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Kamala Harris is Asian and Black. That shouldn’t be confusing in 2020

by editororkhan | Aug 13, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Right, Uncategorized

During her 2020 presidential campaign, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., found herself at the center of a controversy about which Americans can claim to be Black, or Black enough — because of both her biracial identity and her immigrant parents. Born to a Jamaican father...

More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff quarantined in several schools

by harpreetpreminds | Aug 13, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff quarantined in several schools For many US schools welcoming students back, a return to in-person learning was abruptly halted after new Covid-19 cases. More than 2,000 students, teachers and staff members across five...

Poland Punishes LGBT Rights Activist with Pretrial Detention

by editororkhan | Aug 12, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Right, Uncategorized

Warsaw police have arrested a nonbinary activist, Margot Szutowicz, who has been placed in pretrial detention, in the latest example of Polish authorities’ anti-LGBT actions. Forty-eight other people, from a crowd of LGBT rights supporters protesting Szutowicz’s...

‘Leaving us behind’: High-risk students ask, why can’t all college courses be offered online?

by harpreetpreminds | Aug 12, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

‘Leaving us behind’: High-risk students ask, why can’t all college courses be offered online? College sophomore Cameron Lynch has lived the past five months in a single square mile, only venturing outside her home a couple times a week for...

Back-to-school and college football chaos highlight Trump’s failed leadership

by editororkhan | Aug 11, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Right

More pillars are fast crumbling in President Donald Trump’s frantic and lie-strewn attempt to convince Americans the nation is back to normal before the election, with chaos already afflicting the return to school and a rite of fall — college football...

New bodycam footage shows George Floyd pleading with arresting officers

by harpreetpreminds | Aug 11, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left, Uncategorized

New bodycam footage shows George Floyd pleading with arresting officers People in the crowd are heard expressing fear for Mr Floyd’s condition, asking whether he had a pulse and was breathing. Police camera footage showing George Floyd pleading with the officers...