A judge for the US District Court for the District of Oregon denied a request Wednesday for a temporary restraining order against a 60-day ban on green cards for most immigrants issued by the Trump administration on April 22. President Donald Trump cited the job market as the reason for this proclamation. The Justice Action [...]

In a study released MONDAY by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and some of its partners, experts showed that gender-related violence has risen while and access to family planning has decreased. This study found that nearly 50 million women across 114 countries are projected to be without access to modern contraceptives if the COVID-19 shutdown [...]

Six Texas voters, supported by the National Redistricting Foundation, filed a lawsuit in Texas Wednesday, challenging the state’s Absentee Ballot Age Restriction and arguing the restriction is unconstitutional, especially given the current threat of COVID-19. The Absentee Ballot Age Restriction prohibits any voter in Texas under the age of 65 from requesting and casting their [...]

3M filed a federal trademark infringement suit Tuesday against a medical supplies company for the resale of N95 masks to the state of Wisconsin at inflated prices. Similar to previous litigation initiated by the country’s largest producer of N95 masks surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the suit filed against Hulomil LLC alleges that the “deplorable pandemic [...]

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday approved an investigation into accusations that President Jair Bolsonaro sought to interfere with police investigations for political gain. Brazilian Attorney General José Levi do Amaral requested the investigation on Monday after the Brazilian Justice Minister Sérgio Moro publicly accused the president last Friday of improper conduct in the appointment of [...]