Bill to give Tennessee AG civil rights oversight draws Democratic pushback over partisanship
“He has not been proven to be a complaint-free, independent agency or appointee,” said Sen. Charlan Oliver, a Democrat from Nashville, who has introduced a bill that will hand over an investigation into discrimination complaints against Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skulmetti. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) The bill, which dissolved Tennessee’s independent civil rights watchdog and […]
Bill to abolish Tennessee Human Rights Commission advances • Tennessee Lookout
The House Committee on Monday voted to advance a bill that would repeal the Tennessee Human Rights Commission against objections from some Democrats. This law could put Tennessee’s rights at risk to seek justice in their discrimination claims. Proposed law (HB910/SB861) Senator John Stevens of Huntingdon and Johnny Garrett of Goodlettsville are both Republicans and […]
Trump Education Department Says Maine Violated Civil Rights Laws By Allowing Men In Women’s Sports
The Department of Education (ED) announced Wednesday that the Maine Department of Education has been found in violation of Civil Rights Act to continue allowing men to compete in women’s sports. Edited The investigation has begun After a public vomit between President Donald Trump and Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills, he entered the state in […]
Columbia University Human Rights Fellow Convicted For Having A Slave
The British ju umpire convicted Judge Lydia Mugambe on Thursday of forcing a Ugandan woman into the UK, pretending to be false and then into slaves in the country. Mugambe, who also serves as a Uganda High Court judge, brought his victims to the UK under the guise of securing work as a diplomatic man. […]
Tennesseans trek to Selma for 60th anniversary of voting rights march • Tennessee Lookout
SELMA, Ala. – Brenda Haywood, a former member of Nashville’s Metro Council, was 14 years old in 1965 when civil rights activists were attacked by Alabama police officers and police, attempting to make an effort to invoke voting rights from Selma to the Montgomery state capital. “I actually saw March and wanted to come. At […]
Iowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code
Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the law on Friday with a bill waived transgender protections from the state’s civil rights code, making Hawkeye the first in the country to do so. invoice Gender is considered to be synonymous with biological sex under state law, not gender identity. Furthermore, people with sexual developmental disorders, including […]
‘Prying On The Rights Of Females’: Stephen A. Smith Speaks Absolute Truth About Biological Men In Women’s Sports
Stephen A. Smith made it into beans. There’s been a consistent Chirpin’ for some time, as Stephen A. Smith could run for president in 2028, but those rumors don’t have any real weight. With this being true, Smith has been asked over and over again about his political position, and there’s no problem calling how […]
Protesters at city hall defend migrant rights | News
Police escorts accompanied around 80 to 100 protesters, marched peacefully to Flagstaff City Hall, chanting criticism of President Donald Trump’s border policies, immigrant raids and individual targets for Native Americans. Ta. Protesters marched north on San Francisco Avenue from the university union, then turned west of Birch Avenue and headed south on Humphreys Avenue to […]
The Tennessee politicians, civil rights leaders lost in 2024 • Tennessee Lookout
James Lawson Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the civil rights movement who trained many activists during his time in Nashville, died in June at the age of 95 after cardiac arrest. Lawson, a native of Ohio, worked as an Indian Methodist missionary, studied non-violent resistance techniques defended by Indian lawyer and anti-colonial activist Mahatma […]
Dems Mostly Silent About Whether They Support Granting Voting Rights To 800,000 Noncitizens
House Democrats in New York largely declined to comment Monday on whether non-citizens should be allowed to vote in New York City’s city elections. New York Court of Appeals hears lawsuits passed in 2022 by the New York City Council on Tuesday, allowing approximately 800,000 non-citizens of the city to allow green cards or workers […]
