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Justice Department terminates some school desegregation cases without asking court to ensure past discrimination has ended, watchdog group says

nglobix@gmail.com2 weeks ago04 mins

The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found. A new analysis released by Red Line for Civil Rights, an oversight project of Democracy Forward run by former DOJ…

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DOJ says it’s moving to end more than 50 decades-old school desegregation cases

nglobix@gmail.com1 month ago04 mins

The Justice Department said Thursday it was seeking to end more than 50 long-standing consent decrees dating back decades that sought to curb unlawful racial segregation that was prevalent during the Jim Crow era. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said her office was “ending prolonged federal oversight…

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U.S. slaps South Africa with new sanctions due to alleged discrimination against White people

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago04 mins

The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against White people and other minority groups in South Africa. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday he would revoke U.S. visas or reject visa applications from foreign nationals found to be responsible for, or…

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Sweden’s election could mark major milestone for Europe’s populist right

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago04 mins

Sweden heads to the polls on Sunday in an election that could mark a watershed moment for the northern European nation and NATO’s newest member. Across Europe, right-wing populist parties have gained ground in recent years amid growing voter backlash over immigration, and Sweden has been no exception. The election pits Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s…

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People with disabilities fear service cuts as Trump’s DOJ questions legal protections

nglobix@gmail.com3 months ago08 mins

Amanda DeSimone-Shabrack relies on a home healthcare aide to help her high-needs autistic 12-year-old son. Virginia’s Medicaid program covers the assistance, enabling her to work as both an education technology specialist and a professor, run errands, and keep Mason in the home. That could change. In June, the Department of Justice issued a legal opinion…

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Democrats probe DOJ finding that eases way for states to institutionalize mentally ill

nglobix@gmail.com3 months ago04 mins

Senate and House Democrats launched a congressional inquiry on Wednesday into a new controversial Justice Department legal opinion that would make it easier for states to keep people with mental illness institutionalized, rather than paying for them to receive community-based care. In a letter to Acting Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the lawmakers asked the…

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