Pameyla Herndon Elected to Join the American Bar Association’s Council of Civil Rights and Social Justice Section
Congratulations to KWH Law Center for Social Justice + Change Founder/CEO Pamelya Herndon, who has been elected to be a member of the Council of Civil Rights and Social Justice Section of the American Bar Association. The ABA’s Civil Rights and Social Justice Section focuses on tackling “complex and difficult civil rights and civil liberties […]
Record number of Black women are running for U.S. Congress
Source: Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joyce Elliott, an Arkansas state senator who is seeking a U.S. congressional seat in November, was the second Black student to attend her local public high school; the first was her older sister. If elected in November, she will be the first Black lawmaker in Congress from Arkansas, ever. On […]
Trump tells census to not count undocumented people for purposes of deciding House apportionment
Source: USA Today WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday claiming that undocumented migrants should not be counted in the census for purposes of deciding how many members of Congress are apportioned to each state – though the practical impact of the president’s expected move is uncertain at best. “Respect for the law and protection of […]
Andrew Yang was moved to tears discussing gun safety at an Iowa town hall after a mother says her child was killed by a stray bullet
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang grew visibly emotional while discussing gun safety at an Iowa town hall on Saturday, after a mother described how her 4-year-old daughter was killed by a stray bullet as her other son looked on. The discussion came just days after two back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio killed a […]
US Stance at UN a Backward Step on Women’s Rights
Source: Human Rights Watch Trump administration threatens to veto Security Council Resolution on sexual violence. (New York) – The United States’ threat to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on sexual violence in conflict because it mentioned women’s reproductive health services is another deeply cynical and cruel step in its assault on women’s rights in US foreign policy, […]
The U.S. Immigration System May Have Reached a Breaking Point
Source: Michael D. Shear, Miriam Jordan and Manny Fernandez/New York Times For years, there have been warnings that America’s immigration system was going to fail. That time may be now. SAN YSIDRO, Calif. — It was never like this before. The migrants come now in the middle of the night or in the bright light of day. Men and […]