Ruling against EPA one of many environmental lawsuits
SEATTLE (Aug. 13, 2018) — A court ruling forcing the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a pesticide linked to brain damage in children was just one of many legal actions[…]
Category: Social Issues
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Tribal government files three lawsuits against Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
St. Paul, Minn. (Aug. 8, 2018) — Ojibwe tribal governments and environmental groups on Aug. 7, filed three separate lawsuits against the MN Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The suites challenge[…]
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New research highlights important strategies to lift people out of poverty
By Clarence Hightower, Ph.D. The Anti-Poverty Soldier But nonprofit expert asks “Are they enough?” Well, they passed a law in ’64 To give those who ain’t got a little more[…]
APIA groups declare support of race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard
LOS ANGELES (July 30, 2018) — National Asian and Pacific Islander American groups have declared support of race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard University. The Asian Americans Advancing Justice (Advancing Justice) alongside[…]
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Minnesota Council of Churches welcome Healing Minnesota Stories with three Dakota sacred sites tours
MINNEAPOLIS (Aug. 1, 2018) — Healing Minnesota Stories, a program dedicated to creating dialogue, understanding and healing between Native peoples and Minnesota’s faith communities, is now a part of the[…]
Minneapolis City Council members ask federal government to drop new citizenship question from Census
MINNEAPOLIS (Aug. 3, 2018) — The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday signed a letter formally requesting the U.S. Census Bureau remove the citizenship question from its[…]
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Islamic organization applauds Idaho GOP for repudiating candidate’s comment
Washington, D.C. (Aug. 5, 2018) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Sunday, applauded the Idaho Republic Party for publicly repudiating an anti-Muslim slur used by a GOP candidate in that state.[…]
CAIR-Georgia calls on Rep. Jason Spencer to resign after he is shown yelling ‘Sand N**ger” and other slurs on Showtime program
ATLANTA, Ga. (July 23, 2018) — The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) on Monday called on State Rep. Jason Spencer (R-District 180) to immediately resign his[…]
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Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation to Hold 7th Annual Pilgrimage
Powell, Wyo. (July 20, 2018) — Each year hundreds of visitors make a ‘pilgrimage’ to the Heart Mountain National Historic Site, where 14,000 people of Japanese Ancestry – two-thirds of[…]
Remembering Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (1925-2018)
Los Angeles (July 20, 2018) — The Asian American Studies Center of the University of California at Los Angeles announced Friday that Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga passed away on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. She[…]
