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Voters in California and Nevada consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners
2 months, 1 week ago

Voters in California and Nevada consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners

The Independent  

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Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court cowards are hiding behind a hollow ethics code. Here’s how to fix that.

Raw Story  

Justice Samuel Alito claims Congress has no power to impose an ethics code on the Supreme Court. Justices Alito and Thomas don’t just “regard themselves as unrestricted” by ethics, they have so egregiously violated the rules of fair play they shouldn’t be allowed to serve. Thomas luxuriates in a conservative donor’s uber-wealth Gifts lavished on Thomas and his crusading wife, …

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DC Edit | Let society evolve; resist return of regressive laws
1 year, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Let society evolve; resist return of regressive laws

Deccan Chronicle  

The recommendation of the parliamentary consultative committee for the Union home ministry to re-criminalise adultery “to protect the institution of marriage” may fit right into the authoritarian agenda of the ruling dispensation but will militate against modern values which prize personal liberty and freedom of conscience and allows every adult their own agency while limiting scope for state interference in …

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Cindy Crawford says Oprah made her feel like ‘chattel’ in 1986 interview: ‘So not OK’
1 year, 3 months ago

Cindy Crawford says Oprah made her feel like ‘chattel’ in 1986 interview: ‘So not OK’

LA Times  

Cindy Crawford reflected on her exchange with Oprah Winfrey in the Apple TV+ docuseries “The Super Models.” Cindy Crawford has come to see her first appearance on the “Oprah Winfrey Show” in a different light, nearly 40 years after it aired. The iconic model who rose to fame in the 1990s reflected on the early stages of her career in …

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Lift Every Voice and Sing: The black national anthem born from a birthday party
1 year, 6 months ago

Lift Every Voice and Sing: The black national anthem born from a birthday party

BBC  

Lift Every Voice and Sing: The black national anthem born from a birthday party Getty Images The 1900 song – originally written as a tribute to former US President Abraham Lincoln – has endured to become the US black national anthem and a powerful symbol, writes Juan Benn Jr. Twice a day, the air surrounding Howard University's Washington, DC campus …

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Supreme Court Quarterly Tax Digest 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Quarterly Tax Digest 2023

Live Law  

Building Tax Act 1975 ; Explanation to Section 3 - 'Charitable purpose' not limited to 'free medical relief'- The Explanation goes to indicate that ‘charitable purposes’ includes and is, therefore, not confined to the relief of the poor and free medical relief. Lisie Medical Institutes v. State of Kerala, 2023 LiveLaw 118 Constitution of India, 1950; Article 14, 15, 21 …

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"It's not how white men fight": Tucker Carlson and the death of Jordan Neely
1 year, 7 months ago

"It's not how white men fight": Tucker Carlson and the death of Jordan Neely

Salon  

In the most recent chapter in the "Tucker Carlson -- Fox "News" Choose Your Own Adventure Story", the New York Times is reporting that he was unceremoniously fired by Fox because they feared that Carlson's "extremely" racist text messages would hurt their business: A text message sent by Tucker Carlson that set off a panic at the highest levels of …

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Virginia slave laws inform judge's ruling on frozen embryos
1 year, 9 months ago

Virginia slave laws inform judge's ruling on frozen embryos

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Frozen human embryos can legally …

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All Sikkimese women must be allowed to get I-T relief: Supreme Court
1 year, 11 months ago

All Sikkimese women must be allowed to get I-T relief: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday, in a judgment, held that exclusion of Sikkimese women who marry non-Sikkimese men after April 1, 2008 from exemptions under the Income Tax Act is unconstitutional and amounts to gender discrimination. Justice B.V. Nagarathna, in a separate opinion, agreed that “there cannot be a discrimination vis-à-vis Sikkimese women marrying a non-Sikkimese individual, whether an Indian …

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'Woman Not A Chattel, Has Identity Of Her Own; Marriage Won't Take Away Her Identity' : Supreme Court Strikes Down Income Tax Provision
1 year, 11 months ago

'Woman Not A Chattel, Has Identity Of Her Own; Marriage Won't Take Away Her Identity' : Supreme Court Strikes Down Income Tax Provision

Live Law  

The Supreme Court held that excluding Sikkimese woman merely because she marries a non-Sikkimese after 01.04.2008 from exemption provision under Section 10 Income Tax Act is is totally discriminatory and thus unconstitutional.A woman is not a chattel and has an identity of her own, and the mere factum of being married ought not to take away that identity, the bench …

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"The Woman King" poses the conundrum of making a great action movie about exceptional killers
2 years, 3 months ago

"The Woman King" poses the conundrum of making a great action movie about exceptional killers

Salon  

Every action movie worth contemplating after you leave the theater asks the audience to think but not overthink, to appreciate the hero's righteousness without questioning the troublesome parts of the story that may get in the way of cheering them on. "The Woman King" does not hide the Dahomey's role in fueling chattel slavery, as many critics and fans have …

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The US is heading for a civil war
2 years, 6 months ago

The US is heading for a civil war

Al Jazeera  

Today, the US is much closer to the conditions that led to its Civil War in 1861 than most Americans would dare admit. The self-described “eco-fascist national socialist’s” murder of Black folks in zip code 14208 was merely one skirmish in the civil war playing out in his and others’ minds. The Gendrons, Bowers and Crusiuses of the US have …

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Docuseries offers a more complete history of Lincoln's journey to end slavery
2 years, 10 months ago

Docuseries offers a more complete history of Lincoln's journey to end slavery

NPR  

Docuseries offers a more complete history of Lincoln's journey to end slavery NPR's Leila Fadel talks to directors Jacqueline Olive and Barak Goodman about the Apple TV+ docuseries, Lincoln's Dilemma, and how the fight for emancipation was larger than one man. A new documentary series called "Lincoln's Dilemma" challenges that idea by presenting a nuanced portrait of a man, a …

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'Can't Allow an Absurdity to Prevail': Rebecca John on Marital Rape Exception
2 years, 11 months ago

'Can't Allow an Absurdity to Prevail': Rebecca John on Marital Rape Exception

The Quint  

The amicus took the court back to the draft IPC prepared by Lord Macaulay, and the notes explaining its provisions. The notes to the original text by Macaulay expressly said that the marital rape exception is "in favour of the conjugal rights of the husband". She explained how this tied to the English common law doctrine of coverture or implied …

Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells
3 years, 2 months ago

Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells

CNN  

CNN — The family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cells have been used for groundbreaking scientific research for decades, filed a lawsuit Monday against Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for unjust enrichment from the nonconsensual use and profiting from her tissue sample and cell line. But the lawsuit alleges that Thermo Fisher Scientific is knowingly profiting from the “unlawful conduct” …

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Bihar Minister Ram Surat Rai “involved” in illicit liquor trade: Tejashwi Yadav
3 years, 9 months ago

Bihar Minister Ram Surat Rai “involved” in illicit liquor trade: Tejashwi Yadav

The Hindu  

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday launched a frontal attack on the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, alleging the involvement of a BJP Minister in illicit liquor trade and claiming that the Chief Minister appeared “weak and helpless” and, therefore, unable to act and stem the rot. The Leader of the Opposition, who had on the previous day raised inside …

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Married Women in India are Finding Love Outside Their Marriages. Is that Bad News?
3 years, 9 months ago

Married Women in India are Finding Love Outside Their Marriages. Is that Bad News?

News 18  

Infidelity has always been a contested topic in India, both legally and morally. The survey, which appears to reflect the attitudes of urban, educated, and financially independent women in the age group of 30-60 across India, found that 48 percent of Indian women who had extramarital affairs were not just married but also had children. While studies have traditionally found …

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Wife not husband’s chattel, can't be forced to live with him, says Supreme Court
3 years, 9 months ago

Wife not husband’s chattel, can't be forced to live with him, says Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

A woman is not a chattel to be forced to live with her husband, observed the Supreme Court on Tuesday, hearing a case where a man sought an order from the court to his spouse to start living with him again. Is a wife a chattel that she can be directed to go with you?” asked an SC bench of …

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MP Senior Cop Caught Beating Wife in Viral Video, Says She Lived on His Expense for Years
4 years, 2 months ago

MP Senior Cop Caught Beating Wife in Viral Video, Says She Lived on His Expense for Years

News 18  

In a shocking incident, a Madhya Pradesh policeman has been relieved from his duties after a video of him assaulting his wife at his home went viral. pic.twitter.com/rpAqPKLcKm— Priyanka Chaturvedi September 28, 2020 Others also reacted to the statement, reminding the officer the women are not their husbands’ property. No one is above law & order@TandonRaveena @SwetaSinghAT https://t.co/2kJwiWpbDB — Farah …

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Identity is important – that's why we desperately need a new strategy to tackle structural racism
4 years, 4 months ago

Identity is important – that's why we desperately need a new strategy to tackle structural racism

The Independent  

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