Tag: civil rights

PREMIERING 2/9 at 7:30PM ET: Aaron Siri (Part 1): Why Are Vaccine Manufacturers the Most Protected Companies in America?

“When we finally had that data, you got a sense of why they didn’t want the public to have it, because it showed that 7.7 percent of the over 10 million V-safe users reported needing medical care after a COVID-19 vaccine.” Aaron Siri, managing partner at Siri & Glimstad, has led several high-profile lawsuits against…


Alabama Black Belt National Heritage Area Act Passes After Delay of Over a Decade

In a bi-partisan showing, a bill designating 19 counties of Alabama’s Black Belt will become a National Heritage Area once signed by President Joe Biden—after the legislation was first introduced in 2009 by Alabama’s Republican Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions and in the House by Democrat Rep. Arthur Davis. It was introduced in the…


Biden Expected to Sign Bill to Remove Bust of Confederate-Sympathizing Chief Justice From US Capitol

President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill ordering that a marble bust of the late Chief Justice Roger Taney, who authored a pro-slavery Supreme Court opinion that helped to precipitate the Civil War, be removed from the U.S. Capitol building. The removal of the Taney bust is part of the push to remove…


Pfizer Fellowship Branded ‘Flagrantly Illegal’ for Barring White, Asian Students

Civil rights lawyers have said that a fellowship offered by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is a violation of the law because it bars whites and Asians from applying. The Breakthrough Fellowship Program is part of an effort to “increase diversity by fostering a more inclusive workplace” and “increase minority representation” at Pfizer, according to the company. The program “works to…


[Premiering 8/31 at 1 PM ET] J6 Prisoners Experiencing Cruel and Unusual Punishment at Hands of Police, Prosecutors, Congress: Rep Andy Biggs | Facts Matter

This video is brought to you by Sekur: https://ept.ms/3yW0Wul In this interview with Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) we had the opportunity to discuss his take on the pre-trial solitary confinement for those who stand accused of violations stemming from their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Biggs believes there’s been an outright breakdown of the…


Black Mom Sues LA Unified Over Cotton-Picking Project at Elementary School, Lawsuit Says

By Summer Lin From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—A Black parent filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Board of Education, saying that a cotton field was set up at an elementary school in 2017 that was intended to teach students about the experiences of slaves….


Southwest Airlines, Union, Ordered to Pay $5.3 Million to Pro-Life Former Flight Attendant

A federal jury in Texas ordered Southwest Airlines and its union on July 14 to pay a former flight attendant who opposes abortion more than $5.3 million after she was fired for sending pro-life messages to her union’s president. The jury determined that the airline and Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Local 556 violated…


Trump-Endorsed Group Files Abortion Benefit-Related Discrimination Complaint Against Dick’s

America First Legal Foundation wants the government to investigate Dick’s Sporting Goods for a new policy that reimburses employees up to $4,000 to travel for an abortion, arguing that the practice constitutes illegal employment discrimination because the company does not offer the same benefit to a pregnant female employee who chooses to have her baby….


Metal Worker Sues Ex-employer Arconic for Religious Intolerance

A longtime metalworks employee is suing his former employer, Pittsburgh-based Arconic, for religious discrimination after he was fired for expressing on an anonymous company survey his religious-based objection to the use of the rainbow to represent sexual identity. Specifically, the ex-employee, Daniel Snyder, who is now 63, was offended by Arconic’s choice, in his view,…


82-Year-Old Freedom Rider Reflects on Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement

Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks held onto her wooden cane while sitting on the couch at her Birmingham home. The cane looks like it’s been through a history like hers. She is a striking woman with big eyes and a bigger smile, and her wrinkled but graceful fingers are loaded with big silver rings, each telling…