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Plan by Trump Administration to Harvest DNA From Undocumented Immigrants Draws Outrage From Rights Advocates

"Expansion from tracking individuals suspected of crimes to creating permanent files on whole classes of people is one of the hallmarks of a concentration camp regime."

United States (CD) – Federal officials confirmed Wednesday that the government will move forward with a plan to harvest DNA from undocumented immigrants for storage in a database, an announcement that drew immediate condemnation from immigrant rights activists and other observers.

According to reports, Department of Homeland Secrurity (DHS) is waiting for regulatory language from the Justice…

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Anti-Rape Devices May Have Their Uses, but They Don't Address the Ultimate Problem

Technology can help crime victims deal with the situation - but the best solution is to avoid people being victims in the first place.

World Wide (Conversation) – Crime prevention initiatives targeting sexual violence are by no means new. But as technology advances and costs decrease, we are seeing an abundance of digital and technological strategies emerge.

Last month, an invisible anti-groping stamp sold out within an hour of its launch in Japan.

The stamp can be used by victims to mark someone who gropes them on public…

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To Counter Missouri's Attacks on Abortion Care, Planned Parenthood Opens 'Mega-Clinic' in Neighboring Illinois

The new facility comes as Missouri's sole remaining abortion provider remains mired in a legal battle to remain open.

United States (CD) – After years of attacks on reproductive rights in Missouri, Planned Parenthood announced Wednesday the opening of a new, large facility in neighboring Illinois—construction of which was done in secret to avoid protests.

The facility is “an 18,000-square-foot mega-clinic” in Fairview Heights, Illinois, CBS reported. It is less than 20 miles from the Planned Parenthood center in…

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The Trump Administration Issues Dozens of Corrections to Its Error-Riddled Immigration Rule

Just weeks before a sweeping immigration policy takes effect, the administration is correcting substantive errors, including ones uncovered by ProPublica that would have had big impacts on military families.

United States (ProPublica) – Two weeks before a sweeping new immigration policy is set to take effect, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a 25-page set of corrections to the final version of the “public charge” rule, including fixes to substantive errors that ProPublica wrote about in August.

Immigrant advocates said the extent of the corrections to the rule, which will make it…

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Connecting With Centuries-Old Stories About Women's Painful Struggles

Stories are a helpful tool when teaching about gender-based violence.

World Wide (Conversation) – This is an edited extract from a chapter in the recently published “Teaching for Change”.

In 2016 female students at South Africa’s universities started the #EndRapeCulture campaign to mobilise against the pervasive culture of sexual violence on the different campuses. In Stellenbosch the campaign was marked by two striking occasions.

One evening in April 2016, the…

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US Military Suicide Rate Spiked to Record High in 2018

A DoD report released last week reveals that the suicide rate for active-duty US military members in 2018 was the highest ever since the department being tracking suicides

United States (Sputnik) – A new US Department of Defense (DoD) report released Thursday, titled the 2018 Annual Suicide Report, reveals that the suicide rate for active-duty US military members in 2018 was the highest ever since the department being tracking suicides in 2001.

According to the report, 541 active-duty US military members died by suicide last year. Between 2013 and 2018, the…

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Pelosi's Endorsement of Anti-Choice Henry Cuellar Over Progressive Jessica Cisneros Reveals Lack of Leadership, Justice Democrats Say

"The Democratic Party should be embracing our most fundamental values and put voters ahead of big corporate donors."

United States (CD) – Progressive group Justice Democrats took aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Monday for her endorsement over the weekend of Rep. Henry Cuellar, a right wing Democrat from Texas who is a top target for the party’s left in the 2020 primary elections.

Pelosi publicly endorsed Cuellar on Saturday during an appearance at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin.

“Absolutely, absolutely,…

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New Abortion Laws Contribute to Sexist Environments That Harm Everyone's Health

Gender equality is not only a human rights issue, but a public health issue, and not just for women. In short, want a better society? Remove "structural sexism".

United States (Conversation) – Nine states have passed laws in 2019 alone that restrict abortion at the earliest stages of pregnancy. Those of us who study public health are becoming increasingly concerned about the potential for negative health consequences of these kinds of policies on women.

That’s because researchhas shown that laws limiting reproductive rights and services put women’s health…

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Misogyny, Male Rage and the Words Men Use to Describe Greta Thunberg

Detractors have dismissed Greta Thunberg - a Nobel Prize nominee - as mentally ill, and hysterical after she pleaded with world officials to address the climate crisis. Two researchers explain the stereotypical labels deployed by critics to undermine her call to action, which the activist herself has described as “too loud for people to handle”.

World Wide (Conversation) – Detractors have dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg – a Nobel Prize nominee – as mentally ill, hysterical and a millennial weirdo after she pleaded with world officials last week to address the climate crisis.

Here, two researchers explain the stereotypical labels deployed by critics to undermine Thunberg’s call to action, which the activist herselfhas…

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Chilling Claim by Mississippi City That Undocumented Man Killed by Police Had No Constitutional Rights

"We're stunned that someone put this in writing," a lawyer for Ismael Lopez's family said.

Mississippi, United States (CD) – A court filing publicized late last week drew outrage on Monday over the case of Ismael Lopez, a 41-year-old man who was killed by police two years ago in Southaven, Mississippi.

To avoid responsibility for the man’s death, attorneys for the city are arguing that Lopez had no constitutional rights due to his status as an undocumented immigrant—blatantly…

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Jury Deliberating Fate of Dallas Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Man in His Apartment

A Dallas County jury will decide if Amber Guyger committed murder, manslaughter or no crime at all when she shot and killed Botham Jean in 2018. And a judge said jurors can consider the state's Castle Doctrine while deliberating.

United States (TexasTribune) – A Dallas County jury began deliberating Monday in the murder trial of a Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man in his home after mistaking his apartment for her own. Amber Guyger, who was fired after the 2018 shooting, lived one floor below 26-year-old Botham Jean, who worked at the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The shooting sparked…

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Want To Save The Environment? De-Fund The Pentagon.

You can not have a serious discussion about the environment without discussing the Pentagon. You just can't

United States (CJ) – Millions of people are uniting in demonstrations worldwide against our civilization’s ecocidal march toward extinction, which makes me so happy to see. It’s really encouraging to see so many young people burning with love for their planet and a hunger to reverse the damage that has been done to our ecosystem by the refusal of previous generations to turn away from our path of…