Will the Supreme Court Sanction the Use of a Religious Litmus Test For Foster Parents?
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Hirsute Hassle: Uzbek Singer Urges President To Let Him Croon On TV Despite Beard
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One of Uzbekistan’s most popular singer-songwriters has complained to President Shavkat Mirziyoev that he is effectively banned from performing on state TV and in public because of his beard. “Despite obtaining an official license to perform, I’m not allowed to appear on television and [officials] tell me the reason is my beard,” Sanjar Javberdiev — […]
For PFAS, Hazardous Designation Is Not a Ban
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Policy Analysis By Melanie Benesh, Legislative Attorney and Jared Hayes, Policy Analyst Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Designating the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS as “hazardous substances” is critical to cleaning up legacy contamination of a chemical linked to cancer. But some PFAS polluters – and their supporters in Congress – have implied that designating […]
EPIC to Supreme Court: Public Should Have Free Access to Georgia’s State Code
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access to information EPIC Amicus Filing Georgia v. PublicResource.Org public access EPIC to Supreme Court: Public Should Have Free Access to Georgia’s State Code EPIC has filed an amicus brief in the U.S Supreme Court case Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, which concerns Georgia’s copyright of the state’s official annotated code. EPIC’s brief, signed by thirty-five experts […]
A Field Guide to Commonly Misidentified Snakes
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Snakes are some of the most frequently observed animals around us and we are fascinated by them; you might think we’d be pretty good at identifying these common reptiles by now. That’s not the case. In Georgia alone (where I live), you can find more than 40 different species of snakes and they come in […]
Top European Court Rules Global Takedown of Defamatory Content Permissible
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The Court of Justice for the European Union has ruled that member states may order internet providers to remove globally content found to be defamatory. In Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland, the Court ruled that the e-Commerce directive does not prohibit orders to remove content from all domains globally that is identical or equivalent to […]
Recovery: The Seal and Shark Invasion
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Fish and wildlife recovery can be unpopular, especially when it inconveniences the public. On a fine, gusty June morning I hooked the striped bass of a lifetime off Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, a designated federal wilderness at the elbow of Cape Cod. For 50 minutes we played give and take with 150 yards of green […]
Freed Russian Journalist Recounts Harrowing Ordeal In Iranian Jail
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Russian journalist and author Yulia Yuzik, who was detained in Tehran for more than a week, says Iranian interrogators accused her of working for Israel and “destroyed me psychologically” before her surprise release. “They were sure that Yuzik was a Jewish surname, there was no doubt that I was Jewish and worked as an analyst […]
PG&E Should Compensate Customers For Power Shutoffs, California Governor Says
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Pacific Gas & Electric should give rebates or credits to each of its nearly 800,000 customers affected by last week’s power shutoffs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, demanding that the utility “be held accountable.” CNN reports: The utility intentionally cut power to almost 800,000 customers in Northern California last week in an effort to prevent […]
Tell HUD: Algorithms Shouldn’t Be an Excuse to Discriminate
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released a proposed rule that will have grave consequences for the enforcement of fair housing laws. Under the Fair Housing Act, individuals can bring claims on the basis of a protected characteristic (like race, sex, or disability status) when there is a facially-neutral policy or […]
EWG Comments to California OEHHA on Draft Drinking Water Utility Report
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EWG Comments to California OEHHA on Draft Drinking Water Utility Report Thursday, October 3, 2019 EWG submitted detailed comments to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on the draft report “Achieving the Human Right to Water in California: An Assessment of the State’s Community Water Systems.” Key Issues: Syndication Source
Advocates Raise Awareness for National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
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To Omar Martinez, National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day is about uplifting the voices of Latinx activists and ensuring that Latinx people living with HIV and AIDS receive the best care possible moving forward while remembering Latinx people who died of HIV and AIDS. “The way to move forward is to really tackle and address the […]
Osman Kavala in prison for almost two years for things that never happened
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The long drive from the centre of Istanbul to Silivri, the seaside town that is home to Europe’s largest high security prison, is spent talking about the case with colleagues who are with me in Turkey, Amnesty directors from Spain and Sweden. It’s a rainy and cold morning and there is a lot of traffic. […]
Join Nasu’s call to end enforced evictions
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Nasu was shot and forced out his home in Otodo Gbame, Nigeria. Demand justice, compensation and an end to forced evictions. Nasu Abdulaziz used to live in a village called Otodo Gbame in the city of Lagos in Nigeria. Otodo Gbame is an informal settlement, but it has always been his home. The men first came […]
In the Southeast, ‘Public Energy Enemy No.1’ Has Lots of Company
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EWG and our allies have branded Duke Energy as Public Energy Enemy No. 1 for its short-sighted strategy of continuing to build expensive, polluting coal and natural gas plants instead of fully embracing cheaper, cleaner solar and wind power and energy efficiency. We also dismissed Duke’s announcement last month to be “net carbon neutral” by […]
In Mueller Case, EPIC Obtains Memos About Suspected Agent of a Foreign Power
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As a consequence of its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, EPIC v DOJ, EPIC has obtained previously undisclosed memos from the Mueller investigation. One memo released to EPIC summarizes Mueller’s investigation of a suspected “unregistered agent of a foreign government.” The memo was submitted one day after the Justice Department released a redacted version of […]
EFF to Court: Parody Book Combining Dr. Seuss and Star Trek Themes Is Fair Use
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San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal appeals court today to rule that the creators of a parody book called “Oh The Places You’ll Boldly Go!”—a mash-up of Dr. Seuss and Star Trek themes—didn’t infringe copyrights in the Dr. Seuss classic “Oh The Places You’ll Go!” The illustrated, crowdsourced book combines elements found […]
HRC Texas Reflects on Latinx Heritage Month
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Despite rhetoric from some politicians who seek to sow divisions, Texas is a state with deep Latinx roots. By 2022, Latinx people are expected to become the largest population group in the state according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Going into the important 2020 election cycle, HRC is proud that we have three incredible Latinx […]
Study: Many Popular Medical Apps Send User Info To 3rd Or 4th Parties
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dryriver writes: A study in the British Medical Journal that looked at 24 of the 100s of Medical apps available on Google Play found that 79% pass all sorts of user info — including sensitive medical info like what your reported symptoms are and what medications you are taking in some cases — on to […]
Russian ‘History Parks’ Present Kremlin-Friendly Take On The Past
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MOSCOW — If you enter the hall devoted to the 13th-century Russian Grand Prince Aleksandr Nevsky in one of Russia’s new “history parks,” you will find in huge letters the quotation “Boost your defenses in the west and look for your friends in the east.” “You might not read anything else about Aleksandr Nevsky,” says […]