The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates adopted Resolution 601 on August 6, urging the implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment.
— Read on brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/08/10/city-bar-association-co-sponsors-resolution-for-equal-rights/
$20 billion Bay Area housing bond pulled from November ballot
Oakland officials and activists are devastated by the decision, which was made in light of legal challenges and polling.
— Read on oaklandside.org/2024/08/14/20-billion-bay-area-housing-bond-pulled-from-november-ballot/
‘I think it’s bullshit,’ West Side residents express frustrations over DNC security measures • The TRiiBE
Less than a week away from the Democratic National Convention (DNC), set to take place from Aug. 19-22, Chicago residents near the United Center expressed frustrations and concerns with the event’s security perimeter, which covers roughly a two-mile radius.
— Read on thetriibe.com/2024/08/i-think-its-bullshit-west-side-residents-express-frustrations-over-dnc-security-measures/
The US wants to scan the faces of migrant kids at the border | MIT Technology Review
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children at the border in a bid to improve facial recognition technology, MIT Technology Review can reveal. This includes children “down to the infant,” according to John Boyd, assistant director of the department’s Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), where a key part of his role is to research and develop future biometric identity services for the government.
— Read on www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/14/1096534/homeland-security-facial-recognition-immigration-border/
Former Trump lawyers take aim at a popular initiative encouraging Pittsburgh’s divestment from Israel | Social Justice | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper
Amid significant legal challenges to a proposed referendum that would ban the City of Pittsburgh from doing business with entities with financial ties to Israel, advocates say they’re encouraged by new polling that shows a significant majority of Pittsburgh voters support the proposal.
Women in Prison – Ann Hansen (2002?)
“Every time there is a crisis within the prison system, the government diverts the anger of society and it’s need for a resolution into some …
Women in Prison – Ann Hansen (2002?)
Black Left Critique of Kamala Harris | Black Agenda Report
Immediately after Joe Biden announced that he would not seek re-election and instead endorsed Kamala Harris, she was anointed as the Democratic Party presidential nominee with little analysis of her record or her program. Black Agenda Report has been writing about Harris for some time, and we share what we and others have noted about her record over the years.
— Read on www.blackagendareport.com/black-left-critique-kamala-harris
DNA on weapons implicates ex-U.S. Green Beret in attempted Venezuelan coup, federal officials say | AP News
Federal investigators say they have uncovered the DNA of a former U.S. Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
— Read on apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-coup-arms-smuggling-dna-da832a30eea2150d0366851935998bd7
Moving Towards Life | Los Angeles Review of Books
Exploring the correspondence of June Jordan and Audre Lorde, Marina Magloire assembles an archive of a Black feminist falling-out over Zionism.
— Read on lareviewofbooks.org/article/moving-towards-life/
Like a Bag Trying to Empty — Parapraxis
In effect, the Zionist system of enclosure produces a situation of psychic sterility and of death.
— Read on www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/like-a-bag-trying-to-empty
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