This past week, four inmates at the Washington County Detention Center (WCDC) in Arkansas filed a lawsuit after unknowingly taking Ivermectin, a livestock deworming drug, prescribed to them by the jail as a COVID-19 treatment. The WCDC, under the direction of Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder, hired Karas Correctional Health,... Read More »
Earlier this week, the Biden administration followed through with a threat to kick three countries out of a duty-free program for sub-Saharan African countries. Ethiopia, Mali, and Guinea were all found to violate the trade agreement for “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.” The African Growth and Opportunity Act... Read More »
The state of Illinois has hit another roadblock in its goal to end a federal immigration detention program this week. Illinois would become the sixth in the nation to limit contracts between county and city jails with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house immigrant detainees. Governor J.B. Pritzker... Read More »
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, each state has enacted its own unique laws on vaccines and testing requirements to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. While the Supreme Court has ruled in the past on two paramount cases that give the state the power to enforce vaccine mandates, it doesn’t create an... Read More »
The House of Representatives voted to hold Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, in contempt of Congress after new text messages uncovered by the special committee investigation on the January 6 Capital Riot. The text messages reportedly show Meadows ignoring GOP allies who begged him to tell... Read More »
Earlier this month two dozen people were indicted for what is now called a “modern-day slavery” ring that operated in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia revealed a 54-count indictment accusing those involved with taking advantage of the H-2A visa... Read More »
In early October 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that “FSD Beta 10.2,” the latest version of the company’s “self-driving” software, would be rolled out to 1000 of Tesla’s top-rated owners based on their safety scores. As more companies in the auto industry turn to fully autonomous vehicles and enhanced... Read More »
The Biden Administration was forced to re-implement Migrant Protection Protocols, more commonly referred to as “Remain in Mexico,” after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Biden Administration to re-implement the policy “in good faith.” At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the Trump... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas this week claiming that its newly developed electoral maps for U.S and state voting districts violate Section Two of the Voting Rights Act and asked for a halt on all elections in the state until an interim... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced they are investigating allegations of discrimination at the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas. The civil rights enforcement arm of the Education Department opened three investigations into the school district based on complaints of discrimination against students based... Read More »
For the first time since 2010, a lawmaker was formally censured in the U.S. House of Representatives. Paul Gosar, a Republican member from Arizona, posted a 90-second animated video on his official Twitter account that portrayed him killing Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, assaulting President Biden, and brutally repelling migrants trying... Read More »
Three men were originally convicted of assassinating civil rights activist Malcolm X on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. Two of those men, who maintained their innocence throughout their lengthy prison sentences, were exonerated earlier this week. The three men arrested, convicted, and sentenced to... Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report examining over 7,000 companies that filed for bankruptcy in the 2020 fiscal year. They found that 42 debtor companies, including Hertz and Neiman Marcus, paid out over $165 million in incentive bonuses to their executives just before filing for Chapter 11... Read More »
The U.S. State Department took a step toward accomplishing its gender inclusivity policy push by issuing the first-ever U.S. Passport with an “X” gender marker. While this is a momentous occasion for the LGBTQI+ community, the service won’t be routinely offered until early 2022. The move began as a campaign... Read More »
At a pre-trial meeting, a Wisconsin judge ruled that the individuals shot by Kyle Rittenhouse cannot be referred to as “victims” but can only be described as “rioters” or “looters,” potentially impacting the outcome of the case and swaying jury members to one side. The Kenosha County Circuit Judge, Bruce... Read More »
