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Advocates want ICE center in Elizabeth closed. Here's why it's still open
The Record· 10 hours agoNew Jersey is continuing to appeal a federal court ruling allowing the state's last immigrant...
Opal Lee, ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ to receive eighth honorary doctorate for unwavering...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn 2016, Lee — then 89 — traveled 1,400 miles in a symbolic walk from Fort Worth to Washington,...
Georgia’s election integrity laws could create ‘hovering threat’ for poll workers in 2024
USA Today· 9 hours agoMore than half of U.S. states have enacted laws since 2021 that could limit voter access and inhibit...
Japan’s yen surges after sinking to lowest level against dollar since 1990
Al Jazeera· 14 hours agoThe yen on Monday sank to 160.17 per dollar, the lowest since April 1990, setting off murmurs that...
A Central Bucks teacher and student club are the subject of a federal investigation for alleged...
Philly.com· 2 hours agoThe U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint accusing the...
‘Her love never stopped’: Joyce Riley, anti-violence activist died at 81
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRiley’s son, her mother’s grandson, was shot in 2021, which led her mother to form the 24th Street...
97-Year-Old 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee to Receive 8th Honorary Doctorate
People via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFive years later, on June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden formally signed it into law. "I have to say...
New Jersey man charged with federal hate crime in Rutgers Islamic center vandalism
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoCAIR tracked 8,061 complaints in 2023, shattering the previous high of just over 6,700 in 2021. Complaints include immigration and asylum cases, employment discrimination, ...
97-Year-Old 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee to Receive 8th Honorary Doctorate
People Magazine· 5 days agoOpal Lee, or as she is affectionately known, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” has spent the bulk of...
Japan's LDP loses all three seats in Parliamentary by-election on Sunday
The Forex Market· 16 hours agoThis comes even as the LDP chose not to contest in the Nagasaki and Tokyo by-elections. The leading...