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Judge rules the military must cover gender-affirming surgery for members’ dependents
The exclusion of such coverage is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Maine ruled. Trudy Ring November 08 2024 6:16 PM EST The Department of Defense’s health insurance plan, Tricare, must cover gender-affirming surgery for transgender dependents of active and retired service members, a federal judge has ruled. The exclusion of coverage for this care violates the equal protection guarantees…
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Can Massachusetts lead the nation in abolishing food insecurity?
Andrea Asuaje Mirabell Rowland November 08, 2024 Food insecurity is a year-round problem, but as the holidays approach, what is often an invisible problem gets more public attention. According to the Greater Boston Food Bank, nearly 2 million Massachusetts residents are food insecure, meaning they don’t have enough to eat or don’t know where their next…
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‘A failure’: How Washington’s cannabis program shut out Black business owners
There are no Black-owned cannabis retailers in the city of Seattle. Now there’s a push underway to change that. Author: PJ Randhawa Published: 7:48 AM PDT October 24, 2022 SEATTLE — Washington state’s retail cannabis program shut out minority business owners and now Black business owners are demanding change. The vast majority of cannabis retailers in Washington…
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Coloradans with disabilities use special equipment to vote without assistance this election
About 40% of eligible voters in Colorado have turned their ballots in so far. During this election season, steps are being taken to ensure disabled voters feel a sense of privacy and independence at the polls. By Jasmine Arenas Updated on: November 1, 2024 / 6:18 PM MDT / CBS Colorado Accessible voting machines and equipment…
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Race-motivated assault charges filed against former New Hampshire police officer
By KATHY McCORMACK Updated 8:00 AM CST, October 31, 2024 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A white former New Hampshire police officer has been accused of race-motivated assault against a Black bank executive outside of a diner on Thanksgiving Eve 2023, according to a civil rights complaint filed by the state attorney general’s office. Similar complaints also…
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A baseless voting claim is being amplified by a network of social media accounts
Updated October 31, 20244:51 PM ET By Huo Jingnan A network of accounts on the social media site X is claiming to be foreign nationals who have illegally voted in the U.S. presidential election, according to new research from the nonprofit Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The accounts have multiple signatures that suggest they are coordinated, drawing the attention…
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Trump Allies Draw Up Plans Targeting Legal Immigration
Such moves would reintroduce controversial policies from his first term as part of an effort to limit entry of migrants By Michelle HackmanFollow Updated Oct. 31, 2024 12:44 am ET WASHINGTON—On the campaign trail, Donald Trump routinely promises he will end illegal immigration. Behind the scenes, his closest advisers and allies are also drawing up plans that would restrict many…
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AGs defend federal ‘Keeping Families Together’ immigrant program
by: Johan Sheridan Oct 30, 2024 / 04:28 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — On October 25, New York Attorney General Letitia James and 19 other attorneys general filed a brief supporting the federal Keeping Families Together program. It lets certain undocumented spouses and stepchildren of American citizens apply for permanent residency without leaving the country.…
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WA police get one hour of hate-crime training despite rising cases
Experts say that without sufficient education about modern best practices, some officers may not even recognize incidents as bias-related. by Joshua Kornfeld / October 28, 2024 When antisemitic graffiti appeared on the Western Washington University campus last November, student Maddie Pelkey took her concerns directly to the campus police chief. “I became much more aware of me…
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