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The Racial Wealth Gap in New York
By Office of the New York City Comptroller On December 6, 2023 Introduction Earlier this year, both the New York State Senate and the State Assembly passed bills to establish a state-level commission on reparations. The commission would be charged to examine the legacy of slavery and subsequent racial and economic discrimination against African Americans in New…
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‘We need change.’ Black students at Saline High call for stricter response to racism
By Mitchell Kukulka On November 17, 2023 SALINE, MI — Recent incidents involving hate speech have Saline High School students calling for tougher punishments for discriminatory behavior. A Nov. 5 Instagram post from the Saline Black Student Union addresses two recent incidents of graffiti at Saline High where the n-word was written on the wall…
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Elijah McClain death: Paramedics who injected Colorado Black man with ketamine found guilty
By Jesse Sarles On December 23, 2023 A Colorado jury on Friday found two paramedics guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain near his home in Aurora. The 23-year-old Black man was walking home in 2019 when he was confronted by police officers who forcibly restrained him and then the Aurora Fire Rescue…
Read MoreGov. Josh Shapiro with Philadelphia native Meek Mill signs prison reform bill at National Constitution Center
By Dan Snyder and Casey Kuhn On December 15, 2023 State lawmakers passed a slew of criminal justice reform measures this week. Governor Josh Shapiro was in town Friday to tout one in particular and he brought a big backer with him. “I don’t want to get emotional ’cause it’s a lot,” Meek Mill said.…
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Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it’s uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them
By Kimberlee Kruesi and Geoff Mulvihill On December 30, 2023 Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied. Supporters have touted these exemptions, tucked inside statutes restricting abortion, as sufficient enough to…
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Pharmacist refused emergency contraception prescription. Court to decide if that was discrimination
By Trisha Ahmed On December 21, 2023 Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the pharmacist who refused to fill the prescription discriminated against her on the basis of her sex. But an attorney for George Badeaux, the pharmacist at Thrifty White in…
Read MoreTexas AG threatens to prosecute doctors in emergency abortion
By Brendan Pierson On December 7, 2023 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity. Paxton said in a letter that the order by District Court Judge…
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US Supreme Court declines chance to restrict abortion clinic ‘bubble’ zones
By Andrew Chung On December 11, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed up a chance to consider overruling its own precedent allowing protective “bubble” zones around abortion clinic patients, turning away a challenge by a Catholic woman in New York to a now-repealed county law passed after the justices overturned abortion rights nationally…
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US Supreme Court to decide access to abortion pill in major case
By Andrew Chung On December 14, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court, which in 2022 ended its recognition of a constitutional right to abortion, on Wednesday agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to preserve broad access to the abortion pill, setting up another major ruling on reproductive rights set to come in a presidential…
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