by admindarius | Jan 21, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
The Senate continues debate today on voting rights legislation, despite the effort being likely doomed to failure after conservative Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema said they would not back a filibuster exception to circumvent Republican opposition to voting...
by News Headlines | Jan 20, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
A coalition of media groups has said restrictions on access to the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death would amount to an unconstitutional closing of the courtroom. US District Judge Paul Magnuson,...
by News Headlines | Jan 20, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
Israel’s parliament will seek an explanation from police about the force’s reported use of a controversial hacking tool against citizens of the country, a senior legislator has said. Without citing sources, the Calcalist financial daily said on Tuesday police have...
by News Headlines | Jan 20, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
AMY GOODMAN: After missing a deadline on a key rule change to pass voting rights legislation before the federal Martin Luther King holiday Monday, Senate Democrats say this is the week they’ll push through changes so they can vote on the House-approved Freedom to...
by News Headlines | Jan 20, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
(Atlanta) – The United States federal and many state and local governments are not doing enough to end cervical cancer deaths, the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice (SRBWI) and Human Rights Watch said in a report today issued...
by News Headlines | Jan 20, 2022 | Black New-US, Black Sociology and Politics, Current News Headlines
As the US commemorates the death of slain Black civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, 54 years after his assassination, the battle over voting rights will take centre stage in Washington DC this week as Democrats in the US Congress push a set of sweeping...
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