Rights
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US
War in Gaza Causes Surprising Rift Within Japanese American Group
Activists in the Asian American community are pressuring organizations to re-evaluate their partnerships and to call for a cease-fire.
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World
Saudi Arabia, Lagging on Women’s Rights, Is to Lead U.N. Women’s Forum
Saudi Arabia will chair a United Nations commission on women, bringing condemnation from human rights groups, which said the kingdom still has an “abysmal” record on women’s rights.
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U.K. Backsliding on Civil and Political Protections, U.N. Rights Body Says
A human rights committee that examined a range of concerns called on Britain to abandon its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Newyork
Same Old Song: Private Equity Is Destroying Our Music Ecosystem
Does that song on your phone — or on the radio — or in the movie theater — sound familiar? Private equity, the industry responsible for bankrupting companies, slashing jobs and raising the mortality rates at the nursing homes it acquires, is making ...
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Racial Turnout Gap Has Widened With a Weakened Voting Rights Act, Study Finds
The Black share of the electorate had been on the rise for decades, but in some counties, a Supreme Court decision in 2013 changed that, according to a new analysis.
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Newyork
Steven Wise, Champion of Animal Rights, Is Dead at 73
He filed lawsuits to define chimpanzees as persons and to establish their right to what he called “bodily liberty” over confinement.
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World
Greece Is Set to Be First Orthodox Country to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
The country’s Parliament is expected to also extend equal parental rights to same-sex couples, including clearing the way for them to adopt children.
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Newyork
Paul Chevigny, Early Voice on Police Brutality, Dies at 88
An eminent civil rights lawyer, he was one of the nation’s foremost experts on abusive policing. He also successfully challenged New York’s Cabaret Law.
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Newyork
Paul Chevingy, Early Voice on Police Brutality, Dies at 88
An eminent civil rights lawyer, he was one of the nation’s foremost experts on abusive policing. He also successfully challenged New York’s Cabaret Law.
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World
A Palestinian Author, Ahed Tamimi, Faces Indefinite Detention After Hearing
It was around 4 a.m. when Nariman Tamimi’s daughter, Ahed, roused her from sleep and told her that Israeli soldiers had surrounded their home in the occupied West Bank. Nariman Tamimi had been expecting the raid: Over the previous week, an online ...
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