Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed four new bills into law on Monday that in effect end immigration detention by expanding protections for immigrants and refugees. In an attempt to establish “Illinois as the most welcoming state in the nation,” he also issued an executive order creating the Welcoming Illinois Office. In an official press release, [...]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new federal moratorium on evictions on Tuesday in counties with heightened levels of community transmission amid “unexpected developments in the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the rise of the Delta variant.” The CDC’s previous moratorium on evictions expired Saturday and with the Supreme Court’s [...]

Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Monday charged pro-democracy activist Au Nok-hin and 59-year-old singer Wong Yiu-ming  with “corrupt conduct” for allegedly breaching election laws by having Wong perform two songs at a 2018 election rally to induce people to vote for Au in a legislative by-election. Wong Yiu-ming, aka Anthony Wong, and [...]

New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday formally announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women. The announcement comes at the end of a five-month investigation led by former federal prosecutor Joon Kim and employment attorney Anne Clark. The investigation, which included interviews with 179 people, revealed that “Cuomo’s administration was a [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday denied a motion for an injunction pending appeal upholding the lower court’s own denial of a motion for preliminary injunction against Indiana University’s mandate that all students get the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus in the fall. Indiana University’s vaccination policy requires all [...]

This year marks an important milestone for our democracy – the 50th Anniversary of the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Yet, despite a recent Presidential proclamation recognizing the significance of this moment, few Americans know much about this part of our nation’s voting rights history. The 26th Amendment is not taught in most public-school [...]

Five journalists who were on the list of alleged surveillance targets by Indian government agencies using Israeli hacking software Pegasus on Monday filed writ petitions with the Supreme Court of India stating that the agencies violated their fundamental rights, guaranteed under the Constitution of India, through unauthorized use of surveillance. According to the petitioners, the [...]

New York state’s Nassau County Legislature Monday voted 12-6 to pass a bill that allows first responders to sue protesters for harassment and other unlawful discriminatory practices. The bill declares that it is an “unlawful discriminatory practice to harass, menace, assault or injure an individual due to such individual’s status as a first responder.” Individuals [...]

A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing officer recommended on Monday that employees at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama, hold a second election due to interference and intimidation by the retail giant. Amazon opened its Bessemer fulfillment plant in March 2020, which coincided with the beginning of the pandemic. A lack of COVID-19 safety [...]

The New Zealand Human Rights Commission announced Sunday that it will hold a national inquiry into the country’s housing crisis. The Commission also released a framework that gives 21 guidelines on the right to a decent home in New Zealand. The Commission will use the framework in a national inquiry into the right to a decent [...]