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Garland promises to investigate police departments accused of violating civil rights
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday promised to examine the practices of police departments around the country that commit civil rights violations in his first public comments since the police shooting death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
[ cnn.com ]UN rights chief fears Myanmar heading to 'full blown conflict' with echoes of Syria
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, has warned Myanmar is heading toward a "full blown conflict" with "clear echoes" of Syria in 2011, unless the international community steps in to stop the violence.
[ cnn.com ]Supreme Court again blocks California Covid restriction on religious activities
The Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote on Friday blocked another state Covid-19 restriction on religious services, with another late-night order, over protests from California officials that the limits affecting some Bible study sessions did not impinge on religious rights and were to be lifted within days.
[ cnn.com ]What Jim Clyburn wants to tell Joe Manchin after CNN interview
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) responds to CNN's interview with Sen. Joe Manchin about voting rights and the filibuster.
[ cnn.com ]LAPD officers accused of racial profiling during arrest of Black man outside his home
A Black man says officers with the Los Angeles Police Department violated his civil rights by racially profiling and wrongfully arresting him in a May 2019 incident during which he was mistaken for a man violating a restraining order, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
[ cnn.com ]GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says Giuliani's false claims of election fraud, presented to state lawmakers, created momentum for a package of voting rights restrictions
A top Georgia Republican said Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani's false claims of election fraud -- which were presented before state lawmakers -- created momentum for a package of voting rights restrictions that recently became state law.
[ cnn.com ]Washington will automatically restore voting rights after prison
Democratic Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday that will automatically restore the voting rights of people convicted of a felony once they are released from prison, even if they are still under community supervision.
[ cnn.com ]Actor charged with fraud in alleged multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme, court documents show
It reads a bit like the plot of a bizarre Hollywood-centric screenplay: Small-time actor Zachary Horwitz was arrested Tuesday for allegedly running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that involved raising funds from investors who thought their money was being used to buy and license film rights, according to a statement from the Justice Department.
[ cnn.com ]Black executives are leading the fight for justice
Black business leaders' efforts to stop voter suppression in the wake of Georgia's recently enacted voting bill illustrate the vanishing separation between protest and politics in America today. They also embody the work of Georgia's most famous civil rights activist, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
[ cnn.com ]Georgia's Lt. governor explains what sparked elections law
• Kentucky just expanded voting access • Washington governor signs bill restoring voting rights after prison release
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The LGBTQ community is shocked Arkansas' governor vetoed an anti-trans bill
Less than one week after perhaps the most egregiously anti-transgender bill in modern US history passed the Arkansas legislature, it was vetoed in a surprise move by Governor Asa Hutchinson, a staunch Republican with a poor record on LGBTQ and civil rights.
[ cnn.com ]It's time to remember what 'asylum' really means
Former President Donald Trump spent four years inflicting untold damage to the rights of immigrants, including people seeking safety in this country. As asylum seekers came to the United States to flee violence and persecution, the Trump administration detained upwards of 50,000 people (a figure Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed), prolonged the detention of families and exercised authority over a system that saw an uptick in deaths in detention -- which the House Oversight Committee determined was often due to inadequate medical care.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Why the GOP and corporate America are breaking up
The ever-moving tectonic shift underneath American politics is prime for another quake as civil rights starts to outweigh corporate tax rates in the calculating minds of big American businesses.
[ cnn.com ]Research exec: Far-right groups pushing vaccine as 'mark of the beast'
CNN's Pamela Brown and Devin Burghart, the head of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, discuss a New York Times article about far-right extremist groups pivoting their focus to the anti-vaccine movement.
[ cnn.com ]MLK's fight for Black voting rights has yet to be won
On April 4, 1968, a White gunman shot and killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 50 years later, the fight he waged to ensure Black Americans had equal access to vote is still very much alive.
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: The Georgia GOP is betting companies criticizing voting law will blink first
• Omar: Boycotts have 'allowed for justice' from civil rights to ending apartheid • Fact-check: Biden slams Georgia voting bill
[ cnn.com ]ACLU warns 'a lot can go wrong' with digital vaccine passports
The American Civil Liberties Union says plans to roll out a standardized vaccine passport must account for social inequalities and privacy rights. Anything short is a "nonstarter."
[ cnn.com ]Analysis: Doing business in China is difficult. A clash over human rights is making it harder
Companies that want to do business in China have long made compromises in the pursuit of success. Now an escalating diplomatic dispute over human rights is underscoring the stark choice facing Western executives: put profit or principles first.
[ cnn.com ]Huge employers in Atlanta steered into a confrontation with Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who signed the law critics described as a revival of Jim Crow racism
A belated but growing corporate backlash came too late to halt Georgia's new election law but voting rights activists are now calling on US CEOs to prove their long-term commitment to the fight against Republican voter suppression.
[ cnn.com ]Fact check: What the new Georgia elections law actually does
The new Georgia elections law signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp last week has prompted lawsuits from civil rights groups, a sharp denunciation from President Joe Biden, and calls for businesses to take action against the state.
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