Police made a number of arrests and fired non-lethal projectiles to disperse an unruly crowd on Saturday after dueling protests over transgender rights at a Los Angeles spa turned violent By Associated Press July 17, 2021, 11:44 PM • 2 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article LOS […]
YouTube Signs Naming Rights For Hollywood Park Theater
Courtesy venueYouTube TheaterA rendering of YouTube Theater branding. An exterior sign will transform into a video screen for patrons to interact with the streaming platform’s content. Digital streaming monolith YouTube has signed naming rights for the new 6,000-seat performance venue that’s part of the massive Hollywood Park sports and entertainment […]
WATCH LIVE: Texas Democrats, Nancy Pelosi hold press conference on voting rights following Senate Bill 7
HARLINGEN, Texas (KVEO)—Democratic members of the Texas Legislature join Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the Texas Democratic Congressional Delegation Tuesday for a press conference on voting rights in Texas. RGV couple gains online following by highlighting ‘life in the 956’ According to a news release, Democratic members of the […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Unblocks 9 Texans On Twitter After Lawsuit Claiming He Violated First Modification Rights
Scams at a Glance is a brand new outreach program complete with a webpage on the OAG web site with information about frequent and rising scams. What’s also nice about `The General’ is the sheer quantity of stunts and physical humor a movie like this couldn’t be made right […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Unblocks 9 Texans On Twitter After Lawsuit Claiming He Violated First Modification Rights
Scams at a Glance is a brand new outreach program complete with a webpage on the OAG web site with information about frequent and rising scams. What’s also nice about `The General’ is the sheer quantity of stunts and physical humor a movie like this couldn’t be made right […]
What are your rights when you get pulled over?
CLOSE Police pull over nearly 50,000 drivers in the U.S. a day, according to Stanford University’s Open Policing Project. It’s important to know your rights and what to do. (Photo: Getty Images) Thousands of Americans are pulled over in traffic stops each day, according to police data. Experts point to racial […]
Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights
A group of protesters make a human chain as they wait outside the courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey. (Osman Sadi Temizel / Getty Images) Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. Thank you for signing up. […]
Human Rights Watch Film Festival to include film about deaths along border
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, in its 11th year partnering with Balboa Park’s Museum of Photographic Arts, is returning to San Diego virtually in February. Because the festival has moved to a digital platform due to the ongoing pandemic, from February 2 through 8, viewers from across the United […]
Deja Foxx: Interview With the 20-Year-Old Reproductive Rights Activist
“Why would you deny me the American dream?” Deja Foxx’s biting question to former Republican Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona at a town hall meeting in 2017, coupled with her impassioned defense of reproductive rights, launched Foxx as a leading political voice of her generation when she was only 16 […]
New Antioch community center to be run by Tennessee Immigrants and Refugee Rights Coalition
ANTIOCH, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition is opening a new community center in southeast Nashville. According to the executive director of TIRRC, the nonprofit chose Antioch for the hub and neighborhood meeting space because the area is under-served. “Of all the neighborhoods in Nashville, Antioch […]
Football rivals for one night, Paterson Eastside defeats Kennedy, gets city bragging rights (Photos)
Amir Smith and the rest of the Eastside and Kennedy players know that once the final whistle sounded that they were once again family as one Paterson, instead of the arch rivals they had been the previous three hours. But even amongst family members, there are moments of boasting. And […]
France Alarms Rights Defenders With Proposed Ban on Police Images
Police patrol the streets as the curfew starts in Paris on Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly) PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament is opening debate Tuesday on a security bill that would permit the imprisonment of people who publish images of police officers with intent to cause […]
France mulls ban on police images, alarming rights defenders
France’s lower house of parliament is opening debate Tuesday on a security bill that would permit the imprisonment of people who publish images of police officers with intent to cause them harm. Critics, including France’s human rights ombudsman, say the measure would hurt press freedoms. Offenders would face up to […]
Trump Administration Takes Final Steps to Auction Drilling Rights in Arctic Wildlife Refuge
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is taking the final steps to secure oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, starting a leasing process to strike deals with drillers to operate in the pristine, 19-million-acre wilderness before Democratic President-elect Joe Biden can stop it. Mr. Biden has vowed to block plans for […]
Trump administration makes last-minute move to sell oil rights in Arctic refuge
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to make the most of its final months in office before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in, formalizing plans to offer parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) up for leasing contracts for oil and gas drilling. Originally reported by Bloomberg, the Bureau […]
Privacy Act review to examine privacy tort, direct action rights, and GDPR compliance
Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter announced on Friday the terms of reference and issues paper that his department will use as a basis for its review of the Privacy Act. The wide-ranging review will consider the definition of personal information; whether existing exemptions for small businesses, political parties, and the storing […]