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New "Safe Haven" Rules May Endanger Asylum Seekers, Says Immigration Equality
Starting soon, asylum seekers, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and HIV-positive asylum seekers, will be barred from filing for asylum in Canada if they have traveled through the United States....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:16pm PST
CWA Wins $113,000 Federal Grant for Conference to Fight Sex Trafficking
Concerned Women for America (CWA) received notification today that it is receiving a $113,000 grant from the U.S. State Department to host a conference to fight sex trafficking for Mexican leaders....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:13pm PST
NSBA Urges Supreme Court to Limit Title IX Lawsuits
The U.S. Supreme Court should not grant individuals who complain of sex discrimination directed at others the right to sue for alleged retaliation, according to a friend of the court brief submitted by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and other education groups....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:11pm PST
Greyhound Protection Group Complains to Attorney General After Dog Tests Positive for Coke
GREY2K USA, the largest greyhound protection organization in the United States, today filed a complaint with Attorney General Tom Reilly after the Massachusetts State Racing Commission failed to provide the group with records related to a greyhound that tested positive for cocaine in 2003....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:10pm PST
Comprehensive Sexuality Education is HIV-Prevention
Comprehensive Sexuality Education is HIV-Prevention; World AIDS Day 2004 -- Women, Girls, and HIV and AIDS...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:05pm PST
The Economy of the Plundered South
The panacea of export orientation that the IMF and the World Bank promoted in the last 25 years for the South has led to absolute disaster.. There is an alternative, abandoning export orientation and strengthening domestic demand....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 8:22am PST
Collective Indymedia Santiago which is abandoning the Indymedia Network
ANOTHER ONE JUMPS SHIP!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 2:12am PST
The Battle Rages On: United States Supreme Court Declines
Today, the United States Supreme Court denied review of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's ("SJC") 2003 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Since the decision, approximately 3,000 same-sex Massachusetts couples have married....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 11:42pm PST
Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage Case
The decision effectively sidesteps the gay marriage issue. The justices, as is the tradition of the court, did not give a reason for declining to hear the case....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 11:39pm PST
Update on No Stolen Elections Campaign
Through a fairly extensive process of research and consultation with many voter
protection groups (including People for the American Way, Rainbow/Push, Southwest
Voters, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and This Time We Are Watching), the
campaign collectively concluded that the vote was not at all fair, because of a
combination of unfair rules, fraud and intimidation. At the same time, it is not
clear that the illegal elements of this unfairness (or straight incompetence or
tec...
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 10:58pm PST
It's State Law vs. Federal Law in Medical Marijuana Case
The Supreme Court on Monday confronted a dispute between
California's medical marijuana law and federal anti-drug policy, with a
Bush administration lawyer arguing that the government's zero-tolerance law
trumps the state measure....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 9:50pm PST
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Solomon Amendment
A federal appellate court issued a
sweeping ruling today striking the federal law that requires academic
institutions to accommodate military recruiters on pain of losing all their
federal funding....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 8:14pm PST
HRC Statement on Supreme Court Not Hearing Mass. Marriage Case
HRC STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT NOT HEARING MASSACHUSETTS MARRIAGE CASE
‘Massachusetts can continue to treat all of its citizens equally,’ said HRC President Cheryl Jacques....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 8:04pm PST
Another Reminder that When Same-Sex Couples Are Allowed To Marry, Other Couples Don't Lose
Lambda Legal Says U.S. Supreme Court Declining To Hear Challenge to Same-Sex Couples Marrying in Massachusetts Is 'Another Reminder that When Same-Sex Couples Are Allowed To Marry, Other Couples Don't Lose Rights or Respect'...
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 7:45pm PST
Justices appear unlikely to OK medical use of marijuana
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared unlikely to shield medical marijuana users from federal drug laws, as justices expressed deep reservations about sanctioning even limited use of illegal drugs...
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 7:20pm PST
Affordable Health Care for All
The class divide in health care is not much less visible in America today than it was in pre-war Britain. The public sector in general and all forms of social welfare policy are under the privatizing gun....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 11:38am PST
FUGW.ORG Election Fraud Meta Web Site Launched
Due to the growing demand for United States 2004 election fraud news and
non violent direct action opportunities, Fraud Uncovered Government
Watch (www.fugw.org) is providing consolidation of many internet
resources, breaking news stories, and time critical national action
information. I...
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 10:10am PST
Psychic Systems and Economic Growth
We psychic systems are robots that first become people by understanding how the systems function. The system is not optimal when potential is squandered. Mass unemployment is a mega-squandering. The system is the tyrant....
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 8:14am PST