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Women who desperately wanted to speak with the Department of Homeland Security’s secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, were instead brought outside where they could not attempt to plea for help. According to The Intercept, Nielsen visited several detention centers late last week. During a trip to Port Isabel, in Los Fresnos, Texas,…
A 12-year-old girl delivered a powerful speech at an immigration rally over the weekend. Meanwhile, President Trump on the same day called for undocumented immigrants to be deported “IMMEDIATELY.” “It makes me sad to know that children can’t be with their parents,” said the young girl, identified as Leah. “I…
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) believes it’s time to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and start over. “I don’t think ICE today is working as intended,” Gillibrand told Chris Cuomo on CNN. “I believe that it has become a deportation force. And I think you should separate…
In an optimistic ruling, a judge in California has ordered an official halt on families being separated at the border, and demanded that all children separated from their parents be reunited within 30 days. Children five and under must be brought back with their families within two weeks. And all…
According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, immigrants can receive justice without a judge present. “Just because you don’t see a judge doesn’t mean you don’t receive due process,” she said Monday. “The president would like to see us stop people from illegally entering the country at all,”…
Mastercard (No. 8 on DiversityInc’s Top 50 List), now has its next round of intakes to their “Relaunch Your Career” program open. The program, which the company launched abroad in 2017, has grown to have over 40 participants across 14 different countries. The 16-week-long program is aimed at helping mid-career…
Originally published on humananews.com. With a mission to address significant health disparities and unsustainably high health care costs in the United States, the University of Houston has hired an accomplished physician and leader in medical education and health services research to direct the Humana Integrated Health System Sciences Institute. Dr. LeChauncy…
Originally posted on Facebook. How can digital help in the fight against malaria? Bertrand Bodson, our Chief Digital Officer, shares his own experience of malaria as a teenager and a vision for the role of data and digital. #MalariaFuture #WorldMosquitoDay
Originally published on thehersheycompany.com. The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY), celebrating 125 years as a category management and snacks leader, is offering a new time-saving and profit-building tool for retailers through its Hershey Solutions online portal. The site, launched in 2018, allows convenience store decision makers to quickly capitalize on new product launches and shopper trends….
The Women’s British Open welcomes AIG as the title sponsor of one of the biggest golf events on the sporting calendar ahead of the 43rd staging of the prestigious Championship in August, 2019. In this new chapter for the Championship, AIG, a leading global insurance organization, debuts its sponsorship at…
The U.S. District Court in Georgia reported they found the state negligible when it comes to protecting people with developmental disabilities. The Peach State is not holding up their end of the bargain they made with the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the services offered in non-institutional settings to…
American Pan American Games athletes Race Imboden and Gwen Berry both protested on stage in Lima, Peru and were sentenced to 12 months of probation for their actions. The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee warned of harsher punishments in the future to any athletes who might protest…
After a long consideration, Phoenix, Arizona has now decided to take a step forward on gun control. Phoenix police officers must now document every instance in which they point a gun at a person and then have that document reviewed by their boss. Other cities have similar requirements: Dallas, Baltimore,…
Stapleton, a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, has voted to keep its name, which has sparked controversy. It’s named after a Ku Klux Klan member. Activists in Colorado said that it wrongly immortalized a racist Denver mayor who was in office almost century ago. Others said the name was simply a…
A jury found Anwar Ghazali guilty of second-degree murder after he chased down 17-year old Dorian Harris, fatally shooting him in the street over a $2 beer. Ghazali is Yemeni, and Harris was Black. The murder took place on March 29, 2018, at Top Stop Shop in Memphis. Harris, who…
Last July, 47-year-old Michael Drejka got in a fight with Britany Jacobs, then 24, who was parked in a handicapped-accessible spot outside a grocery store. Her boyfriend, Markeis McGlockton, who was only 28, walked outside after them with their five-year-old son and defended Jacobs from Drejka, who had become aggressive….
Renken Dentistry is giving people with disabilities something to smile about: career opportunities. Josh Renken has owned his practice since 2003 and just last year, after expanding his practice to Texas, instituted a vocational program for people with developmental differences. Inspired by his daughter, who has a developmental difference, this…
Last year, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren came under fire for claiming she was Native American based on family lore and trace amounts of Indigenous DNA an ancestry test detected. This week at a forum in Sioux City, Iowa she apologized for her previous statements and pledged she would…
The Illinois megachurch Harvest Bible Chapel has strict bylaws that say: “marriage involves the sacred joining together of one man and one woman in faithful, permanent union” and say that homosexuality and bisexuality are sexual sins. The church doesn’t stop there – women are also not allowed in church positions…
Less than two years ago, Mark Halperin was accused of multiple accounts of sexual harassment and physical assault. Numerous women have come forward and accused Halperin of unwanted touching, inappropriate comments and aggressive behavior toward them. He lost his jobs on TV as a political commentator and an HBO project…
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