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Civil Rights Organizations Send Letter to Texas Superintendents Calling for Accordance with Crown Act
By Kristi Gross On August 11, 2023 HOUSTON — Civil rights organizations sent a letter to every K-12 superintendent in Texas today urging them to update their policies to be compliant with the Texas Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act (“Texas CROWN Act”). The Texas CROWN Act amends the Texas Education Code to prohibit racial…
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Saudi Arabia: Mass Killings of Migrants at Yemen Border
On August 21, 2023 Systematic Abuses of Ethiopians May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity (London) – Saudi border guards have killed at least hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border between March 2022 and June 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. If committed as part of a…
Read MoreWFP Geneva Palais Briefing Note: Millions in the DRC risk going hungry as funding dries up
By Peter Musoko On August 22, 2023 This is a summary of what was said by Peter Musoko, Country Director for WFP in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva – The ongoing…
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Egypt’s President el-Sisi pardons prominent activist Douma, other prisoners
On August 19, 2023 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned a number of prisoners, including prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, state TV and lawyers have said. Douma, 37, a leading figure in the pro-democracy revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011, was sentenced in 2019 to 15 years in prison for rioting and attacking security…
Read MoreHaiti’s crisis deepens as thousands displaced by violence
On August 16, 2023 A surge in violence in parts of Haiti’s capital over the past week has pushed more than 3,000 people to flee their homes, including many who have been forced to seek shelter in improvised sites that leave them vulnerable to attacks. More than half of the internally displaced people in Port-au-Prince “have had…
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Nearly 500 Children Die From Hunger in Sudan as Fighting Halts Life-Saving Treatment Programs
By Katharina Schroeder and Daphnee Cook August 22, 2023 KHARTOUM, 22 August 2023 – At least 498 children in Sudan and likely hundreds more have died from hunger, including two dozen babies in a state orphanage, as critical services run out of food or close, said Save the Children. Since the violence broke out in April,…
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The ‘curse of 35’: In China, millennials are already too old for some employers
By Berry Wang and Jessie Yeung On August 26, 2023 When Han lost her job as an interface designer in Beijing in February, she figured her 10 years of experience meant she wouldn’t need to look long for alternative work. But with the job hunt dragging on, she’s beginning to worry. She’s sent off hundreds of…
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Accused Of Excluding Older Applicants, Eli Lilly Settles Again
By Sheila Callaham On August 27, 2023 Eli Lilly settled an age discrimination lawsuit for an undisclosed amount, according to documents filed 10 days ago in an Indiana District Court. This agreement comes just two months after the company reached a $2.4 million settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In both cases,…
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State of Washington Uses Hospital Emergency Department Visit Data to Assess Misidentification of American Indian/Alaska Native Persons in Public Health Data
Summary American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons are often misidentified as other races in public health data, underestimating their access to and use of health care and their level of disease burden. Analysts with the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center and the Washington Department of Health compared the Northwest Tribal Registry with nonfederal hospital emergency department (ED)…
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