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Belgian Court to start New Rwandan genocide trial
By Gaëlle Ponselet On April 8, 2024 The trial of Emmanuel Nkunduwimye is to start on April 8 before the Brussels Assize Court, 30 years after the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsis started. The accused was a close friend of Georges Rutaganda, one of the first people convicted by the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).…
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Immigrants Want Faster Permission to Work. So Do Mass. Leaders and Businesses
April 17, 2024 By Anthony Brooks The factory floor of the New Bedford-based company Ahead is as big as an airplane hangar. On a recent morning, it hummed with machines stitching colorful logos onto golf hats, jerseys and windbreakers, generating a racket like a passing freight train. Musette Jean-Pierre, a recent immigrant from Haiti, helps…
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Lawsuit Alleges Incarcerated Young Adults Are Deprived of Special Education Services
By Suevon Lee April 17, 2024 A lawsuit filed in Middlesex Superior Court on Tuesday alleges that the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has failed to adequately provide or oversee required special education services to eligible students housed in county correctional facilities. Incarcerated students with disabilities who have an individualized education program, or…
Read MoreSacramento Pays $4.3 Million to Family of Unarmed Black Man Who Died After Police Restraint
BY THERESA CLIFT APRIL 15, 2024 5:00 AM To watch body cam footage click here. The city of Sacramento is paying a $4.35 million settlement to the family of an unarmed Black man who died after police held him down in a dangerous position in his parents’ living room. In February 2020 Harriet Jefferson called 911…
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Miami Beach Pride Kicks Off Extravagant Festival Weekend
This weekend, Miami Beach Pride will deliver plenty of activities and events celebrating South Florida’s LGBTQ community. By Caroline Val April 12, 2024 After 15 years of celebrating its vibrant queer community, Miami Beach Pride is once again capping off its celebrations with a colorful festival weekend. The city began its Pride celebration earlier this month…
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Milwaukee Program Prepares First Cohort of Women for Successful Reentry
April 11, 2024 by Edgar Mendez Diamond Riley plans to pursue a new goal in life once she’s released from the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center. “I want to work with justice-involved youth and young adults and help them overcome the challenges I had,” Riley said. “I found my passion.” She now has the skills to help…
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This Supreme Court Case on Homelessness May Limit Prisoner Rights and Expand Executions
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments”. By MAURICE CHAMMAH, SHANNON HEFFERNAN and BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL 04.10.2024 When the Supreme Court hears the case of Grants Pass v. Johnson later this month, the justices will consider how far cities can go in policing homeless people. But just as the…
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Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Edges Closer to 7%, Rising to Highest Level Since Early March
BY ALEX VEIGA Updated 3:31 PM CDT, April 11, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for prospective homebuyers during what’s traditionally the busiest time of the year for home sales. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.88% from…
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Even With Work Permits, Migrants in Shelters Struggle to Find Self-Sustaining Jobs
Sarah Betancourt April 11, 2024 Katya J. and her husband Reginald Louis came to the United States last year, via Chile, after fleeing their native Haiti in 2017 with two smallchildren. The family first lived in Florida where they obtained work permits in April 2023. Now in Massachusetts, they are staying in a state-funded emergency…
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