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By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington 3 May 2024 Updated 4 hours ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: Biden makes age joke at 2024 Medal of Freedom ceremony President Joe Biden has bestowed the highest civilian honour in the US on activists, astronauts and […]
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press May 1, 2024, 9:47 PM ET • 3 min read SEATTLE — A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Black Lives Matter activist to be sued by a Louisiana police officer injured during a protest in 2016 in a case that could make it riskier to engage in public demonstrations, a hallmark of American democracy. In declining to hear DeRay Mckesson’s appeal, the justices left in […]
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2023 rejected Mckesson’s defense that his rights to free speech and assembly under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protect him from the negligence claim. Mckesson was represented by lawyers including from the American Civil Liberties Union. The Baton Rouge protest was one of numerous demonstrations […]
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Black Lives Matter activist to be sued by a Louisiana police officer injured during a protest in 2016 in a case that could make it riskier to engage in public demonstrations, a hallmark of American democracy. In declining to hear DeRay Mckesson’s […]
The United States has greenlighted the transfer of a new $2.5bn weapons package, comprising bombs and fighter jets, to Israel, according to US media reports. Despite expressing concern about civilian casualties in Gaza, the White House arms package includes more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound (900kg) bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound (225kg) bombs, according to Pentagon […]
By Holly Honderich in Washington 5 hours ago Image source, Getty Images US anti-abortion activists, including allies of Donald Trump, have a strategy to ban abortion nationwide – one that bypasses Congress and the American people. It’s a plan that hinges on Mr Trump’s re-election in November and the use of a little-known 19th Century […]
Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and Frederick Douglass might be the first names that come to mind when the subject of African American activism comes up. But there are thousands and thousands of brave men and women who have fought against racial oppression in US history. Take Action: Check Your […]
Long before the killing of Michael Brown by a Ferguson cop coincided with the bombing of Gaza by Israeli forces, there were parallels between the Palestinian and African-American freedom struggles. On Nov. 1, 1970, black activists published an ad in the New York Times titled, “An Appeal by Black Americans Against United States Support of the […]
To commemorate Black History Month in the United States, The New Arab looks at seven African American activists who used their voices to support Palestine. “Black folks have always been about Palestine”. That was the response of travel writer Imani Bashir on X, in response to a tweet by @KaufmanDavidNYC last week that suggested that […]