This election year, more than a quarter of a million people previously prevented from casting a ballot will be able to join their neighbors at the polls thanks to the work of State Legislatu… Read More
About The BookGrant Park is a page-turning and provocative look at black and white relations in contemporary America, blending the absurd and the poignant in a powerfully well-crafted n… Read More
Here are a few of the states that see in Brexit a renewed sense of hope for their own independence movements.
1. ‘Vexit’
“In the wake of the U.K.’s 'Brexit' vote, w… Read More
In the heated battle with Republicans over Voting rights, Democrats V.P. nominee Tim Kaine is emerging as the tip of the Democratic spear.
He is strategically attacking GOP Governors of bat… Read More
In April, the Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed an Executive Order restoring voting rights to people convicted of felonies who had served their terms, including prison, probation, or paro… Read More
A Republican State Senator who sued Gov. Terry McAuliffe over the Governor’s efforts to restore voting rights to felons filed Legislation Thursday to automatically grant political righ… Read More
Legislative Updates
Delaware: An ordinance before the Wilmington City Council would require landlords to provide Voter registration information to tenants aged 18 and older. Landlords would… Read More
Tim Canova wasn’t kidding when he said he was going to stay involved in the political process following his loss to Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 23rd Congressional Distr… Read More
Virginia voters may no longer get to wait until Primary day to decide which Party to vote in; Absentee balloting or Voter Identification laws could change, and Lawmakers could face Term Limi… Read More
Legislative Updates
Arkansas: The House State Agencies and Government Affairs Committee has endorsed Legislation that would require Voters to show a Photo ID in order to cast a Ballot.
Cal… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: The House Administration Committee voted 6-3 in support of a Bill from Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.) that would eliminate the United States Election A… Read More
"Amnesty documents 'human slaughterhouse' in Assad's Syria" PBS NewsHour 2/7/2017ExcerptSUMMARY: Somewhere between 5,000 and 13,000 people were tortured and executed at one Syrian mili… Read More
Legislative Updates
Federal Legislation: Reps. Mark Pocan (Wis.), Keith Ellison (Minn.), and Hank Johnson (Ga.) introduced the Securing America’s Future Elections (SAFE) Act, which wo… Read More
U.S. Attorneys around the Country will devote more Resources in Prosecuting Immigration offenses, including:
- Illegal Re-Entry to the Country
- Non-Violent Crimes
- Entering a Fraudulent… Read More
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, promising to seek “equal and fair justice” for the Borough’s vulnerable Foreign-born Residents, has created a Policy that tai… Read More
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have both earmarked millions of dollars for Legal Help to Immigrant New Yorkers facing Deportation. But the Mayor no longer wants the… Read More
A Bipartisan group of Lawmakers is pushing back against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s Order last week directing Federal Prosecutors to Charge Defendants with the most Serious Crimes… Read More
One week after Charlottesville, “The Resistance” is Planning its next move. Members of a Group calling itself “Refuse Fascism” met in Five Cities around the Country o… Read More
One week after Charlottesville, “the Resistance” is planning its next move. Members of a Group calling itself “Refuse Fascism” met in Five Cities around the Country w… Read More
From the beginning of the advent of Islam, muslim women have played a very important and discerning role in the society. However with deliberate media and perception campaigns run 24×7… Read More
Members of the Nonpartisan Oklahoma Academy recommend Dropping the State's Party Primary system in favor of Reforms that would pit All Candidates against each other in a Single Contest. Doin… Read More
Legislative Updates
Arizona: HB2397 would require the Address on a Voter’s Registration to Match their Driver’s License and other State ID, if not, Residents would have 30 days… Read More
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday condemned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for its Warrantless Raids, warning that the State will Sue the Agency if such “Reckless… Read More
Committed: Civil Rights and the Struggle for JusticeValerie Sweeney PrinceCivil rights were first constitutionalized in the 13th Amendment. However, the fact of civil rights as a… Read More
Legislative Updates
Arizona: The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors have Approved a $6.1 Million Contract to Update the County’s Vote-Counting system. The Board also Approved the Cr… Read More
In the Last Election, Ron DeSantis (R) as Governor, which was slightly balanced out by Florida overwhelmingly Approving a Constitutional Amendment to allow Nonviolent Ex-Felons to have thei… Read More
For Advocates of Restoring Voting Rights to Felons, nothing on the Ballot next week is more important than the Tossup Race for Governor of Kentucky.
The Democratic Challenger, State Attorne… Read More
Before she was a cherished maternity blog writer, certified birth doula, and giving birth prep work instructor, writer Bailey Gaddis satisfied her very own pregnancy by acquiring a lot of… Read More
Legislative Updates
Arizona: Rep. Kelly Townsend (R-16th District) has Pre-Filed a Bill that would Restrict what Worms of ID are Acceptable in order to Cast a Ballot. It would Disallow the… Read More
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” So spoke Mahatma Gandhi of India, who introduced the 20th century to nonviolent… Read More
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) pledged an Array of Investments, Regulations, and Reforms Impacting Business Owners in his State of the State Address Today.
Despite a looming $6 Billion Budg… Read More
My friends play a lot of video games, and I sometimes join them, but more often I just observe. And over the years of observing, I’ve noticed a few things worth sharing.
Every video… Read More
Donald Trump or John Lewis – who is poor in spirit? That surely depends on what I mean by spirit. In one regard, I can think of no one in his position that’s ever had… Read More
The Inspector General’s Office of the Justice Department (DOJ) has Launched an Investigation into Officials’ Interference in the Sentencing of Long-Time Trump Confidant and Conv… Read More
I delivered this paper on October 17, 2020 at the online Western History Association Conference. Parts of it were taken from my Marquette University MA Thesis, which is entitled “In th… Read More
The Pilot, which would begin in February 2021, would Launch Teams of Mental Health Experts and Emergency Medical Teams to respond to 911 Calls about someone Dealing with a Mental Health Cris… Read More
Florida, on Wednesday, Approved sweeping Changes to Restore Fights for Felons, including allowing them to Run for Public Office and Serve on Juries once they Complete their Sentences and Pay… Read More
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D), said Tuesday, that he has Restored the Voting Rights of 69,000 People Convicted of Felonies under a Policy Change that Speeds-Up the Process, No longer Requi… Read More
A Texas State District Judge Thursday, may have set in motion a new wave of Legal Challenges to Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) trouble-plagued Border Security Initiative, ruling that One Migra… Read More
May 25th is the second anniversary of George Floyd death, who was murdered by a white police officer kneeling on his neck.
George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died in May 2020, … Read More
Richard Zahnleuter, General Counsel to New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), has abruptly resigned from the department just as the state government is beginning its adult-use… Read More
Edwin Rubis is a spiritual life coach and mentor currently confined in federal prison, where he is serving a 40-year sentence for a nonviolent cannabis conviction. While he fights for his fr… Read More
Edwin Rubis is a spiritual life coach and mentor currently confined in federal prison, where he is serving a 40-year sentence for a nonviolent cannabis conviction. While he fights for his fr… Read More
Despite the fact that humans lived on this land for around 2 million years, the history of the world did not begin until about 5500 years ago, with the beginning of writing, as writing has b… Read More
Judy Heumann, a renowned disability rights advocate, has died at age 75 after a long career fighting for the rights of disabled people. She helped secure legislation protecting the rights of… Read More
Yvonne Nelson is a Ghanaian model, actress, film producer, and businesswoman. She’s been in several films, including House of Gold (2013), Any Other Monday, In April, and Swings.
Do… Read More
Michigan's "Clean Slate" initiative, a bipartisan legislation aimed at automatic expungement of low-level, nonviolent offenses, has finally gone into effect. Nearly 850,000 residents with at… Read More
The news article discusses five nonlethal but devastating military tactics. It highlights the development of the "brown note," a frequency that supposedly makes people uncontrollably defecat… Read More
Despite intense crackdowns and raids by military forces, anti-junta protesters have returned to the streets of Myanmar's Sagaing region. Residents in the northwestern region are leading arme… Read More