Georgia legislators have introduced a bill that opponents are calling “mandated discrimination.” On Feb. 7, lawmakers introduced House Bill 1128, which would end all legal recognition of transgender people by redefining biological sex. It would also remove sexual orientation and gender identity from the state’s criteria for hate crimes,
A grassroots collective of queer and trans people of color, anti-Zionist Jews, and Southwest Asian and North Africans is fed up with Israeli pinkwashing of the genocide against Palestinians. No Pride in Genocide launched on Valentine’s Day with a campaign called “Break Up with Genocide,” which included a march
The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) and CEO Roundtable on Cancer have released a new report that found that 56% of people living in the U.S. within 3 kilometers of carcinogenic sites were people of color. Experts say this statistic is especially significant, as research shows a correlation between
As students at New York City schools increasingly experience the impact of environmental injustice, climate activists are urging Mayor Eric Adams to electrify, ventilate, and retrofit hundreds of public school buildings in the city by 2030. Schools in New York City have long lacked resilience to environmental challenges, particularly in
Utah lawmakers recently struck down a proposal to pay disabled people minimum wage
As politicians argued about the now-failed bill, Customs and Border Patrol announced another migrant death on Feb. 6
Activists say increased police raids around the Super Bowl only harm and traumatize consensual sex workers without actually helping trafficking survivors
Civilian oversight boards act as third-party oversight agencies for police departments
The House of Representatives approved a bill on Jan. 31 that will expand the child tax credit in exchange for reinstating three corporate tax breaks. The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 was passed with bipartisan support and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. A
Workers at eBay’s first union voted to unionize last March
The Chicago City Council passed a ceasefire resolution, making it the latest city to demand an end to the U.S.-backed Israeli assault on Gaza
On Sept. 27 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee stuck a shovel into a wide trough of dirt on Nashville’s western edge. Flanked by a row of state representatives and law enforcement officials, Lee broke ground on a new hub for law enforcement training and administration across Tennessee. Lee’s administration
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