Civics 1/30

Tuesday, January 30, 2023

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The Mississippi Constitution’s permanent felony disenfranchisement provision has barred thousands of individuals from voting. Credit: Unknown

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced his plan for a new agency — the first of its kind in the U.S. — to regulate the city's booming app-based delivery industry, which currently employs 65,000 people. But delivery workers and advocates are worried about the implications the proposed agency could have for their rights. "We need solutions that are about treating us as essential workers, not as criminals." (Documented)

Parents of K-12 students using New York City's yellow bus service can now track their child's bus in real-time with an app introduced by NYC Chancellor David C. Banks. (Epicenter-NYC)

Last week, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Mississippi revisited a case challenging the state's longstanding Jim Crow-era law that imposes a lifetime voting ban on individuals with specific felony convictions. (Black Girl Times) 

In recent abortion-related cases, including a federal appeals court ruling against the Biden administration's Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), ideological decision-making has taken precedence over legal precedent post-Roe. (Black Girl Times)

CNN reported earlier this month that the Israeli Defense Forces desecrated more than a dozen cemeteries in southern Gaza as part of a search for the remains of hostages seized by Hamas during last year's October 7th terror attack. According to international law, these acts could implicate Israel in war crimes. (Black Voice News)

The suicide death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey and the resignation of former Harvard president Claudine Gay have brought national attention to the treatment of Black and Brown women in higher education. Immigrantly host Saadia Khan delves into the origins of "diversity hire" and its connection to DEI in America. (Immigrant Media)

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