Category Archives: Rights

With its Trump-secured right-wing majority, the Supreme Court has reverted to long-standing form as a bastion of reactionary policy.
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-originalism/

A thorough, deeply researched exposé with explosive, and broadly valuable, impact sometimes can’t be reported without dishonesty.
— Read on www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/undercover-journalism-Project-Veritas-17476621.php

Two recent op-eds offer related views on the intentions of the “Framers of the Constitution.” Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UC Berkeley Law School, is not simply concerned with originalism and the intent of judicial review, but how that intent was to be carried out and actualized, and how the law was related to practice. His…
— Read on boingboing.net/2022/09/29/the-originalism-of-white-supremacy-and-judicial-review.html

The report analyzed more than 1 million posts from a leading incel forum and found a 59% uptick in keywords associated with acts of mass violence.
— Read on gizmodo.com/incel-involuntary-celibates-misogyny-1849575730

With Giorgia Meloni’s party leading in polls ahead of Sunday’s election, the Italian far right is edging closer to power.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/09/giorgia-meloni-italy-election-fascism-mussolini/671515/

“This is an opportunity to realize how big this movement is against our kids and how much we need to fight,” Reshma Saujani told Insider.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9

In “We Are Proud Boys,” author Andy Campbell details how the far-right street gang fooled media and law enforcement
— Read on www.salon.com/2022/09/20/a-fascist-march-on-the-country-for-5-years-how-the-proud-boys-got-away-with-it-for-so-long/

Four in five pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. could have been prevented, according to a federal analysis of data from 2017 to 2019.
— Read on eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/09/19/cdc-us-maternal-deaths-preventable/10425271002/

An increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Florida was partially the work of a network of white supremacist groups with ties to the state, a report says.
— Read on www.mcclatchydc.com/news/investigations/article265740986.html