NEWS
Stay current with the latest news in Social Justice
Florida law restricting transgender adult care can be enforced while challenged in court
On September 12, 2023 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A new Florida law restricting health care for transgender people can still be applied to adults while it is being challenged in court, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge Robert Hinkle, who previously blocked the law’s enforcement on behalf of minors, ruled that adults seeking to expand his injunction…
Read More
14-year-old charged with trying to drown a black boy while another teen called him ‘George Floyd’
By Isabel Keane On September 13, 2023 A 14-year-old boy has been charged for allegedly trying to down a black teen in a Cape Cod pond while calling him racial slurs — and while another white boy laughed and called him “George Floyd” because he couldn’t breathe. John Sheeran, 14, appeared in a Boston-area court…
Read More
Hutto mayor asked to resign after tensions rise over racial trope during city council meeting
By Paige Hubbard On September 9, 2023 HUTTO, Texas — Some Hutto residents are outraged over what they’re calling a racial innuendo that went un-checked by the mayor at a recent city council meeting. “Those bananas sat there for two hours. We could not even see the mayor’s face. When he spoke, we saw bananas,” said…
Read MoreTexas crane & rigging company sued by EEOC, citing racist comments and offensive imagery including using N-word, nooses and white supremacy stickers
The lawsuit claims several employees used racial slurs and offensive imagery was posted on cranes at the facility, including nooses and white supremacy stickers. By Paul Livengood On September 5, 2023 A Fort Worth branch of a Houston-based crane and rigging company is being sued for “unlawful employment practices on the basis of race” and…
Read More
Federal Court Again Strikes Down Alabama’s Congressional Map
Republicans failed to comply with a court order to create a second majority Black district or something “close to it,” the judicial panel said. By Emily Cochrane On September 5, 2023 A panel of federal judges rejected Alabama’s latest congressional map on Tuesday, ruling that a new map needed to be drawn because Republican lawmakers…
Read More
What’s at stake in the long-awaited trial over Texas’s sweeping 2021 elections law
The GOP-backed Senate Bill 1 added voting restrictions that plaintiffs claim unfairly impacts voters of color. By Natalia Contreras On September 11, 2023 Two years after voting rights groups challenged Texas Republicans’ sweeping overhaul of its voting and election laws, the case comes to trial Monday in a federal court in San Antonio. The lengthy…
Read MoreConstitution Day 2023: Know your voting rights
On September 8, 2023 NEW YORK (WABC) — Do you know the meaning behind Constitution Day?It was September 17, 1787, when the U.S. Constitution was signed and would later become the law of the land.But what exactly is the Constitution, and why is it still so important for us today? Well, the U.S. Constitution is the…
Read More
Voting rights groups ask to dismiss lawsuit challenging gerrymandered Ohio congressional map
By Julie Carr-Smyth On September 5, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voting-rights groups moved to dismiss their lawsuit against Ohio’s unconstitutional congressional map on Tuesday, arguing that prolonging the legal wrangling over where to draw district boundaries isn’t in the best interests of Ohio voters. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, on behalf of the…
Read More
Harris County’s election chief remains in legal limbo after judge rules that lawmakers can’t dissolve the position
Republican lawmakers targeted the Harris County elections department during this year’s regular session after numerous issues arose out of the 2022 election. By Natalia Contreras On August 15, 2023 The Texas attorney general’s office on Tuesday appealed the decision of a judge to temporarily block a new law passed by Republicans to abolish Harris County’s…
Read More