by The 19th News | Dec 10, 2022 | Human Rights & Justice
For 293 days, Cherelle Griner prayed, pleaded and pressed for the safe return of her wife. Since February 17, Brittney Griner had been held in Russian custody, separated from the family, team and country she loves and represents. On Thursday morning, Cherelle sat next...
by Georgia Recorder | Dec 6, 2022 | Human Rights & Justice
Starting next month, a $35 cap on insulin prices will go into effect for millions of Medicare recipients. The lower pricing is one of the first of several policy measures Americans will see in the coming months and years under the Inflation Reduction Act signed into...
by Common Dreams | Dec 1, 2022 | Human Rights & Justice
In 2021, Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, in agreement with Brazil’s neo-fascist President Jair Bolsonaro, signed a law allowing college students to record professors to detect any ideological bias. As long as it wasn’t the true ideology—his. In...
by The Conversation | Nov 30, 2022 | Human Rights & Justice
The verdicts in a high-profile, monthslong trial of Oath Keepers militia members were, as one defense lawyer acknowledged, “a mixed bag.” Leader Stewart Rhodes was found guilty on Nov. 29, 2022, of the most serious charge—seditious conspiracy—for his role in the Jan....
by Common Dreams | Nov 23, 2022 | Human Rights & Justice
In a blow to Donald Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the former president to prevent a congressional committee from obtaining his federal income tax returns. The high court’s brief unsigned order—which contained no noted...
by KFF Health News | Nov 20, 2022 | Human Rights & Justice
Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm. His parents sued the Kool Smiles dental clinic in Yuma, Arizona, and its private equity investor, FFL...