U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle’s ruling will affect a group of transgender children and parents who filed a lawsuit challenging rules adopted by state medical boards banning health-care providers from using gender-affirming care to treat youths.
Month: June 2023
The arrest has drawn attention to the ongoing struggle for justice and police reform in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that have swept the nation.
In a passionate and emotional eulogy delivered at the funeral service of AJ Owens, Rev. Al Sharpton called for justice and accountability, demanding that the tragic incident that led to Owens’ death should not be buried or forgotten.
The study revealed significant disparities in the victims of homicides and the media attention they receive based on their race and gender.
The park, once a cherished sanctuary for Nichols, will now bear its name as a testament to his passion for skateboarding and impact on the community.
A judge has put on hold key parts of a lawsuit filed by Florida against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after the federal agency said it expects to make a decision by Oct. 31 on the state’s plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
This is not a scene from a dystopian novel. It’s a reality for people experiencing the suffocating confines of incarceration.
Their comprehensive report, titled “A Democracy Crisis in The Making: June 2023 Edition,” presents a harrowing analysis of the introduction of approximately 200 bills in 38 states this year, all aimed at granting state governments the power to undermine elections.
Instead of a final resolution on America’s borrowing ability, the enacted bill provides a two-year window for the Treasury Department to borrow – as needed – funds to pay the nation’s already more than $31 trillion of debt. When January 2025 arrives, a new session of Congress will face the deferred problem. Until then, according to the Congressional Budget Office, cutbacks on discretionary spending would result in a drop in projected budget deficits of about $4.8 trillion over the next decade, and a savings of $0.5 trillion in interest.
Authoritarian law-makers and legislatures have introduced close to 1,000 pieces of hateful legislation across the country. While many Americans are disgusted and outraged, the voices we’re hearing loudest and clearest are those of a vocal minority determined to roll back 70 years of progress. They deliberately are attacking and attempting to dismantle our democracy, stripping whole groups of people of their basic civil rights.