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Recovering From a “Gut Punch”: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame

Lottie Joiner Black women working for the federal government did what they were supposed to do. Yet their achievements could not protect them from the political winds. The post Recovering From a “Gut Punch”: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame appeared first on The Nation .

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These prosecutors saw how the justice system failed women. Now they’re running for Congress.When Shannon Taylor became the top prosecutor in a central Virginia county in 2012, she said she found a system that wasn’t delivering justice in the face of complicated sex trafficking cases: Women were being regularly arrested at local motels, while the men who preyed on them, got them engaged in illicit sexual activities and […]

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Thousands protest in India's Bengaluru as 'Cockroach' movement demands election chief resignThousands of supporters of India’s youth “Cockroach” movement and student groups are protesting in southern Bengaluru city. They demand the election chief’s resignation over a voter list revision that has removed over 130 names from the rolls, sparking concerns of voter disenfranchisement. The protest follows opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s brief…

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Redistricting that cracked Memphis raises questions about the meaning of representationNew political maps have flowed from a Supreme Court ruling reinterpreting the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Tennessee has splintered the state’s one Democratic stronghold into Republican-leaning districts.

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In Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Democrats Forget the Lessons of the Duke Lacrosse ScandalTwo decades ago, a spectacular allegation of gang rape at a prestigious university seized the public’s attention. We all know how the Duke lacrosse case ended: with the prosecutor disgraced and disbarred; the accused students declared innocent; and (albeit much later) the accuser admitting that she lied. The post In Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Democrats…

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Missouri sued over alleged decades of underfunding at historically Black universitySeven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state on Wednesday, alleging it violated ‌the US Constitution and federal civil rights law by systematically underfunding the historically Black university for decades.

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Rowan University investigating reported sexual assault of a student on campusThe Rowan University Police Department shared the reported incident in compliance with the Timely Warning provisions of the federal Clery Act.

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Antioch: Federal Supervision Of Police Department Lifted, Chief SaysThe U.S. Justice Department has released Antioch's Police Department from supervision, its chief said Friday, after a racist text message scandal.

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EXCLUSIVE: Montana AG Asks Supreme Court to Revive Case Against DEI Training That Allegedly Declared ‘All Caucasians’ RacistFIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading 20 states in urging the Supreme Court to take up the case of Joshua Young, a former Colorado prison guard who sued the Department of Corrections over a diversity, equity, and inclusion training. “DEI training actively undermines workplace harmony, and it causes hostility,…

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Justice Department ran ‘roughshod’ over civil rights with plans to audit state voter rolls, judge saysA federal judge accused the Justice Department of trying to subvert civil rights laws with a voter roll audit plan that would run “roughshod over longstanding laws that were carefully crafted to protect the rights of the American people.”

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ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing ProblemAfter ICE shot a young father in Manhattan, New Yorkers asked the mayor to protect them from his police department and federal agents alike. The post ICE Shooting in NYC Inflames Mamdani’s Policing Problem appeared first on The Intercept .

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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rallyThis year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate.

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