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White House reacts to Bad Bunny named as 2026 Super Bowl performer and threat of ICE enforcement

The White House officially reacted to the news of Latin global superstar Bad Bunny being named as the 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer during a Friday press briefing. When asked about the announcement, which has sparked criticism from conservatives, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt demurred on divulging President Donald Trump’s thoughts about the entertainment selection of Bad Bunny, real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. “I know there are many in this room who are very anxious to hear the […]

todayOctober 4, 2025 2

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Trump’s dismantling of EEOC and Civil Rights Act enforcement will have chilling effect for Black workers

Civil rights leaders and elected officials are seething after President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders to eliminate DEI federal programs and decades-old enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Advocates and legal experts say one order, which revokes the enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, also known as Title VII under the Civil Rights Act, will have a chilling effect. “We got a lot of people who are going to lose their jobs,” said Dr. Mary […]

todayJanuary 22, 2025 1

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Trump’s DOJ pick ignites alarm among Black leaders: ‘Civil rights enforcement will be under attack from within’

Civil rights leaders are decrying President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, and the implications for Black communities and other marginalized groups.As assistant attorney general of the civil rights office, Dhillon, a conservative attorney, will have the authority to enforce — or not — federal statutes related to discrimination based on race, sex, disability, religion, or national origin.  Given Trump’s pronouncements, Project 2025‘s proposals, and Dhillon’s legal record, the Civil Rights Division […]

todayDecember 11, 2024 2

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This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers, even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement

NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true and wondered if it was a scam. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave from her job as head custodian at a South Carolina high school after she turned in a doctor’s note asking to be exempt from tasks like climbing ladders and lifting more than 20 pounds because she was pregnant. She spent a month crying […]

todayJune 20, 2024

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The dangers of health care workers reporting self-managed abortions to law enforcement

Abortion rights advocates fear women, especially those from marginalized communities, will stop seeking medical care due to health care workers alerting law enforcement about patients who have self-managed abortions. The practice will scare women “from feeling like they can confide in and share information with their doctors” who are there to “help them and take care of them,” Lauren Johnson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Abortion Criminal Defense Initiative, told theGrio. According to the National Institutes of Health […]

todayApril 2, 2024