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Former New Orleans Mayor creates non-profit to combat systemic racism Courtesy MGN Online FILE PHOTO - In this June 16, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks at the Center for American Progress in Washington. Dissatisfied with Democratic fortunes in the era of President Donald Trump, a group of prominent Democrats is forming an organization outside the formal party structure with the goal of winning again in Republican-dominated middle America. Calling itself “New Democracy,” the group includes sitting and former governors, former Cabinet members, mayors and law...

At the 2021 Essence Festival of Culture Wealth & Power stage, prison reform advocate Tonesa Welch opened her remarks with a common theme during a panel on incarceration: “our past doesn’t have to dictate our futures.” She was joined by panelist Syrita Steib-Martin, the Executive Direction of Operation Restoration and moderator Topeka K. Sam, founder of The Ladies of Hope Ministries in a conversation on their experiences being justice-involved and their fight to help women and girls who have also gone through the system. Syrita Steib-Martin said she became a social entrepreneur and star...

The State Department has updated its policy regarding granting citizenship to children born via in vitro fertilization or surrogacy. Its earlier rules denied citizenship to those children unless they had direct genetic ties to their parent who was a U.S. citizen. Image: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The State Department will now approve U.S. citizenship for children born abroad to same-sex or heterosexual American parents via in vitro fertilization, surrogacy and by other assisted reproductive means. Under the policy announced Tuesday, the child must be born abroad to married pare...

Domestic violence murders remain a serious problem in Maine Maine's Attorney General released a biennial report on the battle to stop domestic murders, which make up 43% of all murders in Maine. Author: Cindy Williams (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 7:05 PM EDT April 28, 2021 Updated: 5:28 AM EDT April 29, 2021 AUGUSTA, Maine — Attorney General Aaron M. Frey released the 13th Biennial Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel Report on Wednesday. This edition features a 20-year retrospective on the progress made in preventing domestic abuse homicide...

International Civil Society Letter to President Zelensky re. Draft Law #3450 OPEN LETTER SENT BY EMAIL AND POST TO: Mr. Zelensky, President of Ukraine 16th February 2021 Dear President Zelensky, We, the undersigned organisations join our voices to this letter from the Board of Trustees of the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN) to urge your leadership to defend the integrity of the law that protects those who risk their careers to fight corruption and block proposed draft Bill which undermines effective protection for public interest whistleblowing in Ukraine.  In December 2019, Ukrai...