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A federal lawsuit filed by ACLU of RI cooperating attorney Richard A. Sinapi challenges a Portsmouth town ordinance that bans the posting of political signs on residential property. The lawsuit is on behalf of town resident Michael DiPaola, who recently erected a series of signs on his property that express “his opinions criticizing perceived selective and corrupt code enforcement by[Read More…]
Citing repeated instances of police failing to activate their body cameras in high profile encounters with the public, the ACLU of Rhode Island has called on Providence Commissioner of Public Safety Steven Paré and Police Chief Hugh Clements, Jr. to take stronger steps, including establishing a more vigorous audit process, to hold officers responsible for violating the department’s body[Read More…]
Responding to an appeal brought on behalf of two North Kingstown children by ACLU of RI cooperating attorney H. Jefferson Melish, R.I. Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green ruled today that the school district could not ban the children from in-school learning solely because their parents had let them attend school last month while their father was waiting for the results of[Read More…]
What: A car rally to demand immediate action from the Governor’s office, DOC, DOH and the AG on the COVID outbreak in the ACI. When: Friday, December 18th at 12:30 pm, during the Governor’s press conference Where: Circling Rhode Island State House Formerly incarcerated people, families of incarcerated people, and accomplices are rallying in cars circling the Rhode Island State[Read More…]
A federal court has today given final approval to a settlement agreement between Brown University and the class of women student-athletes at Brown which resolved the class-action court challenge to Brown’s decision in June 2020 to cut women’s teams from its varsity athletics program. The court action, filed in June by cooperating counsel from Public Justice and the ACLU of[Read More…]
From The Inland Coalition For Immigrant Justice: Immigrants are unsafe with Cecilia Muñoz in the administration. She should not be rewarded for selling out immigrant communities for political gain. San Bernardino, CA – On Friday, November 13th, President-elect Joe Biden appointed Cecilia Muñoz to join his transition team. During the Obama-Biden administration, over 3 million families were separated and Cecilia[Read More…]
Student journalist Jared Nally is defending his rights after the university president threatened him with disciplinary action if he continued to engage in basic acts of journalism. Haskell Indian Nations University president issues student-editor a “directive” entirely incompatible with practice of actual journalism. Student-editor: “When our university challenges the free speech of students, they are silencing a whole generation[Read More…]
The RI ACLU has decided to intervene on behalf of Newport citizens residing in precinct 2109 who feel that the consolidation, by the Newport Canvassing Authority, of a polling center located for years at the Park Holm Senior Center with the Pell Elementary School in Precinct 2102 would result in grave inconvenience to members of the minority community &[Read More…]
A federal court has today preliminarily approved a settlement agreement between Brown University and lawyers representing women student-athletes at the school who brought a class-action lawsuit in June following cuts to the varsity athletics program. The suit, filed in June by counsel from the ACLU of Rhode Island, Public Justice and two private law firms, alleged that the cuts violated a consent agreement[Read More…]
University of Chicago #1 for free speech, DePauw worst, Ivy League underperforms Survey reveals differences among political affiliation, gender, race, religion, and more Acceptance of violence to stop campus speakers higher among liberal students Nearly one-third don’t think Trump should be allowed to speak on campus, 22% for Biden PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29, 2020 — The Ivy League offers students[Read More…]
He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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