racial discrimination.” The Treasury Department and the IRS have described the move as “delivering on President Trump’s executive orders ending …
U.S. Department of Education Formally Rescinds the Biden Administration’s Illegal Title IX …
Department of Education
The Office for Civil Rights today announced an investigation into the Denver Public Schools for discriminating against its female students by …
Racial Justice/Equality
Civil Rights & Voter Engagement Organizations Launch National Black Man Voter Day
National Urban League
Civil Rights & Voter Engagement Organizations Launch National Black Man Voter Day. By Array Array , National Urban League Published 12 PM EDT, Tue …
Treasury and IRS Proposes New Rule on Racial Nondiscrimination
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
The proposed rule would make private schools, colleges, and universities ineligible for tax-exemption if they discriminate based on race, color, …
Justice Department Ends Over 50 Half-Century-Old Desegregation Cases Throughout the …
Department of Justice
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today the dismissal of more than fifty desegregation cases — from Waterbury, Connecticut, …
Racial disparities ground challenge to Colorado Springs off-cycle elections
Colorado Newsline
COVRA, signed into law last year, prohibits election practices that limit the participation of people of color and other protected groups
Trump wants to remove a question about race in the census. We look back at the history
NPR
The Trump administration wants to stop asking about race and ethnicity on the next U.S. census. Since 1790, the topic has been used to exclude …
Scranton Community Members Lambast Congress for Failing to Take Action on Affordability
Protect Borrowers
… racial justice. What sets us apart in this hyper-political circus-like atmosphere is our ability to listen to and talk with people, not at people …
Nima Momeni seeks new trial in killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee – NBC Bay Area
NBC Bay Area
A recent appeal under the Racial Justice Act was denied, and Momeni’s lawyers are filing a new trial motion Monday based on other claims. Watch …
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