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5 days, 18 hours ago

Letters to the Editor: Righting a Social Security wrong — but for how long?

LA Times

If the Senate passes a new law and President Biden signs it, some people doing without Social Security benefits would receive them. To the editor: If the U.S. Senate votes to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, it will be righting an egregious wrong inflicted on millions of hard-working people for way too long. We all know that the Social …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Premier League 2024-25: Arteta’s Arsenal seeks consistency after righting ship

The Hindu

After a poor run of four league matches without victory, big wins over Nottingham Forest and Portuguese side Sporting have lifted the mood at Arsenal, but it still needs to improve its consistency, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday. Arsenal, which travels across London to face West Ham United on Saturday, beat Forest 3-0 last week before putting in a …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Righting a historic wrong': Joe Biden pardons veterans convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

ABC

In short: Thousands of former US service members could be pardoned of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex. Joe Biden granted a pardon to service members who were convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice's former Article 125, which criminalised sodomy until the provision was repealed in late 2013. Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Kim Christensen, reporter known for ‘righting wrongs and exposing truth,’ dead at 71

LA Times

The Times’ Kim Christensen, right, reported on how Boy Scouts of America covered up decades of sexual abuse. “He was one of the best journalists in the country,” said Jack Leonard, former Times investigations editor, who led several of Christensen’s projects. “And he made me laugh,” once — and only once — turning his honors into the joke “that he …

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1 year ago

Righting historical wrongs in Jammu and Kashmir

Firstpost

The two J&K bills, recently passed by the Lok Sabha, not only reflect a commitment to inclusivity and justice but also represent a broader strategy to integrate Jammu and Kashmir more fully with the rest of India Throughout history, philosophers and scholars have recognised the importance of acknowledging and rectifying historical injustices. The recent passage of the Jammu and Kashmir …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Righting a wrong: The Hindu Editorial on Australia’s referendum to constitutionally recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

The Hindu

Australia is on track to reckon with a dark chapter in its history after its Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, made a promise to bring to its voters a referendum to constitutionally recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, thereby giving them permanent representation in the government, even if only in an advisory capacity. Ms. Price has expressed concern over wording …

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2 years ago

The Righting deciphers conservative media for outsiders

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Nearly six years into monitoring the content of conservative media outlets for his website and newsletter The Righting, Howard Polskin hasn’t lost the capacity for surprise. Newsom told Politico that it gave him “a different appreciation and a different understanding of the ruthlessness of the right.” People who are not fans don’t appreciate the breadth of the …

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3 years, 3 months ago

The church's silence is deafening, but these men are righting its wrongs

ABC

Jarrod Luscombe says he was sexually abused by Daniel McMahon in the 1980s. Church reveals Jarrod was not alone Several months later he received a letter from the office which said the Christian Brothers had accepted his complaint about McMahon "without the need for an assessment". The ABC has seen correspondence between a former Christian Brothers Oceania leader and one …

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4 years, 1 month ago

‘Righting a wrong': Nevada 1st to protect same-sex marriage

Associated Press

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Las Vegas has been known for decades as the place for exuberant nuptials blessed by the swirl of Elvis’ white capes. Now, the state that’s home to the “wedding capital of the world” is also the first in the country to officially protect same-sex marriage in its Constitution. “It’s literally righting a wrong,” said Karen Vibe, …

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4 years, 3 months ago

‘Righting past wrongs’: The Americans fighting US ‘sodomy laws’

Al Jazeera

‘Crimes against nature’ laws, which activists say target LGBTQ people, remain on the books in many US states. By 2003, four years after Cooper was charged, the Supreme Court case Lawrence v Texas would designate sodomy laws unconstitutional, a violation of “the right to liberty under the due process clause”. Roberts says it would be “easy” for state legislatures to …

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