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DOJ investigates Denver for violating deaf prisoner rights

By Susan Greene | 03.06.13 | 5:19 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

This story was originally published by TAI affiliate The Colorado Independent. More…
The federal Justice Department is investigating Denver for failing to provide sign-language interpreters for deaf prisoners. Investigators are seeking to determine whether Denver – which touts itself as “one of America’s most accessible cities” — is violating the Americans

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Bill targets discrimination against LGBT jurors

By | 05.30.12 | 2:25 pm

A New Jersey congressman has introduced a bill that would ban attorneys in federal trials from removing potential jurors on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The bill, introduced May 18 by Democrat Steve Rothman, follows an American Independent investigation More… documenting numerous state and federal cases in which

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Discrimination against LGBT jurors remains legal

By | 05.01.12 | 9:02 am

“I believe that people who are either transsexuals or transvestites — I don’t know what the proper term is — traditionally are more liberal-minded thinking people, tend to associate more with the defendants because, obviously, they have been either ridiculed before or are feeling in a position of being in More…

Obama administration takes ‘unprecedented’ action against bullying in Minn. district

By | 03.09.12 | 10:10 am

A settlement between a Minnesota school district and the federal government More… over anti-LGBT bullying is being hailed as “unprecedented” and a model for school districts nationwide. The move by the federal government to intervene in the Anoka-Hennepin School District is part of a more aggressive stance against bullying by the

Minn. school district settles bullying lawsuits

By | 03.06.12 | 10:13 am

Anoka-Hennepin School District, Minnesota’s largest public school district, announced on Monday evening that it had settled two lawsuits concerning bullying and harassment of students in the district. According to court documents, the decision came after the Department of Justice and the Department of Eduction joined two lawsuits filed by six More…

Conservative group aims to ‘clean up’ voter rolls

By Ashley Lopez | 02.15.12 | 5:30 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

A right-wing group has announced it will “pressure states and localities” through lawsuits, if necessary, “to clean up voter registration rolls pursuant to Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).” The group claims that several states have voters on their registration rolls who are ineligible to vote. More…

Immigration strategy proposed at CPAC: ‘Let’s put a wall around the welfare state’

By Marcos Restrepo | 02.13.12 | 2:59 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Panelists at the Conservative Political Action Conference spoke Saturday about immigration measures that would uphold conservative values and attacked federal action against immigration-enforcement state laws. More…

Watchdog group asks DOJ, FBI to further investigate Florida congressman

By Virginia Chamlee | 02.13.12 | 2:00 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The legal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has asked the Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, over allegations contained in a new Office of Congressional Ethics report. More…